Overview
The Economist will support the Agrifood Economics and Policy Division in performing quantitative analysis, data collection, research, and policy activities focused on the transformation of agrifood systems towards sustainable pathways.
Key Responsibilities
- Qualitative research to inform and complement the quantitative analysis.
- Perform quantitative analysis data handling and visualisation, statistical analysis, econometric estimation, economic modelling, and forecasting.
- Contribute to the development and review of technical products, in particular, economic and environmental analysis and produce related evidence-based policy guidance.
- Support the collection, processing, management, and analysis of social, economic, and environmental information from diverse data sources.
- Draft reports and other deliverables to clearly communicate the key messages from the analysis.
- Validate and interpret the results from economic analysis, applying appropriate econometric and modelling methods, in line with economic theory, recent literature and relevant data.
- Support the preparation of technical documents and draft technical notes.
- Provide technical and analytical support to the implementation of a number of projects and activities under the Office of the Director.
- Liaise and coordinate with partners, members, and other FAO Units as relevant.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 1 year for category C, 5 years for category B, 10 years for category A of relevant experience in economics, agricultural economics, international trade, public policy, statistics and other.
- Experience in management of large datasets and statistics, as well as experience in applied economic modelling and system-wide thinking.
- Academic/professional background in economics, with a strong foundation in quantitative analysis.
- Experience in presenting analytical results in concise and effective manner also to non-technical audience.
- Experience in quantitative data analysis using statistical models.
- Experience in general equilibrium or partial equilibrium analysis will be an asset.
- Modelling of multidimensional sustainability of agrifood systems.
- Econometric or economic modelling analysis.
- Implementation of research and policy support activities.
- Data collection and processing.
- Research and/or policy support experience in socioeconomic research, applied statistics, data science, data analysis, big data, and novel data sources.
- Preparation of technical documentation.
- Experience with numerical computing languages (e.g. Python, R, GAMS).
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in economics, agricultural economics, international trade, environmental sciences, public policy, data sciences, statistics or related fields. Consultants with a bachelor's degree need two additional years of relevant professional experience.
- University degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in economics, agricultural economics, international trade, environmental sciences, public policy, data sciences, statistics or related fields.
