Macroeconomist Intern: Climate Policy Data & Research

Bezos Earth Fund; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 40,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Bezos Earth Fund seeks a Macroeconomics Intern to coordinate teams, schedule meetings across time zones, and support data analysis for the Green Macroeconomic Modeling Initiative (GMMI). This role involves organizing workstreams, maintaining data quality, and assisting with biennial conferences under the supervision of the Program Manager & Economist.

The internship is six months, part-time (about 20 hours/week), onsite on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, with potential extension.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large projects is required.
• Prior research and analysis experience is required.
• Interdisciplinary background and knowledge of climate issues is preferred.
• Current master's or PhD degree program in economics, environmental science, engineering, or public policy is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Organize the various teams around key workstreams that the steering committee designate.
• Schedule multiple meetings across various time zones, often several at once.
• Keep a detailed account of the status of the various workstreams in the portfolio and follow up with teams as needed to keep these workstreams running smoothly.
• Communicate with teams to ensure good data reporting, including following up with teams that have not submitted data, or who might have other data issues.
• Collect and synthesize asymmetric data from multiple sources.
• Run simple checks on data submissions to catch any errors that might want attention of the teams, following up with them to confirm the accuracy of their results, and implementing fixes to maintain accuracy of the master dataset.
• Coordinate biennial conferences in the Spring and Fall for the GMMI, in collaboration with the steering committee, the program manager, and other partners.
• Work directly with the Program Manager & Economist to perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Organization

Communication

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Data analysis

Research skills

Mission alignment

Education

Master's or PhD degree program in economics, environmental science, engineering, or public policy

Job description

Bezos Earth Fund seeks a Macroeconomics Intern to coordinate teams, schedule meetings across time zones, and support data analysis for the Green Macroeconomic Modeling Initiative (GMMI). This role involves organizing workstreams, maintaining data quality, and assisting with biennial conferences under the supervision of the Program Manager & Economist.

The internship is six months, part-time (about 20 hours/week), onsite on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, with potential extension.