Economic Impact Analyst
Required skills
- economic impact studies
- fiscal impact studies
- public agencies
- ports
- tourism bodies
- economic development organizations
- IMPLAN
- REMI
- RIMS II
- data analysis
Nice to have
- tourism
- visitor economy
- destination marketing
- cost-benefit analysis
- return-on-investment analysis
- public projects
Role summary
AlphaGov seeks experienced, remote-first project-based collaborators for economic impact analyst roles. Responsibilities include quantifying the economic and fiscal effects of public investments, facilities, events, and industries using input-output models like IMPLAN, REMI, or RIMS II. The role involves data collection, cleaning, analysis, and preparing clear reports and presentations for public agencies, elected officials, and stakeholders. Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience preparing such studies and strong data analysis and report writing skills. Tourism, cost-benefit, and ROI analysis are considered advantageous.
AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.
We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. When you authorize it, AlphaGov may name you as an expert collaborator or key personnel on proposals that match your expertise. We build ready teams for live pursuits - not speculative staffing banks.
AlphaGov is building a bench of economic impact analysts for city, county, port, tourism, and economic development agency studies. You would quantify the jobs, income, output, and tax effects of public investments, facilities, events, and industries using input-output models.
We confirm scope, schedule, and fee with you before any engagement begins.
What you'll do
- Build economic and fiscal impact models using IMPLAN, REMI, or RIMS II
- Collect and clean local spending, visitor, payroll, and construction cost data
- Estimate direct, indirect, and induced effects on jobs, labor income, output, and tax revenue
- Prepare tourism and visitor spending analyses and event or facility impact studies
- Write clear reports, summaries, and charts for elected officials and the public
- Present findings to councils, boards, and stakeholder groups
- Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming
Apply to be considered.
Required
- At least 5 years preparing economic or fiscal impact studies for public agencies, ports, tourism bodies, or economic development organizations
- Hands-on experience with IMPLAN, REMI, or RIMS II
- Strong data analysis and report writing skills
- Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant
Nice to have
- Tourism, visitor economy, or destination marketing research
- Cost-benefit or return-on-investment analysis for public projects
- Degree in economics, regional science, or public policy
