Social Policy Consultant (Economist to support on macroeconomic analysis and subnational budget and expenditure analysis) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

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Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

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For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

UNICEF Ethiopia actively engages in macroeconomic and fiscal policy analysis to inform policy advocacy for improved public investments in children and human capital development and requires support from an economist to produce analysis on macroeconomic, social sector and fiscal analysis at the national and regional level.

Scope of Work:

1. National level macroeconomic, sector and fiscal analysis.

• Produce quarterly reports on macroeconomic updates.
• Undertake analysis to inform improved financing for selected social sectors.

2. Develop a concept paper for Ethiopia on identifying potential area(s) of strategic macroeconomic/fiscal/public financial management engagement at the sub-national level through stakeholder consultation that analyses and prioritizes bottlenecks specific to selected regions.
3. Conduct subnational budget and expenditure analysis.

• Undertake data collection required for subnational budget and expenditure analysis from the relevant regional bureaus and validate the data with the respective regional bureaus.
• Produce an overall regional budget and expenditure analysis report as per UNICEF guidelines.
• Produce sector-specific budget and expenditure analysis reports for selected sectors that outline sector level performance including expenditure trends, composition, and budget credibility.
• Update subnational budget and expenditure analysis for regions with existing budget and expenditure analyses.

Based on the findings of the analyses, support the Social Policy section’s engagement with the regional bureaus on policy advocacy for improved investments on child-sensitive social sectors.

National level macroeconomic, sector and fiscal analysis.

• Produce quarterly reports on macroeconomic updates.
• Undertake analysis to inform improved financing for selected social sectors.

Develop a concept paper for Ethiopia on identifying potential area(s) of strategic macroeconomic/fiscal/public financial management engagement at the sub-national level through stakeholder consultation that analyses and prioritizes bottlenecks specific to selected regions.

Work Assignment Overview:

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Prepare a work plan to outline the inputs and tasks required to achieve the deliverables in this consultancy.

A work plan that is approved by UNICEF is produced.

Produce quarterly reports on macroeconomic updates.

Quarterly reports on macroeconomic updates are produced.

Produce a draft report on improved financing for selected social sectors.

A draft report on improved financing for selected social sectors is produced.

Produce a final report on improved financing for selected social sectors.

A final report on improved financing for selected social sectors is produced.

Develop a concept paper for Ethiopia on identifying potential area(s) of strategic macroeconomic/fiscal/public financial management engagement at the sub-national level through stakeholder consultation that analyses and prioritizes bottlenecks specific to selected regions.

A concept paper for identifying region specific bottlenecks and priorities for strategic macroeconomic/fiscal/public financial management engagement at the sub-national level is produced,

Collect budget and expenditure data for subnational regions.

Budget and expenditure data for subnational regions are available.

Produce draft budget and expenditure analysis reports for the overall regional level budget and expenditure analysis.

Draft overall regional level budget and expenditure reports are produced.

Produce draft budget and expenditure analysis reports for the regional sectoral level budget and expenditure analyses.

Draft sectoral level budget and expenditure regional reports are produced.

Produce final budget and expenditure analysis reports for the overall regional level budget and expenditure analysis.

Final overall regional level budget and expenditure reports are produced.

Produce final budget and expenditure analysis reports for the regional sectoral level budget and expenditure analyses.

Final sectoral level budget and expenditure regional reports are produced.

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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A university degree in Economics, public policy, development studies, statistics, or any other relevant social science field.
• A minimum of 8 [Eight] years of relevant professional experience in Economics, Economic Analysis, Development, Public Finance, or Public Policy.
• Have strong quantitative analysis skills, including in macroeconomic, fiscal and budget analysis as well as econometric modelling.
• Demonstrates a good understanding of Ethiopia’s decentralized government budget and expenditure structure.
• Ability to work independently and respond to feedback in a timely and professional manner.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to contribute to a team.
• Excellent research and writing skills.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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Please note that applications submitted without a fee rate (daily rate or lumpsum fee) will not be considered.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's Core Values:

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.