UNHCR Senior Economist - Field Operations Jobs in Kenya
UNHCR Senior Economist - Field Operations Jobs in Kenya
Organizational Setting and Work RelationshipsFramed by the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) and UNHCR¿s mission to find solutions to refugee situations, strengthened cooperation with development and private sector partners is essential.
The increasing number of refugees and internally displaced persons in protracted displacement situations, together with the increasing scale of irregular migration, large-scale refugee movements, and costs of responding to humanitarian situations, have placed forced displacement high on the global agenda.
These elements have further driven the realization that humanitarian support must be complemented by development and private sector actors to lift displaced populations out of poverty, enable solutions, and encourage an area-based approach to poverty reduction.
Within UNHCR, the Division of Resilience and Solutions (DRS) was formed to address these challenges, in part by broadening strategic partnerships with key actors in these areas, including importantly the World Bank and other multilateral development banks and in so doing aligning approaches by Government(s).
To support investments by development actors in area-based approaches including both forcibly displaced and their hosts, requires better data and standardized information about refugees and host community households, particularly in relation to their socio-economic status or multidimensional poverty status.
Accurate data on welfare conditions is also needed by UNHCR and partners for programs including cash, livelihoods, and education programming, welfare targeting and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal
Duties
Strategy & coordination
Provide strategic vision and lead engagement with senior management, internal business units and external partners for the design and implementation of research and analytical products generated from comparable socio-economic data.
Provide guidance/recommendations on obstacles and possible improvements to UNHCR¿s programming, ensuring effective links and coordination with Field Operations and stakeholders at Headquarters through the preparation and use of available economic statistics, industrial surveys and other available data.
Provide strategic vision for UNHCR comparable socio-economic data agenda and lead the overall coordination with the relevant World Bank teams and Joint Data Center and associated workstream.
Provide guidance and input to the annual programme planning and review process to support the development and approval of sound operational plans and the effective allocation and use of resources for livelihoods, energy, environment, food security, solutions, health, shelter and water/sanitation.
Ensure good communication and coordination among members of the country team, Governments, researchers and partners, serving as a link between these parties.
Lead drafting and writing of presentations, analytical reports, research and policy briefs.
Participate in official missions and deliver capacity building and training activities for partners and governments.
Identify research opportunities and contribute to proposals for research partnerships and funding.
Data Collection and Analysis
Provide oversight, vision and guidance for the collection of raw primary and secondary datasets into final datasets to be used for analysis, as needed.
Supervise cleaning of all datasets and creation of necessary indicators for measuring livelihoods and other socio-economic indicators, impact and related. Work with the research team to design a thorough plan for data analysis including production of descriptive statistics and regression analysis for various outputs such as briefs, presentations and academic papers.
Lead the preparation of research papers including formatting and creating tables, graphs, and related analysis.
Project Management
Lead the design and implementation of assessments and other data-driven products related to the socio-economic welfare of refugees, forcibly displaced persons and host communities, wherever possible through coordination with the National Bureau of Statistics and World Bank Country Economist in inclusion of forcibly displaced into National Poverty Assessment.
Successfully manage all partnerships and activities in the collection of comparable socio-economic (poverty) data on forcibly displaced
Contribute to defining and
promoting a vision for the use of socio-economic data, particularly in planning, programming and advocacy at the country, regional and headquarters levels.
Maintain a strong understanding of the state of literature on poverty analysis for forcibly displaced.
Manage data collection activities, as appropriate. This may take place at all stages of data collection (preparation, survey design, sampling, onsite data collection oversight and supervision and quality assurance, data analysis and report writing).
Conduct data analysis using econometric programs (R, Stata).
Guide colleagues and operations on factors influencing efficiency and effectiveness of programming.
Represent UNHCR in negotiations and meetings relating to data and monitoring impact of programming.
Clear documents and reports coming out of DRS/Country Operations.
In addition to the responsibilities outlined At HQ the tasks include
Provide the strategic vision for the global technical team and oversee budget and staffing decisions
Provide technical assistance to UNHCR Country Offices and Regional Bureaus on the collection, analysis and operationalization of socioeconomic data for programming, planning and advocacy purposes. A more intensive focus is anticipated in a limited number of countries and may include travel to these areas.
Lead and contribute to other studies and analytical activities that build the conceptual framework and evidence base for comprehensive, development-oriented responses to forced displacement.
Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For P4/NOD - 9 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 8 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 7 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education
Economics or other relevant field.
(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in economics, analysing data and conducting research.
Familiarity with processes of the World Bank, the African Development Bank or other international financial institutions, bilateral development agencies or research institutions.
Demonstrated skills and experience with measuring welfare through socio-economic profiling.
Excellent conceptual and analytical capability and track record in developing tools/methodologies to ensure informed and responsible decision making.
Ability to manage and supervise teams.
Ability to think creatively, and to explore, harness and translate innovative concepts into practice. Capable of multi-tasking and managing several programmes/projects at the same time.
Desirable
Experience of working with the private sector.
Experience working in applied development economics.
Experience in poverty modelling.
Experience leading primary data collection effort and data analysis.
Experience of working with synergies between the humanitarian-development nexus.
Good relevant publication record in economic journals is desirable.
Functional Skills
CO-Drafting and Documentation
SO-Networking
CO-Strategic Communication
MG-Project Management
EC-Statistical and modelling software
IM-Statistics Analysis
DM-Data Collection and Analysis
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UNHCR Senior Economist - Field Operations Jobs in Kenya
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