Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) is seeking regulatory and research economists. Advocacy is a voice for small businesses in the federal government, representing small businesses in the regulatory process and reporting on the state of small businesses.

Advocacy seeks a regulatory economist to participate in interagency regulatory review, focusing on analyses of impacts on small businesses, especially analyses required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). Other duties include creating impact analyses for proposed regulations, training agencies on RFA compliance, and crafting research products. Strong candidates will have advanced degrees in fields like economics and expertise in cost-benefit analysis.

Advocacy also seeks a research economist to meet the data needs of the office and develop new research products for policymakers and the public. Products range from infographics to complex projects involving multiple data sources and extensive computer programming. Strong candidates will have doctoral degrees in fields like economics and expertise in statistical software like R or Stata.

U.S. citizenship and a favorable background determination are required. Work will be performed at SBA Headquarters in Washington, DC. For details and application instructions, visit:

https://advocacy.sba.gov/home/about/careers/job-board/regulatory-economist/
https://advocacy.sba.gov/home/about/careers/job-board/research-economist/