Overview
The Economist will provide economic and analytical support to develop a transitional programming framework, strengthen risk analysis, and contribute to research and reporting on socio-economic and financial issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead development of programming framework including CCA, results framework, financing framework, and M&E reporting framework.
- Conduct socioeconomic analysis, foresight and horizon scanning, and coordinate transitional strategic planning.
- Establish analytical workflows using AI for data collection, scenario modeling, costing, and drafting.
- Provide economic and analytical support for the design of a transitional programming framework.
- Lead development of the M&E framework for a revised programming framework.
- Advise and support the design of a financing framework.
- Advise and support the development and review of UN joint programmes for recovery.
- Research, develop and present policy papers, guidance notes, briefing materials and analytical inputs.
- Develop and maintain a risk framework, political economy and conflict analysis.
- Use generative AI and related tools to maintain and update damage assessments and recovery needs analysis.
- Serve as the UNSCO lead for EU-WB-UN joint crisis assessment (RDNA) work.
- Develop and maintain a risk framework for identifying, categorizing and assessing risks.
- Conduct political economy, financial, and employment analysis.
- Assess and highlight development trade-offs, risk factors and early-warning indicators.
- Provide risk and political-economy inputs to senior leadership decision-making.
- Manage AHLC issues, research and engagement.
- Coordinate the drafting of the biannual UNSCO report to the AHLC.
- Lead research and analysis on priority AHLC issues.
- Provide substantive support to the formulation of strategic programmes and initiatives.
- Advice and support UNSCO’s engagement with international and local financial institutions, economic institutions, civil society, member states.
- Oversee the implementation, planning, and reporting of Norway’s extra-budgetary support to UNSCO.
- Lead policy advice to counterparts and knowledge management on economic and development issues.
- Facilitate policy dialogue on economic issues.
- Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Assess the country’s economic policies and strategies.
- Provide training and capacity building support for UNSCO staff, Government officials and public institutions.
Required Experience
Minimum of 7 years (with master’s degree) or 9 years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively relevant experience at the national or international level in economic analysis, sustainable development policy or project / programme management in the context of conflict and post-conflict recovery planning is required. At least five years of experience with the United Nations or an International Financial Institution in a complex internal conflict and/or occupation context is required. At least two years of experience leading UN country level engagement on joint-EU-WB-UN crisis assessments, such as RDNA, in a conflict context is required. Experience with strategic aid coordination as part of a peace process is required. At least five years of experience in political economy and/or conflict analysis in transition, post-conflict or fragile settings is desirable. Experience in the design of results and monitoring and evaluation frameworks and/or recovery financing frameworks (e.g. INFF) is desirable. Experience advising senior management on sustainable development, economic/fiscal, conflict economics, and political economy matters is desirable. Experience deploying generative AI and/or advanced data-analytics tools to support economic analysis, foresight, or reporting is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent degree) in Economics, Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Business or Public Administration, Social Sciences or related area is required, Or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
