Economic Affairs Officer

The Economic Affairs Officer at ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean focuses on regional integration, trade, and finance. The role involves economic and sector analysis, intergovernmental support, technical cooperation, and general administrative duties to support the economic and social development of Caribbean small developing economies.

Responsibilities

• Monitors economic developments with respect to regional integration, trade, urban development and development finance and identifies recurrent and emerging issues of concern to small developing economies and drafts policy recommendations.
• Conducts and coordinates research and analytical studies on regional integration, trade, urban development and development finance, paying particular attention to the regional integration process in the Caribbean.
• Monitors macro-economic performance and provides analyses and proposals for structural transformation of small developing economies.
• Engages senior policy makers on policy options to address ongoing macroeconomic, regional integration, trade and development finance challenges faced by Caribbean States.
• Designs, conducts and drafts reports on studies of selected issues in regional integration, trade, development finance and economic development as they relate to small states.
• Applies macroeconomic and econometric modelling techniques to analyse and interpret the economic prospects and policies of small states.
• Organizes expert group meetings and seminars on development issues.
• Prepares speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff.
• Provides policy advice and guidance to stakeholders, as they relate to small developing countries, on regional integration, trade and development finance issues and prospects, based on solid analytical approaches.
• Attend and present at major international, regional and national meetings and to hold discussions with representatives of other institutions.
• Provides substantive support on economic issues to intergovernmental bodies, such as the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), national officials and cooperation institutions, through preparation of policy reports on regional integration, trade and finance, development of policy recommendations and provision of inputs to draft reports.
• Represents ECLAC at international, regional and national meetings.
• Designs and monitors technical cooperation projects.
• Undertakes missions to member states, either alone or as a participant in a diverse team.
• Supports junior staff, reviewing their work and providing feedback.
• Participates in intra- and inter-Departmental undertakings of broader concern to represent the views or interests of the organizational unit.
• Performs other related duties as required, including a variety of administrative tasks necessary for the final delivery of the work unit’s service.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in economics or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in economic research and analysis, policy formulation, application of economic principles in development programmes or related area is required.
• Experience in gender-responsive analysis and the use of sex-disaggregated data or related area is required.
• Experience in regional integration, trade, trade negotiations and development finance is desirable.
• Proficiency in the use of economic software such as STATA, R, SPSS, Python or Mathlab is desirable.
• Experience in traditional linear time series; cross-sectional; non-linear regression; and machine learning econometric models is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Skills

• Economic Research
• Economic Analysis
• Policy Formulation Support
• Economic Principles Application
• Gender-Responsive Analysis
• Use of Sex-Disaggregated Data
• Regional Integration
• Trade Analysis
• Trade Negotiations
• Development Finance
• Data Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Data Science
• STATA
• SPSS
• Python
• Mathlab
• Linear Time Series Analysis
• Cross-Sectional Regression
• Non-Linear Regression
• Machine Learning Econometric Models

Languages

English, Spanish