E T Consultant – Research Analyst, Washington, DC

E T Consultant – Research Analyst

Description

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd

The Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) is the World Bank’s central reservoir of fresh insights into the most pressing challenges of development. It is led by the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank Group, who advises the President and senior managers, serves as the community leader for the WBG’s economists, and helps to keep the institution in the forefront of thinking about development policy. DEC constitutes one of the world’s largest teams of economists focused on policy solutions for developing economies.

The World Bank Chief Economist Office for Europe and Central Asia (DECEC) is located within the Development Economics Vice President's office and its main functions are to:

• Develop the strategic agenda for analytic work in the region;
• Oversee the production and dissemination of cutting-edge regional analytical work;
• Enhance the quality of all strategic and analytic work at the country and sectoral level in the region,
• Engage with external partners on regional-level issues and represent the regional view in relevant external fora.

In addition, the office directly carries out analytical work to derive lessons of experience and disseminates this knowledge within and outside the Bank in conferences and seminars. It also maintains links with IMF, EBRD, academic institutions, and think tanks on research relevant to transition and development issues in ECA and supports capacity building in economics training and policy-oriented research institutions in the counties of the region.

The office is currently looking for a highly motivated research assistant (Extended-term consultant) to work on providing support in topics related to productivity, skills, social protection, poverty, labor economics, and firm dynamics as part of its analytical agenda. Advanced knowledge of Stata, R, or Python for econometric analysis, as well as general programming skills, is essential. Previous hires in this position have continued their careers by enrolling in PhDs or taking similar positions in other institutions at the conclusion of their contracts

Duties and accountabilities: Reporting directly to Ivailo Izvorski (Chief Economist), Laurent Bossavie (Senior Economist), Jesica Torres Coronado (Senior Economist), Filip Jolevski (Economist), and Sergiy Kasyanenko (Economist). The ETC’s specific tasks will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:

• Clean, prepare, and analyze cross-sectional and panel micro-level datasets using statistical and econometric methods. The datasets to be analyzed may include, but are not limited to:
  • Household survey and worker-level microdata from the EU-SILC, EU-LFS, and EHIS surveys
  • Firm-level survey and administrative datasets
• Prepare research briefs on the results of the empirical analysis
• Attend meetings as requested.
• Support the dissemination of the products of the unit.
• Other activities that supervisors consider, within the scope of the consultancy.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in economics or equivalent in related field with at least two years of relevant professional experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Stata or other statistical software for econometric analysis (R, Python), as well as general programming skills, is essential.
• Extensive experience with micro-level datasets, including international data sets on labor market outcomes, such as labor force surveys, and firm-level datasets (surveys and administrative data).
• Experience and skills in data management.
• Experience in statistics, econometrics, development economics, and public economics.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English with ability to translate complex research findings into policy relevant language.
• Proven ability to work in a team and intercultural environment, with minimal supervision.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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