Market Research Analyst

Our Story:
**About You**:
You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.

If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young

**About Us**:
Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives - and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness - economic, mental and physical - because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 13th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation

Overview:
Reporting to the Research Manager this position will leverage your passion for cities, real estate, and data to help assemble relevant datasets and use them to empower our organization with data-driven market insights. The focus on and enhancement of data will facilitate engagement with our people and clients utilizing powerful analytical tools. This approach will allow Avison Young’s external clients to become more productive and push our internal stakeholders to become more efficient, with both becoming more successful in their common ventures.

Performing a variety of data analysis, graphic, presentation and administrative tasks to support real estate brokerage functions and national research efforts. Responsible for daily data management and data integrity as well as for market research, analysis and trends reporting for the local market. This position entails working with a diverse group of people at all levels in the organization.

**Responsibilities**:

- Statistical, Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Real Estate Market data to support brokerage
- Tracking Leasing & Investment market data
- Monitoring and tracking existing or proposed developments
- Provide support to research manager
- Collects, organizes, stores and maintains data within the electronic library
- Updates data in working files as new information become available (ex. Property information, listings, leasing transactions, current and proposed developments, parking rates, property tax and operations costs.)
- Compiles data for internal information requests, database maintenance, market reports, tables, graphs, text, and presentation materials
- Title, Taxation & Assessment searches
- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, geography, urban studies, or data science preferred
- One to two years’ experience in related field. Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Power BI
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail are required
- The ability to present information graphically to both internal management and external clients
- A background or interest in commercial real estate or related field would be a benefit
- Excellent verbal and written communication, time management, troubleshooting, analytical, and interpersonal skills
- Diligence and commitment to Quality Assurance

A positive attitude is essential as we strive to maintain and protect our culture by hiring only those that enhance our current compliment of long-term employees and bring value to our team.

Workplace Type: On-Site _Our Equal Opportunity Commitment_:
Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.

The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protec