PART-TIME Junior Economic Analyst (REMOTE ROLE)

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct desk research on products, industries, labor issues, countries, and global supply chains.
• Collect, organize, and analyze production, import, export, tariff, customs, and trade-flow data.
• Support quantitative and qualitative analysis of trade, labor market, and economic datasets.
• Aid in developing supply chain maps, commodity flow diagrams, and sector profiles.
• Review academic literature, government reports, company disclosures, NGO reports, and media sources.
• Conduct literature reviews on labor rights, forced labor, child labor, migration, recruitment, and occupational safety and health.
• Develop tables, charts, data visualizations, and evidence matrices.
• Support qualitative research, including interview summaries and coding of findings.
• Draft background sections, methodology sections, country profiles, and analytical summaries.
• Support fact-checking, source verification, citations, editing, formatting, and report production.
• Maintain data files, research trackers, bibliographies, and project documentation.
• Participate in project meetings and support project coordination activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, International Development, Public Policy, International Relations, Statistics, Political Science, Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Minimum one year of relevant academic, internship, research assistant, or professional experience.
• Knowledge of basic economic principles, international trade, labor markets, or development issues.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Coursework or experience in labor economics, international trade, development economics, human rights, or supply chain analysis.
• Familiarity with UN Comtrade, ITC Trade Map, World Bank, ILOSTAT, FAOSTAT, WTO, OECD, or similar databases.
• Experience with R, Stata, Python, SPSS, Tableau, Power BI, GIS, or related tools.
• Familiarity with child labor, forced labor, responsible sourcing, corporate due diligence, or international labor standards.
• Foreign language skills, particularly Spanish, Portuguese, French.
• Experience supporting federally funded research projects.

Professional Skills

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capability.
• Attention to detail and commitment to high-quality research.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into concise written products.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to accept feedback and revise work products.
• Effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Professionalism, responsiveness, and intellectual curiosity.

Working at ICF

We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. For more information, please read our EEO policy. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation, please email Candidateaccommodation@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Read more about workplace discrimination rights or our benefit offerings which are included in the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $55,665.00 - $94,631.00 Nationwide Remote Office (US99)