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Research Employment Opportunities

The Boston Fed hires economists, analysts, and research assistants for work in the Research Department and the Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department.

  • Economist
    The Research Department is looking to hire a new or experienced economist specializing in macroeconomics and/or monetary economics. The economist is expected to conduct and publish self-directed policy-oriented research and will advise senior Bank management on issues within field of expertise. Requirements include a Ph.D. in economics; excellent undergraduate and graduate performance; demonstrated research capability; strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Financial Economist / Senior Financial Economist
    This position is in the Risk and Policy Analysis Unit (formerly known as the Quantitative Analysis Unit) of the Bank Supervision Department. Primary responsibilities include producing policy-oriented research for publication in refereed journals, advising senior management on policy issues related to the regulation of financial institutions and financial markets, and participating in risk assessments and supervision at large financial institutions. The job also involves a considerable amount of travel. 
  • Part-time Research Associate
    The graduate research associate will conduct and publish frontier research pertaining to the CPRC's annual Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC) and related daily diary as part of the CPRC team with economists, statisticians, survey methodologists, and other research assistants to develop and improve the statistical and economic quality of these data products. Assignments include helping to design, implement, and publish research and field experiments on survey methodology and sampling, measurement of economic concepts, and other features of surveys. Opportunities are available to develop new survey and experiments as well. The graduate research assistant is expected to write and publish frontier quality research papers for the Boston Fed's publications and professional journals. Research developed and conducted by the graduate research assistant may be used as part of a doctoral dissertation.

For more information and to apply, please see our careers page. http://www.bostonfed.org/about/employment/apply.htm