Junior Economist
Assist in developing policy assessment tools for the Arab region.
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Overview
Assist in developing policy assessment tools for the Arab region.
You have:
- A Master's degree in economics, statistics, or related fields is required.
- Fluency in Arabic and English is required.
- A minimum of one year of professional experience in human development and governance analysis is desirable.
- Experience in conducting quantitative analysis of data using statistical software is desirable.
- Experience in economic data analysis, presentation, drafting and visualization is desirable.
Contract
This is a Consultancy contract. More about Consultancy contracts.
Result of Service
The individual contractor should provide the required research support on areas 1–6 to be delivered on time. The individual contractor should also help with finalizing all comments provided and should provide all statistical software codes and data sets and programs related to the projects by the end of the contract in an organized manner.
Work Location
UN-House ESCWA
Expected duration
3 Months
Duties and Responsibilities
ESCWA aims to recruit an individual contractor to assist our Development Challenges Project with producing development indicators and indices and developing effective policy assessment and monitoring tools aimed at understanding and tackling the development challenges facing the Arab region today. Specifically, the individual contractor will assist with research and consultation work towards the drafting of the Arab Development Challenges Report which zooms in on the development challenges of the region identified in the global report providing more in-depth country level analyses and results. The global report also sheds light on two other specific challenges that overlap with and influence the DCI: economic resilience and multidimensional inequalities. These five aspects (economic resilience, multidimensional inequality, and the three dimensions of the DCI) would then form the basis for a development policies narrative that aims to interpret the stylized facts and results of applying these innovative measurement frameworks. Duties and responsibilities The individual contractor will work closely with the Development Challenges Project team assisting in the following areas: • Support in drafting several chapters of the Arab Development Challenges Report (ADCR) and related materials. • Support in regional analysis and drafting policy briefs and blog posts related to the ADCR. • Support in drafting a technical paper on Economic Resilience. • Collect, synthesize and analyze data on development, inequalities and economic resilience and support in updating the key messages portal. • Assist in preparing training material for regional session on Development Challenges Index tool use and methodology. • Support in tailoring the index to the national level and in the preparation of national development challenges reports. • Assist in other related tasks as requested by the supervisor.
Qualifications/special skills
A Master's degree in economics, statistics, or related fields 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. A minimum of one year of professional experience in human development and governance analysis is desirable. Experience in conducting quantitative analysis of data using statistical software, economic data analysis, presentation, drafting and visualization is desirable.
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 Arabic and English 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
Not available.
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.
Potential interview questions
| Describe your experience with quantitative analysis in data and the software you used. | We want to understand your practical skills in data analysis and familiarity with statistical tools. | Discuss specific projects or studies where you applied quantitative analysis, mentioning the tools used. |
| How would you approach drafting a policy brief based on your analysis of inequalities? | This question assesses your ability to synthesize data and communicate policy recommendations. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What steps would you take to ensure the accuracy of your economic resilience analyses? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you provide an example of how you have tailored a data index to a national context? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Explain your understanding of the Development Challenges Index and its implications for policy making. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you handle feedback on your written reports or analyses? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe how you would prioritize multiple tasks while working on the Arab Development Challenges Report. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Discuss how you would prepare training material for the Development Challenges Index tool. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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