Associate Economics Analyst

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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

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