Country Economist

Persyaratan
Competencies

Core Competencies

**Core Innovation**: Ability to make new and useful ideas work. Level 5: Creates new and relevant ideas and leads others to implement them

**Leadership**: Ability to persuade others to follow. Level 5: Plans and acts transparently, actively works to removes barriers

**People Management**: Ability to improve performance and satisfaction. Level 5: Models high professional standards and motivates excellence in others

**Communication**: Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform. Level 5: Gains trust of peers, partners, clients by presenting complex concepts in practical terms to others

**Delivery**: Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement. Level 5:Critically assesses value and relevance of existing policy / practice and contributes to enhanced delivery of products, services, and innovative solutions

Technical/Functional Competencies

Required Skills and Experience

**Education**:
Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in Economics or related fields OR Bachelors degree with additional 2 years experiences will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.

Ph.D. in Economics will be an advantage.

**Experience**:
Minimum of 7 years for Master’s or 9 years for Bachelors, experience at the national or international level in relevant areas of economic research and policy and implementation support;
Extensive experience in research and policy-level analysis;
Proven policy, advisory and advocacy experience;
Experience in preparing high quality policy briefs and guidance notes for use by senior policy makers;
Experience of strategic visioning with strong technical and highly developed analytical capabilities;
Experience in handling of web-based management systems and advanced software programmes for statistical analysis of data;
Previous work experience in Asia and the Pacific region would be an asset.

**Language**:
Fluency in oral and written English is essential

Fluency in the official language of the duty station is an advantage.

Tanggung Jawab

In the programme countries, UNDP supports stabilization, state-building, governance and development priorities in in partnership with the host governments, the United Nations system, the development partners and other partners to help the country to achieve sustainable development by eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, accelerating structural transformations for sustainable development and building resilience to crises and shock.

In addition, UNDP now has the mandate to support SDG Integration to ensure faster progress on sustainable development and offers support in four areas, (1) integrated policy and programming solutions, (2) SDG metrics, data and analysis using state-of-the-art tools for modelling and forecasting, (3) knowledge and innovation and (4) SDG Financing options to help countries identify innovative ways to expand public and private contributions to reach the 2030 agenda. Lastly, the COVID-19 pandemic has also highlighted an urgent need to adopt a Systems Approach that is orientated towards building Resilience to future shocks through continuously reviewed scenario analyses.

In Indonesia, UNDP operates within the framework of the Country Programme Document 2021-25 that focuses on 1) inclusive social development; 2) economic transformation; 3) environmental protection and disaster risk reduction; and 4) innovation for development. UNDP office in Indonesia is known to spearhead within UNDP’s global community in areas such as innovative SDG financing, digital health, energy transition and carbon pricing, and integrated COVID response that promotes inclusive and green recovery. In all these areas, UNDP Indonesia has generated wealth of studies and information, based upon which deeper socio-economic analyses and policy dialogues/recommendations could be developed and facilitated - a potential that UNDP has yet to have realized. This way UNDP Indonesia aspires to better demonstrate its thought-leadership in the areas of Indonesia’s critical development priorities

The Economist works under the guidance of the UNDP Resident Representative and Deputy Resident Representative in the country and s/he will work closely with the programme and operations teams in the Country Office, Accelerator Lab, and staff in the Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific as well as the Global Policy Network (GPN), based in Bangkok and New York. S/he will also collaborate with the Asia-Pacific regional network of country economists. This will include systematic engagement with and oversight from the lead regional economic advisors based in Bangkok and New York. S/he is also expected to develop and maintain a professional network across development partner agencies, government institutions, the private sector, and civil society at the country level.
Position Purpose

The country economist will provide advice the UNDP country office management and programme team to strengthen program