World Bank Nigeria Recruitment 2011 - Senior Economist Position

Applications have been invited by World Bank Nigeria for the recruitment on the post of Senior Economist. For Further details of World Bank Nigeria Recruitment 2011 For Senior Economist you can read below:

Title of Vacancy: Senior Economist

Vacancy Number: 110709

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Requirements of Vacancy:

• Advanced degree in economics and at least 10 years of relevant experience in trade policy and regional integration
• Ability to operate effectively both as team leader and team member
• Commitment to and experience with knowledge sharing.
• Developing key indicators, including establishing benchmarks, to monitor progress of the regional integration process in West Africa. This activity will be undertaken in close collaboration with the African Development Bank
• Developing, in cooperation with regional and national partners, innovative research outputs accessible to a broad audience of West African citizens by simplifying the complexity of analytical writing. Develop and implement innovative dissemination methods in terms of the selection of participants, methods of delivery, feed-back, and subsequent follow up to assess effectiveness of transferring knowledge;
• Ensuring that World Bank quality assurance procedures are followed for work that is actually being led by World Bank teams; and provide quality advice on other research led by other institutions working with the steering committee;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French
• Experience working in research capacity building and in policy dialogue with governments.
• Handling the overall administrative and financial management of the program, including the preparation of research grants, annual reports, etc
• Identifying researchers inside and outside the region who can conduct the research, and setting up procedures to evaluate their proposals and review their work;
• Knowledge of West Africa preferable
• Promoting a dialogue with governments and regional institutions on issues of regional integration, identifying demand for analytical work in the area of regional integration, and helping transfer this demand into actual proposals for research that can be undertaken by the program;
• Strong interpersonal skills and client focus.
• Superior analytical skills demonstrated through a strong track record of major economic reports or other published work relating to economic policy and trade analysis. Ability to conduct innovative work in challenging environments is also required.
• Supporting the program Steering Committee to ensure regional priorities are adequately reflected in the research agenda and that the program is effectively implemented;
• Working in collaboration with Bank staff from FPD, PREM, SD, DECRD and WBI to ensure the project and its key research results link up with and inform other Bank activities;
• Working together with the steering committee, ECOWAS, UEMOA, and the AfDB to establish regional knowledge platforms on key policy issues, as well as establishing a network of researchers and think tanks in the region;

Deadline: 10th May, 2011

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