Economic Development Analyst

Halifax Partnership is Halifax’s public-private economic development organization. The Partnership drives and accelerates economic growth by selling and marketing Halifax to the world to attract business, talent, and investment, helping businesses reach their full potential, and tracking and reporting Halifax’s economic progress.

The Partnership delivers an investment attraction program targeting expanding national and international firms in key growth sectors and supports existing businesses in Halifax Regional Municipality to succeed and grow.

Each year the Partnership produces The Halifax Index, which provides a wide-ranging overview of economic and social metrics for the Halifax Regional Municipality. Another major recent focus has been The Productivity Puzzle initiative, which has included more policy analysis work.

The Role

Reporting to the Chief Economist, the Economic Development Analyst will support the Partnership’s efforts to gather, analyze, and present information on the Halifax economy and conduct research on behalf of the outward-facing investment attraction team.

Primary tasks include developing materials for internal colleagues to help them identify and prioritize investment attraction targets, creating materials for external use to make the case for investing in Halifax, and assisting with the annual Halifax Index and Productivity Puzzle events and materials. This position will also support the Partnership’s Economic Research and Investment Attraction teams with other day-to-day activities, ranging from data compilation to assistance with sales outreach and lead nurturing to economic policy research and analysis.