UNC’s CREATE Economic Development Center
- Firm Name
- CREATE/NCGrowth
- Firm Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Firm Website
- https://ncgrowth.unc.edu/index.php/staff/student-analysts/
Description
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.
Ideal Professional Experience:
City and Regional Planning
Public Policy, Public Admin
Business, Entrepreneurship
Economics, Agribusiness
Marketing and Communications
Finance and Accounting
Social Media, Digital Marketing
Engineering, Manufacturing
Learning Sciences
Examples of Potential & Past Projects:
Data analysis on institutional procurement processes
Create a financial model for a new development for homeless veterans
Connect small farmers with institutional buyers
Help a county leverage natural assets for economic development
Help a tortilla manufacturer access new markets
Work with regional airline manufacturer with developing a strategic plan
Assist growing industrial transportation business in developing standard operating procedures
Assist small downtowns in leveraging built assets for community development
Create case studies for publication at homegrowntools.unc.edu
Compensation & Schedule:
Compensation $20/hour; no benefits
Part-time; 5-15 hours/week in Spring and Fall and up to 40 hours/week in Summer
Job Details
- Job Type
- Temporary
- Paid Y/N
- Paid
- Application Due
- 09/01/2022
Contact Information
- Contact Name
- Elizabeth Basnight
- Contact Email
- NCGrowth@unc.edu
- Contact Phone
- (919) 962-8444
- Job Category:
- Economic Development, Other
- Job Sector:
- Private