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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Analyst

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC

🕑 Temporary

💰 $22 per Hour

💻 Other

🗓️ August 18th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring an Analyst. The role involves collaborating with NCGrowth staff to provide technical assistance to various stakeholders aimed at creating jobs and wealth in economically distressed communities, including developing financial models, business plans, and strategic analyses. Analysts will engage in projects like manufacturing process improvements and economic development planning, delivering hands-on support while occasionally traveling to client sites.

Highlights

  • Provide technical assistance to business owners, policymakers, community leaders, and anchor institutions to foster economic growth in distressed areas.
  • Develop financial models, business plans, marketing plans, SOPs, and HR policies for small and medium-sized businesses and government projects.
  • Contribute to projects such as manufacturing process improvements, plant floor redesign, procurement data analysis, and tourism development.
  • Use tools and methods including Economic Impact Analysis (IMPLAN) and asset-based economic development planning.
  • Preferred candidates are graduate or PhD students in fields like Engineering, Agriculture, Business Administration, Information Sciences, Planning, and Policy.
  • Valid Driver’s License required; position involves some travel (2-3 trips) to client locations.
  • Part-time temporary position (20 hours/week) with a starting pay of $22.00 per hour; appointment lasts 6 months, not to exceed 11 months.
  • Examples of past clients include manufacturing firms, military bases, farms, government entities, and real estate developers.
  • Experience in areas such as operations, agribusiness, economics, finance, marketing, social media, statistics, and library science is preferred.
  • Position begins in September 2025 under the UNC Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise’s NCGrowth center.