Reasearcher
Company: Cook County Treasurers Office
Location: Chicago
Posted on: June 4, 2025
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Job Description:
Job description
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a
successful applicant will need are listed in the following
description.
Job Title: Researcher
Bureau: Treasurer
Department: Office of the Cook County Treasurer
General Overview
The Cook County Treasurer's Office is seeking a researcher who is a
rigorous, critical and creative thinker to join the office's
research department. The department, established in early 2021,
produces analyses and in-depth studies of Illinois' property tax
system. It is led by a former Chicago Tribune investigative
reporter. The department has published several studies that exposed
entrenched inequities that have prevented Black and Latino
communities from building generational wealth. Two of the studies
led to the enactment of Illinois' biggest property tax reform bill
in decades.
Some of the office's recent work includes:
An analysis on how few Cook County voters take part in binding
referendums that let voters decide whether to increase taxes
An analysis on how the county's property tax appeal system works to
the disadvantage of lower-income minority homeowners
Annual analyses on tax bill changes across the county
Annual analyses of property tax collection rates
Further studies will expand on all of that work and explore other
aspects of the Illinois property tax system, with the aim of
developing further proposals to make the system more affordable,
fair and equitable.
The researcher will help formulate future studies and conduct
primary and secondary research, which often involves exhaustive
research on property tax policies, initiatives and theory, as well
as gathering, cleaning and analyzing data. The researcher also will
help prepare the studies for publication.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
Under the direction and guidance of the Director of Research, the
researcher is responsible for the following:
Work with staff to formulate and execute studies of the property
tax system
Conduct primary and secondary research of property tax systems
across the globe
Conduct data analyses
Help produce clear, straightforward analyses, studies and
recommendations that combine narrative and data visualizations
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Accomplished research skills
Strong writing skills
Commitment to thoroughness, accuracy, quality and integrity
Strong interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills
Experience with complex research, analysis and presentation
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and various data applications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree; two years related experience.
Prior research experience in the news media, government, think
tank, academic, financial or not-for-profit sectors
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree
Proficiency in English, Spanish or Polish
A strong, multifaceted body of work in investigative journalism,
scholarly research and/or data analysis
Note: The duties listed are not set forth for purposes of limiting
the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete
list of the duties normally to be performed under a job title or
those to be performed temporarily outside an employee's normal line
of work.
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