Overview
The Associate Economist will contribute to the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) objectives by supporting the design and implementation of assessments and data-driven products related to the socio-economic welfare of refugees, forcibly displaced persons, and host communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the design and implementation of assessments and other data-driven products related to the socio-economic welfare of refugees, forcibly displaced persons and host communities.
- Facilitate and support collaboration with partners and activities in the collection of comparable socio-economic (poverty) data on forcibly displaced.
- Support data collection activities, as appropriate.
- Support data analysis using econometric programs (R, Stata).
- Consolidate raw primary and secondary datasets into final datasets to be used for analysis, as needed.
- Provide secondary data analysis as appropriate.
- Clean datasets and support creation of necessary indicators.
- Assist in programming the instrument and support development of protocols to ensure high quality data.
- Prepare and document relevant datasets for archiving on the UNHCR Microdata Library.
- Support the preparation of research papers including formatting and creating tables, graphs, and related analysis.
- Engage with country operation, partners and government, as appropriate, in the design and implementation of data collection and research projects.
- Facilitate good communication and coordination among members of the country team, Governments, researchers and partners, serving as a link between these parties.
- Support drafting and writing of presentations, analytical reports, research and policy briefs.
- Identify research opportunities and contribute to proposals for research partnerships and funding.
- Support preparations of reports on achievements in data collection and analysis.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience
- At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience in economics, analysing data and/or conducting research.
- Familiarity with processes of the World Bank, the African Development Bank or other international financial institutions, bilateral development agencies or research institutions.
- Familiarity with displacement and development issues.
- Experience of working with the private sector.
- Experience working in applied development economics.
- Experience in poverty modelling.
- Experience leading primary data collection effort and data analysis.
- Experience of working with synergies between the humanitarian-development nexus.
- Demonstrated skills and experience with measuring welfare through socio-economic profiling.
- Demonstrated experience with analysis of large datasets.
- Demonstrated expertise in utilization of relevant statistical software (R, Stata).
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision and deliver high quality products.
- Demonstrated ability to think creatively, and to explore, harness and translate innovative concepts into relevant practical approaches for programming, policy, and advocacy purposes.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree; or Graduate degree; or Doctorate degree.
- Field(s) of Education: Economics; Statistics; International Business or other related field.
