UNHCR Economist Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs. UNHCR Uganda looking for “Economist“. Applicants with a degree in Advanced University degree may apply on or before Feb. 06, 2023.
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband.
UNHCR Economist Jobs 2023
The UNHCR has published a job vacancy announcement on January 31, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Economist to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
| Recruiter | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| Position | Economist |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Advanced University degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Five years |
| Application Deadline | Feb. 06, 2023 |
UNHCR Job Vacancy 2023
Duties
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).
Position in Organization:
- Full time
- Posted Yesterday
- job requisition id: JR2310803
Qualification:
- 6 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 5 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 4 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree.
- At least six (6) years of demonstrated experience in economics, analysing data and conducting research.
- Experience working in applied development economics and poverty modelling
- Familiarity with processes of UNHCR, the World Bank, or other international financial institutions, bilateral development agencies or research institutions.
- Experience leading primary data collection effort and data analysis
- Demonstrated experience with analysis of large datasets.
- Familiarity with displacement and development issues and working on synergies between the humanitarian-development nexus
- Experience of working with the private sector.
- Demonstrated skills and experience with measuring welfare through socio-economic profiling.
- Demonstrated expertise in utilization of relevant statistical software (R, Stata).
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision and deliver high quality products.
- Ability to think creatively, and to explore, harness and translate innovative concepts into relevant practical approaches for programming, policy, and advocacy purposes.
- Excellent concept and proposal writing and presentation skills
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.
How to Apply UNHCR Economist Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/details/Economist_JR2310803
The Closing Date: Feb. 06, 2023
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | unhcr.org |
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