Consulting Associate

Overview

Consulting Associate | Job Type: Work from Home - Northern California (Sacramento metro)

We are seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and detail-oriented Associate to deliver rigorous, high-quality analysis for our clients. This role supports JBREC’s Real Estate Consulting practice and encompasses a broad range of responsibilities, including developing data-driven insights, building and analyzing GIS maps, synthesizing diverse external data sources, and conducting real estate market, consumer, and demographic analyses. The Associate will also engage in relationship-building with clients and internal stakeholders.

Our clients include private equity investors, landowners, builders and developers.

• Conducting market research and analyzing housing data trends for custom real estate consulting and writing reports with strong, supportable conclusions.
• Researching our proprietary consumer research and design databases and applying appropriate insight to individual consulting assignments.
• Analyzing demographic research and trends in the context of specific consulting assignments.
• Support the project management process, including planning and executing consulting engagements.

• Bachelor’s degree is required, with a passion for the real estate industry and a desire to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving ability, and written and oral communication skills
• Outstanding writer
• Highly organized and quick learner
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; other software knowledge is a plus
• Some experience in real estate, finance, valuation, appraisal, market research, or related field preferred
• Willingness and ability to travel by car or plane, including occasional overnight travel, up to approximately 30% of the time

• Cover Letters Are Required.
• Compensation and title will be based on skills, experience, and abilities, which can vary by person.
• We cannot hire anyone who requires sponsorship to work in the United States.

Join our team at John Burns Research and Consulting, LLC, a leading provider of independent subscription research and customized consulting services for the US housing industry. Our founder, John Burns, started the company in 2001 with the aim of revolutionizing housing market analysis to help executives make better decisions. Today, we have a team of 100+ highly passionate research analysts and consultants nationwide who work together to provide the most trusted source of US housing analysis and consulting services.

• Each Full-time Employee Receives $12,500 towards comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, and flexible spending accounts including gym memberships and vacation assistance.
• Company contributes 5% of salary and profit sharing to 401(k), even if not contributed to by the employee.
• Personal benefits such as tuition reimbursement, training opportunities, flexible schedules for many positions, 15 days of PTO, 5 days off for Company winter holiday, 9 holidays, and 50% company reimbursement of all charitable contributions.

We are proud of our award-winning culture, recognized as a top performing company in Great Places to Work and Gallup Employee Engagement, and Certified Evergreen by the Tugboat Institute. If you want to be part of a well-established, dynamic, and high-performing team, this is the opportunity for you.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this job description restricts the company’s right to assign responsibilities to this job at any time as critical features of this job are subject to change at any time.