E T Consultant

E T Consultant

Description

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd 

Background/Organizational Context:

Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) Region

Home to about 700 million people, the World Bank’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region (AFE) is a geographically, culturally, and an economically diverse region of 26 countries stretching from the Red Sea in the North to the Cape of Good Hope in the South. South Africa, an upper middle-income country, is the Region’s largest economy, followed by Angola, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Seychelles and Mauritius are the Region’s only high-income economies. The Region boasts some of the world’s richest natural resources. While much of Africa’s population lives in rural areas, Eastern and Southern African cities continue to grow. The AFE Region harbors some of Africa’s protracted conflicts, rendering many of its countries fragile, while significant gaps in education, health, and skills development continue to keep people from reaching their full potential. This creates huge development challenges and impacts heavily on the lives and livelihoods of people and hinders regional integration and trade.

These challenges create an opportunity to work closely with country leaders, civil society, development partners, and young people to chart a brighter course for the future, as well as regional economic organizations, which play a strong role in helping countries reach their development potential. The World Bank is a dedicated partner for Eastern and Southern African countries, helping them deliver strong development outcomes for their people. A brighter future for Africa is a better future for the world. If you are ready to make an impact, we are looking for dedicated professionals to join our committed, creative and diverse team to improve people’s lives and help AFE countries. East Africa Distributional Impacts of Policies Team The AFE Distributional Impacts of Policies (DIP) Team, located in the World Bank’s Prosperity Vertical, plays a key role in supporting the World Bank Group’s vision of creating a world free of poverty on a livable planet. We build a robust evidence base on poverty and equity, and support operational solutions, focusing on four thematic lines: (1) data for policy analysis; (2) markets and institutions for poverty reduction and shared prosperity; (3) fiscal and social policy for poverty reduction and shared prosperity; and (4) welfare implications of climate change, fragility and conflict risks. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty

Duties and Accountabilities Description 

The Consultant will join the Eastern and Southern Africa DIP Team, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He/she will be responsible for supporting the analytical and operational engagements of the Poverty and Equity work program in Ethiopia. 

Responsibilities will include:
• Participate in maintaining and extending a microsimulation model of poverty projections and nowcasting for a variety of applications.
• Lead preparation, harmonization, documentation, and analysis of household surveys, firm surveys, and administrative data.
• Conduct applied microeconomic analysis of poverty, inequality, employment, livelihoods, social protection, human capital, and the distributional impacts of policies and programs.
• Lead or contribute to sections of country analytical products—including background papers, reports, policy notes, and presentations—and translate evidence into clear, context-specific messages and recommendations for policy dialogue and operational engagement.
• Maintain reproducible analytical code, documentation, and quality-assurance procedures.
• Collaborate with operational teams, particularly for enhancing monitoring and pro-poor distributional impacts.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including through policy dialogue, technical workshops, and capacity-development activities.
• We are looking for an imaginative and innovative applied microeconomist with strong quantitative skills, highly capable to support and undertake analysis in the highlighted areas of focus in Ethiopia. We appreciate effectiveness in working collaboratively with teams.

Selection Criteria

•PhD (Masters) degree with 5 (7) years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g., economics, applied economics, econometrics, statistics, public policy).

•Experience working with economic and survey data and analytical tools and models to conduct applied quantitative analyses and to produce user-friendly written outputs.

•Experience conducting analytical work on development economics in Ethiopia and familiarity with national surveys and local language will be considered a plus.

•Excellent knowledge of STATA, R and other econometric packages, and producing
reproducible code independently.

•Familiarity with geospatial analytical tools a plus.

•Experience interacting with government agencies, academic institutions and civil society organizations for policy design discussions.

•Collaborates across boundaries, gives own perspective and willingly receives diverse perspectives.

•Excellent writing and communication skills.

•Professional fluency in English. Knowledge of Amharic or other Ethiopian regional languages is considered a plus.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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