Economist

• You will be responsible for the collection and analysis of financial and economic data, advising business on economic decisions and developing models for economic forecasting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects, or performance reporting.
• Prepare proposals, briefings, presentations, reports, and other documentation and provide management information both verbally and in report format.
• Facilitate and manage communication with relevant internal and external stakeholders in relation to investments and proactively and progressively manage the relationships.
• Analyse in-depth economic benefit-cost, cost-effectiveness and life-cycle cost data/ information.
• Completion of economic impact analyses.
• Apply a diversified knowledge of economic principles and practices and recommend decisions on economic issues.
• Development of economic related models and frameworks.
• Perform all market research using the standardised process.
• Develop reports/ policies/ procedures and guide the process through the alignment of the documents to the overall’s Strategy.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, procedures and processes.
• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.
• Conducting investment research on various Institutions and stocks opportunities.
• Support projects/ initiatives that require the assessment of internal and external resource economics.
• Translate original research into practical and radical ideas for the Fund to implement.
• Keep abreast of macro-economic trends.
• Manage relationships with vendors, service providers or procurement teams and ensure that all relevant procured items are invoiced and paid on Time.
• Represent the Fund in relevant external activities and events.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Economics/ Financial Management/ an Investment Management/ an Accounting/ a Risk Management related qualification.
• Relevant 5-7 years’ experience in an economic research, model analysis and forecasting related environment of which 2 years must have been in area of expertise.

Competencies:

• Market research skills
• Economic analysis skills
• Understanding of Framework and model development
• Change management
• Conflict management
• Critical and innovative thinking
• Facilitation and Presentation Skills
• Policy conceptualisation and formulation
• Risk Management
• Programme/project management
• Service Delivery Innovation
• Stakeholder development and relations.