Economic Officer

Economic Officer

IsDB – Islamic Development Bank

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Job Purpose

To assist the senior staff in the Institute to carry out economic research by providing timely and effective scientific and technical support.

Key Accountabilities

Operational Planning:

• Contribute to the formulation and documentation of work plans, guidelines, policies and procedures;
• Check compliance of the documents produced by the Team with the recommended templates and formats.

Economic Research Support:

• Identify, collect, classify and refine economic data/analysis on the Member Countries and provide the processed information to seniors to facilitate research work;
• Assist in compiling and preparing country research, studies and surveys of the economical movements in the concerned Member Countries;
• Prepare briefing notes and summaries of the relevant publications and reports;
• Update existing reports, publications and papers with the latest information;
• Prepare country economic profiles from existing recognized and readily available sources.

Reporting & Communication:

• Provide updated reports related to the team activities in MCs;
• Prepare and update the Member Countries Periodical Economic Reports to keep the Management updated with the development and economic situation in the Members Countries;
• Collect, validate, organize and present data, for various reports, in close coordination with the seniors in the Team.

Academic and professional qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Finance/Business Administration/Shariah/Economics or any relevant discipline;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Islamic Finance and Economics.

Skills & Necessary Knowledge

• Islamic Finance;
• Research Methodology;
• Data Collection and Analysis;
• Quantitative analysis;
• Economic Analysis and Assessment;
• Conceptual and Critical Thinking;
• Report Writing;
• MS Office skills.

Languages

• English – Mandatory;
• Arabic – Preferred;
• French – Preferred.

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