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Job Purpose

• The Country Economist (CE) is the key RH team member to ensure a successful country engagement. The CE technically leads the Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS) and Country Engagement Framework (CEF) formulation process and provides all the needed support and coordination to ensure the delivery of high-quality MCPS and CEF processes and their constituting documents. This entails coordinating and finetuning all the inputs from internal and external stakeholders.
• Technical support to all Regional Hub strategic, operational, and programming engagements with MCs, including reviewing and mapping the potential macroeconomic and sectoral impact on the existing IsDBG portfolio. Moreover, the CE regularly reviews the MCs' new policies, strategies, and national development plans to guide the Regional Hub’s programming in line with the MCs’ priority sectors and areas for intervention.
• Act as the knowledge and Resource Centre for the IsDB Group for their economic and development solutions by providing an overview of country-level macro-economic data, developmental trends, and thematic and sector information.
• Review the assistance strategies of major development partners and their sectors/themes of focus, in addition to capturing the status and potential of coordination between IsDB and other development partners.
• Participate in discussions with MCs governments and other developmental partners to identify collaboration opportunities that address Member Countries’ needs and align with IsDB’s priorities.

Key Accountabilities
Planning & Programming

• Lead the preparation of MCPS and CEF and relevant multi-task teams to ensure their effective formulation and implementation.
• Provide inputs and participate in Programming, Economic Sector Work (ESW), and Country Diagnostic Studies (CDS).
• Support the preparation of project documents from an economic perspective.
• Engage, communicate, and collaborate with the broader team in the Bank in order to enhance the rigor of and advice on cross-cutting and sectoral issues in the MCs.
• Regularly reviews the MCs' new policies, strategies, and national development plans to guide the Regional Hub’s programming in line with the MCs’ priority sectors and areas for intervention.
• Participate in discussions with MCs governments and other developmental partners to identify collaboration opportunities that address Member Countries’ needs and align with IsDB’s priorities

Analysis And Review

• Prepare and review, country-level macro-economic reports, developmental trends, and thematic and sector information.
• Analyze macroeconomic data in the project documentation prepared in collaboration with COM, OTLs, and PMSs.
• Review regularly and map macroeconomic issues and sectoral impact on the existing IsDBG portfolio.
• Conduct analytical work and identify developmental challenges in the MCs as part of the MCPS and how IsDB can address them.
• Design a Monitoring & Evaluation Framework (M&E Framework) for all concerned activities to assess the effectiveness and impact of MCPS and CEF.
• Review the assistance strategies of major development partners and their sectors/themes of focus, in addition to capturing the status and potential of coordination between IsDB and other development partners.

Knowledge Building And Sharing

• Monitor and assess emerging challenges and trends in the MCs.
• Contribute to transferring knowledge of local economic insights from MCs to other CEs and employees within IsDBG.
• Contribute, coordinate, and represent in annual and periodic events conducted by the Regional Hub, such as: Seminars, Regional Workshops, and capacity-building workshops.

Reporting

• Act as an advocate and reference on all economic reports related to the MCs in the Regional Hub.
• Engage, communicate, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary teams in the Bank to enhance the rigor and advice on cross-cutting and thematic issues in MCs.
• Lead the periodical preparation of Country Briefs.
• Contribute to the engagement of the Hub with government officials and equivalent contacts with other international organizations, partner entities, and other external constituencies and expert groups.
• Conduct peer review and provide feedback on all economic reports/data prepared by peers Economists within CP Directorate.

Academic And Professional Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Economics, International Development or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as an economist, of which 3 years in a multilateral development bank or relevant experience at the Ministry of Finance/ Economic Planning/ Central Bank, etc.

Skills & Necessary Knowledge

• Proficient Statistical Theory Knowledge
• Proficient in R, Python, Stata or EViews
• Proficient Knowledge of Emerging Economies’ Issues
• Proficient Economic Modeling Skills
• Proficient Econometric Modeling Skills
• Proficient Multidimensional Indicator Development Skills
• Proficient Operational Modeling Skills

Languages

• English : (Mandatory)
• French : (Mandatory)
• Arabic : (Preferred)

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Job Purpose:

• Under the supervision of the Country Operations Manager, to manage the portfolio of a specific sector (Education and Health) projects and TAs within the approved costs, timelines and quality to ensure efficient delivery of the Bank’s mandate to support socio-economic development in the relevant Member Countries. Supervise and provide technical oversight to Project Officers on day-to-day basis for the implementation of projects and provide clearance on their tasks.
• Lead in the project appraisals, conduct portfolio quality reviews, clear project progress reports and PIASRs, contribute to clearance of tender documents and contracts related to implementation of the approved projects and proactively mitigate risks issues in the portfolios.
• Provide technical support and contribution in shaping the Bank’s strategy by focusing on the given sector in the covered region, including contribution to MCPS, analytical work and programming.
• Contribute to the Bank’s operational, financial and procurement policies and guidelines as well as to the knowledge management agenda. 

Key Accountabilities:

Project Appraisal:

• Lead the preparation of project appraisals to ensure comprehensive coverage of the technical, economic, social, financial, procurement, institutional and environmental aspects of the project proposals are in line with the operations manual and applicable policies/procedures of the Bank.
• Seek inputs from the respective Sector Teams in CPO to further refine and enhance the project appraisal documents prior to submission for Board approval.
•  Ensure all changes identified during project appraisal is incorporated in all the relevant documents for alignment of project design and approach prior to submission of project for Board approval.

Project Approval:

• Follow up and communicate the project approval status, in line with IDB’s disclosure policy, to the relevant focal point in the Member Country.

Project Implementation and Monitoring:

• Coordinate with respective CPO Sectoral Leads for receiving technical assistance in all aspects across the entire project lifecycle.
• Maintain project plans to ensure ongoing monitoring of project progress, proactive identification of issues and implementation of action plans to resolve issues promptly.
• Liaise with the Operations Quality and Results Unit during the operational cycle of projects to ensure necessary operational policies and procedures are being followed and suggestions for improvements are implemented.
• Review disbursement requests and advise on clearance status to country management to ensure timely resolution of procurement and other related issues and ensure that Cumulative Undisbursed Commitments (CuC) are brought to the minimum. 

Project Closure and Review:

• Contribute to the development of project completion reports, on completion of each project, ensuring that all elements of the project charter have been incorporated in the report.
• Provide inputs to the Sectoral Teams in CPO ensuring that the problems and issues faced, remedial actions taken, and the lessons learned are well documented for reference in the future projects.
• Provide necessary inputs to the Portfolio Effectiveness Unit, at the end of the project portfolio cycle, to ensure that the portfolio development effectiveness objectives have been achieved. 

Academic and Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education/ Energy/ Food Security/ Health Management/ Rural Development/ Transportation / Water Management/ Economics/ Engineering or related field.
• Master’s degree would be preferred.
• Additional qualification or certification in Project Management like PMP would be highly desirable.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree/6 years with a Master’s degree in the development sector, of which minimum 5 years in a specific sector. 

Skills & Necessary Knowledge:

• Project Management skills.
• People Management skills.
• Quality Management.
• Results Orientation.
• Portfolio Management.
• Time and resource management.
• Building Relationships
• Passion for Excellence
• Problem Solving skills
• Vendor Management
• Global Trends and Challenges in the specific sector.
• IT skills, especially in project management.