Consultant as Public Economics Researcher

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• Explore the latest fiscal policies and trends to understand how they can help set up provincial endowment funds under special autonomy arrangement.
• Support the calculation of natural resources revenues as potential capital for endowment funds.
• Gather high quality data and information through interviews, desk-research, and other relevant approaches to support research efforts.
• Support the production of impactful research, including briefs and articles that share our findings related to endowment fund for sustainability in Papua provinces.

• Study the public financing needs and abilities of provinces, looking into the challenges and opportunities for improving climate, nature, and community well-being.
• Support with collecting, analyzing, and consulting on data for economic projection and development modelling purposes.
• Support the production of impactful research, including briefs and articles that share our findings related to new provinces’ pathways for sustainability.

• Assist in advocacy activities by providing expertise to key partners, as assigned by Line Manager.
• Support the development of knowledge and communication product in coordination with research and communications teams to
• Support in planning and implementation of meetings, workshops, focus groups, and seminars relevant to the initiatives.
• Employs collaborative and consultative approaches and a growth mindset to problem-solving, working with program and research team to deliver project.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Political Economy, Public Policy, or Development Studies with a Cum Laude GPA from reputable universities.
• A minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in relevant economics research, high-quality research conducted at the university level will be an advantage
• Ability to support discrete elements of research projects with manager support, e.g. systematically reviewing and synthesizing existing literature; collecting, cleaning, organizing, analyzing and visualizing data
• Demonstrated experience in using and operationalizing econometric or statistical tools such as STATA, R, or SPSS.
• Knowledge of Indonesia’s public finance and fiscal decentralization systems and policies.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written in Bahasa Indonesian and English.
• Strong research and writing abilities, capable of producing high-quality publications (such as journals and policy briefs) and assisting in the creation of reports and communication materials for public distribution.
• Demonstrated impactful research experience in public finance, public policy, or climate economics is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with the context of Tanah Papua, Indonesia, including climate, forest, and biodiversity policies; sustainable development; and the national and sub-national development, financing, and licensing frameworks is a strong plus.
• Previous significant involvement with policy stakeholders is an asset.
• An understanding of, and readiness to further explore, how ecosystem services are measured and conceptualized, in both monetary and non-monetary dimensions (e.g social costs), is preferred.
• Integrity, a commitment to sustainability and local development, and a good sense of humor.
• Willingness and ability to travel to remote locations.
• Self-motivation, attention to detail, and the ability to organize and manage tasks efficiently, ensuring timely and responsible results.
• Ability to travel
• Legally able to work in Indonesia.

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