The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. CBO's National Security Division is seeking an Assistant Analyst. The division analyzes policy issues related to the defense budget, veterans’ affairs, and homeland security.

The Assistant Analyst will support the division's research by working with project leaders on a range of tasks, including gathering data from many sources, analyzing data, conducting literature reviews, and collaborating with analysts on research and written reports. The analyst will also interact with others in legislative and executive branch agencies and at research institutions.

The position is an opportunity to improve modeling, programming, and analytic skills in a research-intensive environment and to gain experience with the defense budget and national security policy. Assistant Analysts often pursue professional or graduate degrees in fields such as economics and finance following their two- to three-year appointments at CBO.

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in the physical sciences, natural sciences, economics, computer science, mathematics, statistics, policy analysis, political science, or related field, and they must have had a significant amount of quantitative coursework.

See www.cbo.gov/careers for more information and to apply online.

Contact

Kristi Levoy, Washington, DC, 202-226-2628, careers@cbo.gov

CBO is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/V/D