Transportation Fiscal Analyst

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Job summary

The Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) in Montpelier is seeking a Fiscal Analyst for transportation finance to provide nonpartisan financial and policy analyses, forecasts, and recommendations to legislators. The role requires collaboration with legislators, legislative counsel, executive agencies, and other stakeholders throughout the legislative process.

Responsibilities include focusing on transportation finance while supporting other JFO projects and policy areas as needs evolve.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in economics, business, planning, public administration, or equivalent and relevant work experience.
• Strong Excel and data analysis capabilities.
• Ability to work independently or in a team; meet deadlines under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Work with legislators and legislative staff to develop public policy analysis and provide testimony.
• Focus on transportation finance and related Joint Fiscal Office projects; contribute to other policy areas as needed.
• Assist the office in additional policy areas as needs evolve.

Skills

Independent work

Communication skills

Excel data analysis

Fiscal research

Legislative process

Stakeholder engagement

Deadline pressure

Confidentiality

Nonpartisan analysis

Flexible hours

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, business, planning, public administration, or related field

Job description

Range: $6,772 - $11,735 monthly, based on relevant experience and qualifications.

State of Vermont - Office of Legislative Counsel

The Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) is seeking a motivated professional for the position of Fiscal Analyst for transportation finance. This position will work as part of a team to provide legislators with nonpartisan, evidence-based financial and policy analyses, research, forecasts, and recommendations on a variety of fiscal issues.

Responsibilities

• The role requires working with legislators, legislative counsel, Executive Branch agencies, and other stakeholders to develop public policy analysis and provide public testimony on topics of interest as part of the legislative process.
• The position will be focused on issues related to transportation finance but will also work on other issues and projects that are covered by JFO.
• The analyst will be expected to assist the office in other policy areas as needs evolve.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Required

• Master’s degree in economics, business, planning, public administration, or other relevant discipline, or equivalent and relevant work experience.

Required Skills

• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Proficient in Excel and data analysis.
• Ability to research state and national financial information to develop fiscal notes and publications on legislation.
• Possesses a general working knowledge of the legislative process.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with all levels of staff, management, elected officials, executive branch staff, special interest groups, and the general public, while maintaining a high level of social awareness for professional engagement.
• Ability to maintain composure while meeting tight deadlines.
• Ability to make difficult decisions under periods of extreme stress and routinely handle highly sensitive and/or confidential information.
• Ability to analyze and interpret issues and provide nonpartisan, expert information in a political environment. Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage politically sensitive work.
• Ability to maintain a flexible schedule, including working extended hours, possibly on nights and weekends.

During the legislative session, legislative staff are expected to work in-person in Montpelier with the potential for some remote work during adjournment. Longer work hours are expected during the legislative session (generally January through May).

The comprehensive State benefits package includes paid time off, health insurance, and retirement plans.

About the Organization

The Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) was created in 1973. The primary mission of the office is to provide non-partisan financial analyses to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Ways & Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House and Senate Transportation Committees, the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions, the Senate Committee on Institutions, and the Joint Fiscal Committee. The Office also provides additional non-partisan staff support to committees in a variety of fiscal areas including health care, education finance, institutions and general fiscal analysis.