Senior Economist

Overview

The Senior Economist will lead economic work, including facilitating government dialogue, coordinating with stakeholders, and disseminating knowledge. The role involves conducting regular economic analysis and monitoring, and contributing to the implementation of the Country Partnership Strategy.

Tasks Summary

• Lead and ensure the quality of complex economic studies, offering strategic advice on high-impact development areas.
• Lead and support the identification, preparation, and dissemination of a spectrum of economic knowledge products, solutions, and services.
• Lead and support events, forums, and other knowledge dissemination activities.
• Collaborate with country teams to lead and support preparation of the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) and other economic reports and monitoring for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Lead and support ADO launches, policy dialogues, and economic updates for management, including the International Monetary Fund programs.
• Communicate regularly with CDs PRM and AFRM, RLE and economic teams, providing economic support.
• Lead and contribute to briefing notes and papers for Management and the visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Lead and contribute to regional cooperation activities.
• Share lessons with sector, thematic, and other teams.
• Contribute to loan, grant, and TA design in Pakistan and Afghanistan, ensuring economic and cross-cutting considerations are integrated.
• Support project processing and implementation.
• Lead in the processing and implementation of country and regional TA projects in economic areas involving Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Lead and support policy dialogue with the governments and other stakeholders.
• Lead and contribute to development coordination with development partners, including the IMF, the World Bank, and other partners.
• Undertake other tasks assigned or required.

Experience Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in economics and related areas, including international experience working in development.
• Relevant experience in Central Asia as an advantage.
• Demonstrated expertise in economic and policy work in developing countries.
• Evidence of high-quality knowledge outputs; publications in international peer-reviewed professional journals an advantage.
• Experience dialoging and coordinating with management, senior staff, and senior government officials in ADB or similar organizations.
• Close collaboration with management, senior staff, management, and senior government officials.
• Experience supporting management, such as leading speech and briefing notes preparations.
• Experience in country partnership strategy, country programming, and operations in ADB or a similar organization an advantage.
• Familiarity with ADB's operations, policies, and procedures an advantage.
• Experience of leading and participating in teams.

Qualification Requirements

• Master's Degree, or equivalent, in economics (Ph.D. an advantage), with expertise in one or more of the following fields: economic development, macroeconomics, public finance, public policy, international economics, and/or other related fields.
• University degree and at least 5 years specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Proficiency in oral and written communication skills in English.

Languages Preferred:

Contract Duration: • This is a fixed-term appointment for an initial fixed period of 3 years. At the end of the initial period, this appointment may, at the option of ADB, be extended once for up to 2 years, converted to a regular appointment, or ended on its expiration date.

Work Modality: • relocation is required

Remuneration: