Economic Affairs Officer

Under the delegated authority, the incumbent performs the following duties and responsibilities:

Governance Analysis

• Monitors developments in the area of economic and financial governance and identifies recurrent and emerging issues of concern to Member States.

• Designs and conducts studies on selected issues in economic and financial governance in particular and governance in general in Africa and drafts resulting reports.

• Interprets results through statistical analysis and/or econometric modelling of economic and/or financial governance data.

• Develops draft policy recommendations pertaining to governance, in particular economic and financial governance.

• Formulates proposals for development strategies, policies and measures for presentation to intergovernmental bodies and others.

• Prepares and contributes to the preparation of speeches and briefing notes for senior staff and make presentations on governance- related issues for specialist or non-specialist audiences.

• Organizes expert group meetings, seminars, etc. on development issues.

• Attends international, regional, and national meetings to hold discussions with representatives of other institutions.

Intergovernmental support

• Represents organizational unit at international, regional and national meetings.

Technical cooperation

• Designs and monitors technical cooperation projects pertaining to governance in Africa.

• Organizes and/or conducts training seminars and workshops for government officials and other officials of African countries.

• Contributes to the preparation of materials for the approval of regional, country or sectoral technical cooperation projects.

• Undertakes research and studies in support of programme and project formulation.

• Undertakes missions to Member States, either alone or as a participant in a diverse team, as part of the Organization’s technical cooperation activities.

General:

• Participates in intra- and inter-Departmental undertakings of broader concern to represent the views or interests of the organizational unit.

• Performs other related duties as required, including a variety of administrative tasks necessary for the final delivery of the work unit’s service.

Work implies frequent interaction with the following:

Staff within work unit/section; counterparts in other UN, regional and global development organizations

Senior officials in government, academia and research institutions

Results expected:

Prepares in-depth qualitative and quantitative analyses of economic and financial governance challenges faced by African countries; formulates sound policy proposals; recommends project activities; and develops well-designed programmes of analysis of development issues.

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