View Vacancy – Economics and Prosperity Officer, Grade – EO, Colombo

Be aware: All candidates are required to mandatorily fill the entire on-line utility kind together with the employment and academic particulars, experience-based section and the behaviours and technical/ skilled skills-based questions. We might be totally reviewing the applying types just for all of the required particulars. Kinds which are incomplete the least bit won’t be thought-about whereas shortlisting for the subsequent stage.

Primary objective of job:

The British Excessive Fee Colombo is in search of an enthusiastic self-starter for an essential and thrilling Economics and Prosperity Officer position.
The principle focus of the position is knowing and reporting on Sri Lanka’s financial context, notably its IMF programme and progress on financial reform. You’ll present recommendation to the Excessive Fee on implications for the UK and the way the UK authorities ought to reply. This can contain engagement with authorities our bodies, organising occasions, and sustaining contacts with UK and Sri Lankan establishments.

You’ll work alongside the broader Economics and Prosperity community to maximise alternatives, together with colleagues from geographical and programme departments in London and different UK authorities groups within the South Asia area. 

You may be becoming a member of an evolving Economics and Prosperity Group, which additionally covers Local weather, Well being, and Science and Innovation, working in an inclusive and supportive Excessive Fee atmosphere. You’ll work carefully with the Head of Group to assist outline the group’s ongoing priorities, notably on financial reporting and engagement. At instances, you’ll work with different colleagues within the group, to analysis and help initiatives and programmes to assist obtain wider Prosperity aims. This can require flexibility in method to sort out a spread of challenges and alternatives.

The position will present entry to senior decision-makers within the UK and Sri Lankan Governments, and would require excessive ranges of autonomy, fluency in English and high quality decision-making.

We reserve the proper to overview, revise or amend the roles and tasks occasionally reflecting the altering wants of enterprise.

Roles and tasks / what is going to the jobholder be anticipated to attain:

Financial reporting 
Present evaluation on implications for UK authorities aims of main financial developments in Sri Lanka. Have interaction with geographical and programme departments in London, different economists within the FCDO and key authorities departments (e.g. HM Treasury) to determine areas/matters for financial reporting and collaboration on regional points.

Political Financial system
Keep a large community of contacts with financial establishments to develop an in-depth understanding of the financial scenario in Sri Lanka, together with the hyperlinks between politics, good governance, and financial growth. Alongside different authorities departments, use data to assist inform HMG coverage, producing common reporting and evaluation on financial points.

Business Diplomacy 
By means of financial reporting, assist help the Commerce group to determine potential areas of progress, dangers, and challenges for UK companies.

Coverage
Reply to rising priorities from the UK Authorities and, with the Head Group and different group members, work out how the Excessive Fee ought to reply.

Initiatives
Work with the Head of Group and different group members to analysis the potential for prosperity venture work and help the design and growth of centrally funded programmes to make sure initiatives are aligned with UK Authorities priorities and are worth for cash.

Press and Public Affairs (Communications) 
Maximise public diplomacy alternatives by working carefully with the Communications group to draft press releases; speeches; intranet articles and many others. Take care of correspondence on financial points. 

Different
Advert-hoc briefings, conferences, and initiatives, relying on London and Excessive Fee priorities. All workers working on the Excessive Fee are anticipated to tackle broader company aims that assist create an inclusive and successfully run working atmosphere.

Sources managed (workers and expenditure): 
This place doesn’t at present have line administration tasks. There are at present no devolved programme or venture funds.

Language necessities: 
Obligatory Language: English and Sinhala and/or Tamil
Stage of language required: Fluent spoken and written English (IELTS 7.0 or equal), Sinhala (advanced-intermediate) important and/or Tamil (advanced-intermediate) with working stage Sinhala

Studying and growth alternatives (and any particular coaching programs to be accomplished):
The British Excessive Fee supplies entry to applicable coaching, studying and growth to satisfy growth wants.  A spread of formal and casual studying and growth alternatives might be obtainable regionally and regionally/regionally, together with through distant studying.

Working patterns:
The place is full time, 40 hours per week, as per the timings listed beneath, which features a each day 1 hour lunch break:
08.00 -16.30 hours Mondays to Thursday 
08.00 -14.00 on Fridays
British Excessive Fee Colombo permits working from house twice per week topic to line supervisor approval.

Some other info (or particular native Put up necessities):
No lodging or relocation bills are payable in reference to this place. Candidates should have residency authorisation for Sri Lanka as a way to apply. The British Excessive Fee can help a piece allow utility solely. Employment provides are topic to profitable clearance of pre-employment and safety checks

Important on arrival:

• Bachelor’s diploma in economics or associated topic
• 3 years of related work expertise;
• Confirmed capacity to interpret financial knowledge/ideas and talk implications to stakeholders of various backgrounds;
• An understanding of Sri Lankan historical past, tradition and politics; good analysis and analytical expertise
• Glorious spoken and written English (IELTS 7.0 or equal) and Sinhala (advanced-intermediate) and/or Tamil (advanced-intermediate) with working stage Sinhala
• Good interpersonal and folks expertise
• A self-starter, capable of work with minimal supervision
• Proficiency in workplace laptop purposes, notably Phrase and Excel
• Versatile, resilient beneath stress and decisive with a confirmed monitor document of delivering outcomes
• Private drive and the flexibility to work each independently and as a part of a group