Research Fellow jobs in Rock Hill, SC

York County is located in the Piedmont region, between the Broad River and the Catawba River. Its diverse landscape is home to family-friendly towns/cities, a progressive urban region and lakefront communities. We are excited that you want to join our team and recognize that our employees are the foundation for our success.

Mission Statement - York County provides quality public services in an open, efficient, and responsive manner.

Vision Statement - York County provides an environment where all citizens and businesses can thrive and succeed.

Our Total Compensation Package:

• Compensation – competitive market-rate pay, and negotiable based on qualifications.
• Comprehensive State Medical Insurance, Dental and Vision Insurance 
• Life Insurance
• Long-term disability
• Deferred Compensation 401K Plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Public Loan Forgiveness Program (Student Loan Forgiveness Program) 
• 11 Paid Holidays 3 Optional Holidays 
• Longevity Pay
• SC State Retirement Plan Pension 
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time
• Sick Bank
• Critical Care and Cancer Insurance
• Wellness Screenings 
• Employee Assistance Programs 
• Professional Development / Trainings / Conferences

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Leads or assists in the completion of responses to requests for proposals for new and existing economic development opportunities.
• Assists department efforts to scan and monitor social media to identify critical information as necessary.
• Enters and maintains data as well as create reports using a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system which is in the Salesforce platform.
• Collects, updates and maintains necessary data from secondary sources as necessary during the year.
• Assists in the research and preparation of information for marketing publications, presentations, blogs, internal and external communications, speeches, and other marketing collateral material used to promote York County.
• Implements continual process improvements to increase the speed, accuracy and professionalism of Economic Development services and response time to research requests.
• Organizes, stores and maintains data within the department’s electronic filing system that is both in-house and cloud-based (Dropbox/Evernote).
• Communicates with various economic development agencies in the state and region to collect data/information that will assist in the mission of the department.
• Conducts various primary research projects as needed that may include wage & benefit surveys, industry surveys, and community surveys.
• Assists in the routine maintenance of the department’s website that includes updating economic data, lists, documents and webpage copy. 

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Communications, Liberal Arts or related discipline.
• Four (4) years of economics, statistics, research methods or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.