Economic Development Analyst

The Economic Development Analyst has a unique opportunity to shape our city by leading major implementation projects of Make it Kitchener 2.0, Kitchener’s Economic Development Strategy, while providing analytical and strategic support to the broader Economic Development team.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the development of the Kitchener Economic Development Strategy (Make It Kitchener 2.0) and monitors, supports and promotes its implementation.
• Project manages and leads various implementation projects of the Kitchener Economic Development Strategy (Make It Kitchener 2.0), including the development of business cases, feasibility analysis, financial modelling, contract administration, etc.
• Conducts advanced analytics on various topics related to social, economic, demographic, land use and community issues to determine trends and appropriate municipal response.
• Conducts research on local and comparative market conditions and economic indicators including population, employment, and industry statistics in the local and regional communities.
• Prepares benchmarking and monitoring reports, publications, interactive dashboards and briefs based on research in order to evaluate and measure the results of Economic Development initiatives and issues.
• Development and maintenance of websites (microsites).
• Supports Economic Development business units on the development of various strategic plans and subsequent monitoring.
• Provides advice and guidance on the development of various strategic plans including research, public consultation, economic analysis and strategy development.
• Assists with the monitoring and analysis of the impact of various strategies (ex : Downtown Annual Report).
• Provides recommendations on data and information sources, project scope / methodology, and systems design on special projects led by other departments or divisions, or external agencies (e.g., KGMS, Region of Waterloo Workplace Count).
• Maintains systems to track information such as real estate indicators, land prices, employment statistics, population and demographic statistics, development activity, and other data.
• Establishes procedures and databases to support the ongoing maintenance of the division’s data and information systems.
• Maintains, formats, and / or enters data in to related databases (e.g., Real Estate Inventory; Downtown database).
• Represents Economic Development on working groups, data consortiums, and sits on advisory committees.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

Experience

Additional Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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