Senior Growth Senior Economist

Job #: req24060

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Economics

Grade: GG

Term Duration: 4 years 0 months

Recruitment Type: International Recruitment

Location: Washington, DC,United States

Required Language(s): English

Preferred Language(s): Spanish, French

Closing Date: 9/8/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

The Global Macroeconomics and Debt unit in the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice (GP) is seeking to recruit an outstanding economist to work on economic growth strategies. Our unit comprises economists and experts specializing in quantitative debt sustainability analysis, debt management and macroeconomic modeling technical assistance, economic growth strategies, and structural and computable general equilibrium (CGE) macroeconomic modeling. The successful candidate will be part of the new Economic Growth team and will contribute to and lead unit’s corporate and country engagements in medium and long-run economic growth analytics, and work with economists in EFI regional teams that are conducting growth analytic and advisory work at the country level.

Specific responsibilities are as follows:

•  In collaboration with the Lead Economist, closely engage in the unit’s elaboration of the “Country Economic Memorandum 2.0” framework – curation and maintenance of the various data and analytic tools that will be used by country teams in their preparation of CEMs, and working with the unit’s modeling team on application of their suite of models to key questions in growth analysis
•  Support PM and the Economic Growth team in bringing the most current academic research on growth to Bank audiences, through advice on how to reflect this research in EFI country and regional analytics and how it can inform Bank operations, especially DPF. As part of this engagement, the successful candidate will also contribute to or lead analytical flagship reports on issues related to economic growth.
•  Help coordinate within the EFI Practice Group on macroeconomics and growth dimensions of the activities of other global teams, especially related to trade and competitiveness, financial sector development, governance and political economy, poverty reduction and inequality, as well as on cross-cutting issues, such as green growth and other sustainable development topics
•  Support internal dialogue and knowledge exchange of the Unit in the Bank with other key stakeholders on the growth agenda, notably DEC, regional chief economists, and the Jobs Group.

Selection Criteria

•  Master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Economics with a strong quantitative background and at least ten (10) years of relevant professional experience.
•  Excellent quantitative and analytical background, with a proven record of high-quality analytical work in the specific areas outlined above, and preferably with publications in peer reviewed journals.
•  Demonstrated experience managing complex analytical tasks especially in collaboration w/other GPs.
•  Track record of having played a key role in complex policy dialogue, large and complex operational projects (e.g. DPOs) with demonstrated development impact.
•  Ability to formulate and articulate complex technical approaches and solutions to clients, possibly using innovative approaches.
•  A solid understanding of how climate change effects developing economies, and how their economic activity affects their climate strategies to integrate these into CGE models.
•  Ability to work flexibly, creatively and to multitask as the need arises.
•  Excellent communication and presentation skills — both verbal and written. Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly on complex topics to a wide variety of audiences.
•  A high degree of self-motivation, coupled with a commitment towards teamwork and knowledge sharing, especially across the World Bank Group.

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The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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