Economic Affairs Officer

hace 4 semanas

Santiago de Chile United Nations A tiempo completo

This position is located in the Water and Energy Unit, Natural Resources Division of the ECLAC. The Economic Affairs Officer reports to the Chief of the Unit.

**Responsibilities**:
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Unit, the Economic Affairs Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
Economic or sector analysis
- Interprets, applies and, as necessary, adapts quantitative and qualitative methods to determine trends, patterns and relationships among development, sustainable energies and the environment, and to analyse the effects of alternative policies and assumptions.
- Elaborates technical papers and analytical studies on selected global, regional, national or sector aspects of sustainable development.
- Identifies and analyses policy proposals made elsewhere relating to assigned topics.
- Develops socio-economic databases and qualitative information necessary for specified recurrent or ad hoc assignments.
- Attends international, regional, and national meetings to collect information and to hold discussions with colleagues in other institutions.
- Assists in the organization and servicing of expert group meetings, seminars, etc. on development issues.
- Prepares speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff.

Intergovernmental support
- Prepares inputs for reports to intergovernmental bodies.
- Follows intergovernmental meetings and prepares summary reports.
- Prepares inputs to statements by members of the Bureau and Secretariat staff to such meetings.
- Assists in the organization of panels, round tables etc. on development issues for intergovernmental processes.

Technical cooperation
- Participates in missions on development issues, usually as a member of a team.
- Organizes training seminars for national experts.
- Prepares documentation for technical cooperation programmes and projects.
- Contributes to the preparation of material for the approval of regional, country or sector technical cooperation projects.
- Monitors, backstops and assesses the implementation of technical cooperation programmes and projects.

General
- Performs other related duties as required, including a variety of administrative tasks necessary for the final delivery of the work unit’s services.
- Undertakes on-the-job and other training activities, both internally and externally.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Competencies
- Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
- Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in economics, engineering, environmental sciences or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Job - Specific Qualification
Studies or specialization in energy issues is desirable.

Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

Experience in public sector, academy or development organizations in areas related to sustainable energy and / or the environment is desirable.

Experience in designing and managing projects of international cooperation on sustainable energies is desirable.

Experience working in/with Latin American and Caribbean countries is desirable

Two years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English and in Spanish is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.

NOTE: ‘’Fluency’’ equals a rating of ‘’fluent’’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and ‘’Knowledge of’’ equals a rating of ‘’confident’’ in two of the four areas.

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