Overview
Provides substantive support for evidence-based analysis of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including through economic and policy analysis to support strategic decision-making by the Resident Coordinator and United Nations Country Team.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct economic, fiscal, financial, social and sustainable development analyses.
- Support implementation and localization of global/corporate guidelines, tools and other materials related to economic transformation and SDG financing.
- Provides substantive inputs to analysis and briefing materials on economic transformation and SDG financing.
- Supports the identification and analysis of entry points for integrated UN policy support related to socio economic transformation.
- Collects, analyzes and interprets economic and development data relevant to UN country-level operations.
- Prepares substantive inputs to policy papers, analytical notes, briefing materials, reports and other knowledge products.
- Monitors national, regional and global economic developments and analyzes their potential implications for sustainable development.
- Conducts analysis on the role of the private sector in sustainable economic transformation and SDG financing.
- Researches and analyzes emerging and innovative approaches to SDG financing.
- Prepares inputs for briefing notes, talking points and background materials for the RC and UNCT.
- Supports UNCT initiatives related to SDG financing, sustainable investments and innovative financing.
- Provides economic analysis and substantive inputs to humanitarian-development-peace nexus approaches.
- Supports the RC and UNCT's policy engagement and partnerships with government counterparts, United Nations entities, development partners, the private sector, academia, think tanks and civil society.
- Leads the Resident Coordinator Office's technical engagement with key national economic and financial institutions.
- Leads working-level collaboration and exchanges with economists across the UN system and other relevant institutions.
- Facilitates, together with UNCT members, integrated and cross-pillar approaches to UN policy engagement with national counterparts and other partners.
- Monitors analytical work, policy developments, financing initiatives and capacity-development support by development partners.
- Supports engagement with private sector actors to identify potential contributions to sustainable economic transformation and catalytic financing opportunities.
- Facilitates engagement with relevant data communities, innovation ecosystems, academic institutions, digital actors and foresight networks.
- Contributes economic and financing analysis to the development and implementation of the Common Country Analysis (CCA), United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), joint programmes, annual reports and other elements of the UN sustainable development programming cycle.
- Supports the preparation of macroeconomic, socioeconomic and SDG financing analysis for the CCA and other analytical exercises.
- Identifies economic trends, policy issues and emerging development challenges and provides substantive inputs and recommendations.
- Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of the UNSDCF.
- Provides substantive support to the development of UN joint programmes related to economic transformation and SDG financing.
- Supports the identification and development of investment-oriented SDG initiatives and programme proposals.
- Supports UNCT Results Groups and other coordination mechanisms by providing economic analysis and substantive inputs.
- Researches and proposes options to strengthen UN support to national and multi-stakeholder processes related to economic policy, financing and capacity development.
- Contributes to knowledge generation and management on economic transformation, macroeconomic trends and SDG financing.
- Contributes to and facilitates local, regional and global communities of practice and knowledge networks.
- Researches and analyzes good practices and lessons learned from UN policy initiatives and programmes related to economic transformation.
- Monitors macroeconomic and fiscal trends, public expenditure patterns, debt sustainability and fiscal space.
- Keeps abreast of emerging economic research, policy developments, analytical methodologies and innovative approaches.
- Documents lessons learned and knowledge generated through analytical and programme-support activities.
- Supports knowledge-sharing and learning activities that promote the use of data, digitalization, innovation and foresight.
- Collects, documents and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights.
- Ensures that requirements and background information used for data analysis are documented.
- Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Required Experience
A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in economic research and analysis, macroeconomic or socioeconomic policy, applied economics, development economics, or a related area in the context of development cooperation is required. Experience in conducting economic and/or policy analysis and translating development trends and data into policy options, recommendations or other analytical products is required. Experience in SDG financing, development finance, public finance and/or innovative financing approaches is desirable. Experience in supporting strategic planning, policy development or financing solutions with government institutions and/or other development partners is desirable. Experience working in UN inter-agency and/or multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms is desirable. Experience in applying inclusive approaches that take into consideration gender equality, youth, persons with disabilities and/or leave no one behind principles in economic analysis, policy or development programming is desirable. Experience in supporting partnerships and/or resource mobilization initiatives in the context of development cooperation is desirable. Experience in knowledge management, research, or the preparation and dissemination of analytical and policy products in the context of development cooperation is desirable. Experience working on policy reforms related to Serbia’s European Union integration process is desirable. Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in Economics is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional 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 an advantage.