E T Consultant at World Bank
E T Consultant
Job #: req25220
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Economics
Grade: EC2
Term Duration: 4 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment
Location: Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date: 12/6/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
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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: www.worldbank.org.
THE GLOBAL PRACTICE FOR MACROECONOMICS, TRADE and INVESTMENT (MTI)
The MTI Global Practice leads the World Bank Group’s dialogue and engagement with clients in macroeconomics, fiscal policy, trade, competition and investment. MTI links the macroeconomic dialogue with programs focused on expanding the role of the private sector in economic development. In our day-to-day engagement with countries, we support Ministries of Finance, Trade, Economy and Production in their pursuit of reform agendas conducive to strengthening inclusive growth led by the private sector. Further information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/mti-gp
Roles and Responsibilities
• Support the macroeconomic monitoring of Tanzania, manage and update
the World Bank’s macro and fiscal model (MFMod), and the preparation of
the Macro and Poverty Outlook (MPO);
• Support and coordinate the dialogue on macroeconomic policy and
economic growth issues with the Tanzania authorities, with the IMF and
economic departments of other development agencies and non-government
stakeholders;
• Work with other Global Practices (GPs), analyze challenges to economic
growth/productivity and integrates structural, sectoral and
macroeconomic issues;
• Serve as the external focal point on macroeconomic and economic growth issues, working closely with sector specialists;
• Support core country diagnostics such as Country Economic Memorandums
(CEM) and other growth diagnostics, and Public Expenditure Reviews
(PER)/Public Finance Reviews (PFR);
• Support Development Policy Operations or other types of lending operations focused on economic reforms;
• Support the policy dialogue on debt sustainability and debt
transparency, including the implementation of the new Sustainable
Development Financing Policy, preparation of Debt Sustainability
Analysis (DSA);
• Coordinate within the country team the preparation of the annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) exercise;
• Where relevant, advise sector teams and government authorities on the
macroeconomic implications of sector policies and investment decisions,
including in the selection and execution of public investments;
• Provide analytical inputs for and advise the Country Management Unit
(CMU) on country strategic engagement and economic policy issues,
including through active participation in key review meetings;
• Support the analytical work program of the CMU, including the
preparation of Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCDs), Country Partnership
Frameworks (CPFs);
• Support the Practice Manager and the GP with corporate demands,
quality control of deliverables, and the preparation of ad-hoc briefs;
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Selection Criteria
• Minimum of a Master’s degree in economics, with eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• Fluency in English.
• Understanding of the Tanzanian economy and a strong grasp of the
developmental issues facing a resource-rich and oil-dependent economy
and a small island development country.
• Knowledge and Experience in the Development Arena – Understands
policy-making process; distills operationally relevant
recommendations/lessons for clients.
• Policy Dialogue Skills – Identifies and assesses policy issues and
takes a leading role in the dialogue with the government and other
stakeholders.
• Macroeconomic Skills and Country Economics Experience – Has a strong
understanding of macroeconomic relationships, and the use of national
accounts, balance of payments, fiscal and debt data systems from a
data-consumer point of view.
• Strong communication, writing and presentation skills, in English
including the ability to speak persuasively and to present ideas clearly
and concisely with senior policy officials and a wide variety of
audiences in both languages.
• Strong integrative capacities; i.e., ability to identify development
challenges and prioritize policy options within a coherent strategic
framework.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiations skills and ability to work flexibly, creatively and to multitask as the need arises.
• Strong commitment towards teamwork and knowledge sharing, especially across the WBG!
• Proven sense of initiative, results orientation, and leadership/coaching qualities.
• Familiarity with econometric software such as E-Views, STATA or other
statistical packages and MS Office programs, including Excel.
