Overview
The Economic Affairs Officer will monitor and analyze sovereign and public debt and global financial flows, and their implications for developing countries. The role involves designing and conducting studies, developing policy recommendations, and supporting intergovernmental bodies.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitors and analyses sovereign and public debt and global financial flows and their implications for developing countries and identifies recurrent and emerging issues of concern to the United Nations.
- Designs and conducts studies on external and domestic debt issues (both private and public), development finance, global financial markets and governance structures and drafts resulting reports.
- Develops draft policy recommendations pertaining to international economic co-operation and strengthening multilateralism.
- Formulates proposals for development strategies, policies and measures for presentation to intergovernmental bodies and others.
- Attends international, regional, and national meetings to hold discussions with representatives of other institutions.
- Organizes expert group meetings, seminars, etc. on development issues.
- Prepares speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff.
- Provides substantive support on economic issues to intergovernmental bodies such as the Trade and Development Board.
- Represents organizational unit at international, regional and national meetings.
- Designs and monitors technical cooperation projects.
- Undertakes missions to member states, either alone or as a participant in a diverse team, as part of the Organization’s technical cooperation activities.
- Prepares global, regional, national or sector analyses that provide a basis for advising national governments on economic development issues.
- Conducts training seminars and workshops for government officials and others.
- Supports junior staff, reviewing their work and providing feedback.
- Participates in intra- and inter-Departmental undertakings of broader concern to represent the views or interests of the organizational unit.
- Performs other related duties as required, including a variety of administrative tasks necessary for the final delivery of the work unit’s service.
- Undertakes on-the-job and other training activities, both internally and externally.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
Required Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in economic research and analysis and policy formulation, in the area of debt and development finance is required. Experience in intergovernmental consensus building in the area of debt and development finance is required. Experience in technical cooperation projects within the United Nations Common system is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in economics or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A PhD in Economics or related field is desirable.
