Summer Analyst

NCGrowth is seeking excellent, highly-motivated graduate students with a wide range of skills and professional experiences – business, law, public policy, environmental sciences, etc – to work on impactful economic development research projects in rural NC.

Analysts have the opportunity to work with NCGrowth staff, university faculty, and community and business leaders on projects such as:

Assisting a rural county with the development of a small business incubator
Tribal business development
Connecting small farmers with institutional buyers
Helping a tortilla manufacturer access new markets

Analysts work on a remote basis with occasional required travel. A typical projects consist of 100-150 hours of work done over the course of the summer or semester, but may extend longer depending on the analyst’s schedule and the project scope. Compensation is $20/hr.