Bilingual Economic Analyst — Policy & Innovation

Mission Edge; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Edge's Policy & Innovation Center in San Diego seeks an Economic Analyst to join the Managed Services team on a 3-month, full-time, temporary basis. The role blends bilingual interviews with quantitative data work, helping produce reports and tools used by city and community leaders.

You’ll design surveys in Qualtrics, analyze data, and write findings. Requirements include a bachelor’s in economics or public policy, about one year of research, professional Spanish, and knowledge of R or

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in economics, public policy, or related social science with ~1 year of research experience.
• Professional Spanish for interviews; native level preferred.
• Experience in interviews and qualitative data analysis with thematic coding.
• Strong writing, communication, and ability to translate data into findings.
• Knowledge of public data sources (Census/BLS/CA EDD).
• Familiarity with econometrics and basic economic principles.
• Strategic use of AI tools to outline, organize, or help with technical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Write interview schedules and conduct interviews in English and Spanish.
• Perform thematic coding and qualitative analysis.
• Schedule interviews outside normal business hours (evenings/weekends).
• Design and program surveys in Qualtrics.
• Collect, clean, and maintain PIC's datasets; ensure data quality.
• Run statistical analyses and build data visualizations, briefs.
• Provide demographic and economic data to colleagues; manage research requests.
• Gather and synthesize academic and policy literature.
• Draft, proofread, and edit sections of reports and publications.
• Help identify grant opportunities and support grant writing.

Skills

Spanish fluency

Qualitative research

Quantitative analysis

Writing skills

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in economics or related field

Tools

R or Stata

Qualtrics

NVivo/Dedoose/ATLAS.ti

Excel

Job description

Mission Edge's Policy & Innovation Center in San Diego seeks an Economic Analyst to join the Managed Services team on a 3-month, full-time, temporary basis. The role blends bilingual interviews with quantitative data work, helping produce reports and tools used by city and community leaders.

You’ll design surveys in Qualtrics, analyze data, and write findings. Requirements include a bachelor’s in economics or public policy, about one year of research, professional Spanish, and knowledge of R or