Economist

The position supports the implementation of a portfolio of impact evaluations funded by the Flexible Voluntary Mechanism. These impact evaluations seek to provide rigorous evidence on the impacts of FAO projects, with a strong focus on gender inclusivity, climate adaptation and farmer field schools. The Economist will work with country teams and colleagues in the SERA Team to design and implement five impact evaluations, with a geographic focus in Uganda, Kenya, Syria and Zambia. The Economist will summarize the results of these evaluations in work papers, peer reviewed journals and through internal and external workshops and conferences.

Key Results

• Research and analysis of information, data and statistics and the maintenance and updating of related tools, methodologies, and/or databases to support the delivery of programme products, projects, publications, and services.

Key Functions

• Researches and analyses (agricultural, economic, trade, market, social, environmental, nutrition/food composition and/or gender related) data, statistics and information to provide technical, statistical and/or policy related information and analysis to support the delivery of economic and social development programmes, products, projects, publications and services.
• Produces a variety of technical reports and input for technical documents, divisional publications and/or web pages.
• Provides technical, statistical, and/or analytical services on various studies, projects and/or assessments and provides technical backstopping to field projects.
• Participates in the development of improved/updated technical, statistical and/or analytical tools, methodologies, systems, databases, and/or key social/ economic/ environmental/ nutritional and/or early warning indicators, etc.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary teams, collaborates with other Divisions/Offices/Centres on work groups and committees and promotes best practices.
• Collaborates in capacity development activities involving the planning and organizing of training workshops, seminars and major meetings and the preparation of related information, materials, on-line tools and information kits.
• Promotes knowledge sharing and best practices at international meetings and conferences and influences partners in stakeholder consultations.
• Participates in resource mobilization activities.

Specific Functions

• Supports the design and implementation of rigorous impact evaluations and/or other relevant methodological approaches to generate evidence to enhance the impact of projects and programmes on the welfare of poor and vulnerable rural people, with a thematic focus on climate change, gender equality and farm field schools.
• Develops harmonized data collection tools and oversees data collection activities.
• Manages the procurement of data collection services.
• Supports technical writing and analysis.
• Fosters strong linkages between evidence generation and national, regional and global policy debates on rural transformation.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in economics, resource/environmental economics, development economics, agricultural economics, economic geography or a related field.
• Five years of relevant experience in quantitative socio-economic analysis, ideally with a demonstrated work related to the thematic and policy focal areas of the Team.
• Working knowledge (proficient – level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate – level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Source: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2401770