Associate Economics Analyst

As an Associate Economics Analyst, you will be contributing to economic and sector work (ESW) at the INRM and will support monitoring, analysis and reporting on economic developments including socio-economic issues. You will be providing support to economic, sector, operational and knowledge work under the guidance of a designated international staff and or senior national staff.

• Assist in preparing the India chapter of Asian Development Outlook and other macroeconomic notes.
• Provide inputs for economic reports and assist in preparing briefing notes, background papers, and other reports and documents as required.
• Monitor socio-economic trends and policy developments, including in operationally relevant sectors.
• Create and update regularly a comprehensive socio-economic database for India and selected states.
• Assist in project and technical assistance processing missions by providing public finance and sector-specific information as required.
• Support implementation of assigned projects by providing technical support for performance reporting, recruitment of consultants, and monitoring the progress on assigned projects.
• Support administration of assigned technical assistance by recruitment of the firm/consultants, contract management, liquidation of invoices, and progress monitoring.
• Support data analysis through use of statistical packages.
• Support knowledge management activities.
• Assist in the preparation of the briefing folders for the management visits
• Perform other tasks as assigned and reflected in the incumbent’s workplan.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, 2 years of research experience preferred.
• Sound knowledge of Indian economy and relevant databases and data sources
• Proficiency in the use of technology packages (common word-processing, spreadsheets and graphics, PowerPoint and web-browsing and search engines).
• Effective report-writing and communication skills in English
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to liaise and work effectively with government officials within duty station and with colleagues throughout ADB
• Excellent computer skills in the use of standard econometric and statistical packages
• Strong interpersonal skills suitable for multicultural environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams as a constructive team member ‘
• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Administrative Staff Levels 6

Source: https://www.adb.org/careers/240526