Employment Type : Full-Time
Department Information Colorado Governor Jared Polis is committed to building a Colorado For All, a place where everyone has an opportunity to succeed and live the Colorado way of life. Governor Polis is focused on lowering health care costs for hardworking Coloradans, transitioning the state to renewable energy sources, ensuring every Colorado child gets a quality education, and building an economy that works for everyone. The Governor's staff includes offices for budgeting, communications and outreach, legal counsel, legislative liaison, operations, policy and research, and scheduling. Help the Polis administration to “focus like a laser beam on the economy” and achieve the Governor’s Wildly Important Goal (WIG) for Colorado to remain in the top 5 economies in the country through June 2022 (including sub goals for jobs/unemployment, business environment, and growth). Other responsibilities: Analyzes progress achieved against the Governor's economic goals, proposing changes as needed during this highly uncertain time Desired attributes: Economist (or related field) willing to take 6-12 mos. leave from a position at a university, business, government agency, research organization, or think-tank. Strategic thinker, with policy expertise in economic recovery. Works well with the numerous high level executives and decision makers, including Cabinet members and advisers whose policy jurisdictions impact the state's economy, i.e., someone who will lead and coordinate efforts without stifling voices. How is the work different from existing Departments and Offices with economic responsibilities? Here is an illustrative example from the National Economic Council (NEC): If the president sought an analysis of why young adult females are dropping out of the labor force, that analysis would likely be authored by the Council of Economic Advisors or the Department of Labor, submitted through a process led by NEC. If on the other hand the president wished to develop a policy to increase labor force participation, NEC would lead that process with the CEA chair and DOL Secretary as participants. See Above
Develop a strategy to achieve the WIG and ensure progress toward its achievement. Requires assessing sufficiency/insufficiency of department strategies, identifying gaps and risks, and proposing non-agency strategies, tools, and resources. Requires leading the Administration in breaking out of silos and agency thinking to achieve a bold result.
Strong written and verbal presentation skills are needed, representing the Governor in interagency meetings and engagement with external stakeholders. Many perspectives, from inside and outside of government, must be given voice, ensuring that the Governor has informed advice in a timely and efficient way.
What the Chief of Economic Analysis is Not Responsible for: In defining a new role, it is helpful to identify what is out of scope for this position. The Chief is not responsible for the following:
We offer a generous benefits package including:
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