Senior Economist for Climate Security

nairobi cityKE

full-time

doctorate

5 months ago11/11/202312/11/2023

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Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the economic and econometric analyses to quantify the indirect impact of climate on conflict.
  • Lead on the conceptual and theoretical development of innovative approaches to quantifying the indirect effect of climate extremes and variability on conflict, by exacerbating existing socio-economic risks and insecurities, such as food and nutrition insecurity, inequality, forced displacement, migration, etc.
  • Supervise and support ongoing economic and econometric analyses workstreams within the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security research initiatives
  • Support the global rollout of Climate Security research.
  • Support the global and regional partnerships by managing and developing institutional relationships and joint initiatives with select country offices and regional bureaus
  • Communication and collaboration with the development economics, econometrics, and impact evaluation communities, as well as policy- and decision-makers from relevant country and regional level institutions and bodies
  • Design, conduct, write, and disseminate high-quality research and communicating research findings through research papers, journal articles, reports, policy briefs, and other outlets
  • Support scientific/proposal writing, reporting, and fundraising
  • Supervision of and collaborate with research assistants, junior researchers, research assistants, visiting researchers, and/or students
  • Reporting/communicating to supervisor and donors and discovering/responding to tendering processes

Qualifications and requirements:

  • A Ph.D. in Economics, Development Economics, Statistics, and related fields
  • At least 2 years of experience in conducting economic research, using large-scale socio-economic datasets such as LSMS and DHS
  • Experience with international research for applied research and development programs
  • Experience in international, multicultural settings and in interaction with researchers, policymakers, donors, and civil society across a wide range of contexts
  • Proficiency in using STATA, R, and/or Phyton
  • Proficiency in handling high-resolution climate data for econometric analysis
  • Extensive experience in fieldwork and data collection
  • Experience in carrying out cost-benefit analysis is desirable
  • A record of publications commensurate with the length of time worked in research
  • Proven ability to work and deliver when leading teams
  • Proficient in oral and written English. Further language proficiency is an advantage, in particular, French Excellent report writing, communication, and project management skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team-oriented, multicultural environment
  • Strong conceptual thinking to develop innovative research approaches

Interested and qualified? Go to Bioversity International on bioversityinternational.zohorecruit.eu to apply

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