Individual Contractor on Financing for Development (Programming))

Contract

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Result of Service

• Substantive contribution to the dynamic integrated development toolkit for financing for development in ESCWA member States. • Results of the econometric analysis for incorporation in related outputs of the project (e.g. technical paper/policy brief). • The IC is responsible for maintaining the files and data used in an electronic format.

Work Location

UN HOUSE

Expected duration

4 months

Duties and Responsibilities

Background: ‘Financing’ is considered as the prime means to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda). The Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) adopted at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) serves as a new global framework that guides the means of mobilizing resources to finance the 2030 Agenda through aligning all financing flows and policies with economic, social and environmental priorities and ensuring that financing is stable and sustainable. The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will provide a venue to assess the progress made in the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, the Doha Declaration and the AAAA, identify obstacles and constraints encountered in the achievement of the goals, as well as actions to overcome these constraints. It also aims to address new and emerging challenges, and the urgent need to fully implement the 2030 Agenda to support reform of the international financial architecture. ESCWA is initiating a series of activities that underscores ESCWA’s commitment to enhancing financial frameworks and bolstering sustainable development efforts in the region, in preparation for FfD4. ESCWA strives to support policy makers and national stakeholders in ESCWA member States who have indicated interest in advancing and adopting a range of dynamic and interactive financing tools developed by ESCWA to assist in the design of integrated national financing strategies, support the transition to SDG-centric financing, and advance the implementation of national sustainable development strategies, plans and macroeconomic frameworks. Duties and Responsibilities: The IC will provide substantive support to the work of the Financing for Development Team in the areas of specialty required for this assignment. Specific responsibilities include: • Leverage various Machine Learning Techniques to project nationally determined priorities and their respective landing zones by 2030 for ESCWA member States. • Systemize the coding process related to the implementation of a Machine Learning Integrated Budgeting Intelligence Toolkit (ML-iBiT) for ESCWA member States. • Assist in the development and implementation of quantitative empirical analyses and tools on FfD-related topics in ESCWA member States, leveraging various statistical and econometric software (STATA, excel). • Employ and/or build a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) to project prime financing channels at the national level for ESCWA member States. • Develop a nowcasting dynamic model/apparatus to capture prime financing flows in ESCWA member States. • Collect data and conduct research on socioeconomic and financing issues. • Undertake dataset compilation, analysis and cleaning. • Prepares a variety of tables, lists, charts, and generate graphs, figures and fact sheets on the different aspects of financing for development. • Provide support in drafting and updating of documents and analytical summaries. • Support in the preparation of literature reviews, research papers and presentations. • Assist in the preparation of FfD upcoming activities in ESCWA member States and other substantive tasks.

Qualifications/special skills

A First level University degree in economics, finance, econometrics or in a related field is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. No previous work experience is required for this job opening. Good knowledge of econometrics is required. Knowledge of STATA statistical package to process and analyze data is required. Knowledge of Python is desirable. Knowledge in research, data extraction or using statistical tools is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English and Arabic is required. . Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

Additional Information

Recruitment for this position is on a local basis. The incumbent is required to have the legal right to live and work in the specified working location.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.