Economic Analyst- vacancy

Job title:Economic Analyst

Ref:60011842-3
Country:United Kingdom
City: London
Department: Office of the Chief Economist
Business Unit:  OCEClosing date:    17 May 2013
Role Overview
The Office of the Chief Economist (“OCE”) consists of a team of around 50 economists, economic analysts, and support staff. It contributes to the operational, policy and strategy work of the Bank and provides intellectual leadership on the development of well-functioning market economies in the EBRD’s region of operation, which comprises all countries in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, Mongolia, and most recently Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. OCE works closely with the Banking Department in structuring, appraising and monitoring investment projects that advance the transition to a market economy. OCE also initiates and participates in Bank policy initiatives, contributes to the development of country and sector strategies, and supports the Bank’s operations by monitoring macroeconomic developments and risks. In addition, OCE undertakes economic research, and publishes the EBRD’s Transition Report and other research-based papers and reports.

The Office of the Chief Economist wishes to recruit an analyst, based in the Bank’s London headquarters, to work in the Project and Sector Assessment Pillar. The analyst will be working in one of the major sectors in which the Bank is active - either Industry, Commerce and Agribusiness (ICA) or Financial Institutions (FI) - supporting a team of sector economists in assessing and monitoring the impact of Bank’s projects in these sectors and monitoring structural reform progress in the Bank’s countries of operation.
 
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
The analyst will work under the general direction of the Director for Project and Sector Assessment and report to the Lead/Senior economist who acts as sector coordinator. Key tasks and responsibilities will include:

•     Assisting the economists in the assigned sector team,including supporting their relationship with the Banking and Risk Departments during all stages of sector and project work, from project design and assessment to post-signing monitoring;
•     Monitoring and assessing structural reform progress in the Bank’s countries of operation and contributing to the annual review of the EBRD sectoral transition indicators;
•     Monitoring of the Bank’s operations, including some travel to the region;
•     Analyzing the impact of Bank projects and operations;
•     Ad hoc assignments, including background research on specific companies or sectors, regulatory and other policy developments, drafting of briefings, presentations, and short sector analyses
•     Compilation and maintenance of relevant datasets.
• This job description is not limited to the responsibilities listed and the incumbent may be requested to perform other relevant duties as required by business needs.
• This position is advertised as a 23 month short term contract.

 Essential Skills, Experience & Qualifications

•    A Master degree in economics or finance from a leading university (candidates with a strong economics degree focused on policy-oriented or applied microeconomics at the Bachelor's level may be considered in exceptional cases).
•     Preference would be given to candidates with prior work experience in an area of interest to the Bank, including industrial organisation, agricultural economics or financial services (such as financial economics or banking consultancy services);
•     Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including knowledge of Excel. Facility with other database/analytic software (eg Stata; MatLab) and information providers (e.g. Bankscope, Orbis, Bloomberg, FAO stat, WTO tariffs and World Bank WDI) would be an advantage;
•     Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
• Familiarity with the EBRD region of operations, particularly work or study experience in the region, and knowledge of one or more languages of the region would be an advantage.

 Competencies & Personal Attributes

•   Good organisational and multi-tasking skills;
•    Ability to plan and work unsupervised;
•    Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
•   Excellent interpersonal and team working skills;
•    Ability to operate sensitively in multi-cultural environments and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues.

How to apply:
http://www.ebrdjobs.com/fe/tpl_ebrd01.asp?newms=jj&id=93658