Public Finance and Governance Associate

Overview

This assignment supports UNICEF China's investment and governance portfolio, focusing on child-centred social policy and equitable resource allocation. The role involves analyzing public finance and development financing to improve services for children.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, clean and organize national and subnational budget and expenditure data.
• Support analysis of allocations, execution, trends, adequacy, equity and efficiency in selected child-related services.
• Examine how fiscal policies, public investment and financing mechanisms support service delivery and child well-being.
• Undertake desk research on development finance, sovereign debt and fiscal space.
• Compile country examples and evidence on how financing arrangements and public investment affect essential services, human capital and children’s well-being.
• Assist with costing, financing-gap estimates and simple scenarios.
• Support research and policy analysis related to China's rural revitalization agenda.
• Contribute to the documentation of innovative approaches, case studies and lessons learned.
• Review Chinese- and English-language literature and policy documents.
• Prepare draft analytical notes, charts, presentations, case studies and briefing materials.
• Summarize findings clearly for non-specialist audiences and assist with translation and checking of relevant technical content.
• Help prepare technical meetings, consultations and knowledge-sharing events.
• Compile background materials, record discussions and follow up on agreed actions.
• Maintain activity and deliverable trackers, and contribute factual inputs to progress reports and coordination with researchers and programme partners.

Required Experience

1 month

Qualifications

Master's degree in Economics, Public Finance, Development Economics, Public Policy or a closely related discipline.

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