The World Bank Economist Job (www.worldbank.org/jobs) in Nairobi Kenya october 2012
Economist
Local Appointment (Level GF, Two Years, renewable)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit (PREM) for East
Africa and the Horn (AFTP2) is looking for an Economist with excellent
technical and analytical skills to join its team in Nairobi, Kenya to
support the overall work-program of Kenya-PREM, and specifically its
Fiscal Decentralization Knowledge Program (FDKP).
The position is based in the World Bank’s Nairobi office, one of the largest country offices in Africa.
The selected candidate will be expected to work closely with
professional counterparts in the Government, as well as the community of
international development partners.
The Economist will report to the Sector Manager in Washington DC on technical matters.
The selected candidate is expected to devote a significant share
of his/her work program to the devolution workstream, with specific
focus on data collection and analysis to provide the evidence basis on
which to ground policy
advice.
advice.
Specifically the Economist would be expected to take the lead on
the “county performance monitoring workstream” of the devolution
program, including
(a) overseeing the development of comprehensive county databases,
(b) engaging all relevant stakeholders on monitoring and evaluation at county level
(c) working out the methodology for county performance tracking, and
(d) organizing annual events and outreach around county performance.
The devolution work program is supported by a grant from the
Governance Partnership Facility (GPF) with activities across three
components including:
(i) Devolution and service delivery;
(ii) Citizen engagement in devolved service delivery;
(iii) Public financial management and public sector reforms.
The selected candidate will also be expected to contribute on:
(i) Public expenditure analysis and preparation of the yearly
Public Expenditure Reviews, including background analysis, drafting and
dissemination;
(ii) Macroeconomic monitoring with direct inputs into the bi-yearly
Kenya Economic Update publications and associated dissemination
Selection criteria:
- The successful candidate should possess a Post graduate degree in economics, preferably PhD, with at least 5 years of relevant experience;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience of developing policy relevant material for government policymakers, with particular emphasis on fiscal decentralization;
- Strong quantitative skills and experience in developing/managing complex databases;
- Demonstrated experience of independently managing work programs;
- A record of relevant publications and experience of working in and a deep understanding of devolution processes in one or more developing country contexts, with a particular emphasis on fiscal decentralization and the transition to devolved government.
For the full job description and full selection criteria, qualified candidates are requested to visit and submit an electronic application through the World Bank careers website: www.worldbank.org/jobs
click on >employment opportunities >professional/technical staff
opportunities >current vacancies > job# 122369 to submit your
application electronically to the World Bank.
Email or postal/paper applications will not be considered.
The closing date is end of day 11th November 2012.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Qualified male and female candidates of diverse background (gender, religious, ethnic etc) are encouraged to apply.
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