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Economist - Agrifood Systems and Policy Analyst

2 mesi fa

Roma, Lazio, Italia FAO A tempo pieno
About the Role

FAO is seeking a highly skilled Economist to join its Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA). The successful candidate will specialize in micro-economic analysis, techniques, and tools, integrating advanced econometrics, survey design, sampling methodologies, resilience, and risk analysis, spatial analysis, and impact evaluation techniques in the study of agrifood systems and agrifood value chains.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct poverty, vulnerability, and inequality analysis by utilizing state-of-the-art econometric methods and sampling techniques to understand the causes and dynamics of poverty, vulnerability, and inequality in low- and middle-income countries across the agrifood system.
  • Analyze the impact of policies, investments, and interventions that promote food security and nutrition, inclusive growth, increase incomes, reduce inequalities, and improve livelihoods of small-scale farmers and workers in the agrifood system.
  • Support the coordination and mobilization of studies and research programs under the Technical Network on Poverty Analysis (THINK-PA), the FAO's Inequality Knowledge Hub, and the UN Common Country Analysis (CCA).
  • Provide quantitative assessment in agrifood value chains by leveraging quantitative tools to evaluate data pertaining to production, distribution, prices, and consumption processes.
  • Implement investment prioritization techniques in selected territories by developing and applying precise spatial quantitative analysis to shed light on the most strategic and high-impact investment opportunities in chosen areas.
Requirements
  • Advanced university degree in economics, econometrics, agricultural economics, spatial economics, development economics, or a related field.
  • Three years of relevant experience in economic and quantitative analysis of agrifood systems, including experience with advanced econometric models, spatial analysis, management of large datasets, survey and sampling design, research on food security and rural poverty, resilience, and vulnerability, and practical application in policy formulation and strategic investment prioritization within the agrifood sector, particularly in developing countries.
  • Working knowledge (proficient - level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate – level B) of another official FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish).
Competencies
  • Results Focus
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Building Effective Relationships
  • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
  • Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions.
  • Extent and relevance of experience in applied quantitative research in the field of agrifood systems, including experience in preparation of papers and/or reports for publication.
  • Extent and of experience in economic and policy analysis of issues in agrifood systems and food security at a national, regional, and/or global scale.
  • Extent and relevance of experience in conducting quantitative economic analysis, economic modeling, and/or applying econometric techniques in one or more of the relevant subject areas above.
  • Excellent programming skills in specialized software, particularly R, but also others such as STATA, ArcGIS, Python, or others are desirable.
  • Quality of both oral and written communication in English, including the ability to write clearly and concisely for publications.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage, analyze, and present quantitative information clearly and effectively.
  • Capacity to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams with minimal supervision and to plan workflows to meet tight deadlines.