Research Analyst

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    2 months ago
  • Category:
    Research and Data
  • Deadline:
    21/08/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Team Leader of Future of Work Project and the overall guidance of the cluster lead, the Individual contractor will assist in assessing the Future of Work. The Individual contractor will particularly help in country requests for features and analysis of data collected by the Skills Monitor, assess the job mismatch. The Individual Contractor will mainly contribute to the following areas: 1. Substantive research in areas related to the ‘Future of Work’ Project. This includes reviewing existing literature as a background analysis. 2. Update Economic analysis on the skills Monitor results on a monthly basis, including analysis of the results. 3. Conduct data analysis using (i) data from the ESCWA Skills Monitor and (ii) data from different government hubs, including unemployment countries around the region (Country Profiles). 4. Provide Economic analysis for countries’ technical assistance. 5. Match Skills with Jobs in Labor force Surveys. 6. Assist in technical assistance to Arab countries including in developing concept notes, training material, and country tailored policy research.

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Qualifications/special skills
A Bachelor’s degree in economics, social science, statistics, or a related area is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of 1 year of experience in conducting macroeconomics and economic research including labor market analysis using econometrics or related field is required. Knowledge in Machine learning, experience in household surveys, firm level survey, and Big Data analysis is desirable. Familiarity with Microsoft Suite is desirable. Proven experience in economic data analysis, presentation, drafting and visualization is desirable.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English and Arabic is required. Knowledge of French 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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