CLG Senior Public Finance Analyst/Economist Position

Currently there is an opening for a Senior Public Finance Analyst / Economist position to fill at the Commission on Local Government. A link to the job postings is found here. A link to the documents on local fiscal condition that the Economist has been doing in the past is found here.

Two supplemental questions on the on-line state application provide a good idea of what is most important for to this position:

1. Does the applicant have extensive experience in quantitative analysis of public finance and economic issues?

2. Please describe your experience calculating a composite index, including the statistical methodology employed, the number and type of component variables or indicators involved, the sources of the data, any software used (i.e., SPSS, Excel, etc.) and what the index was designed to measure.