Position: Economic Affairs Officer -United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (Deadline June 2024)

Position: Economic Affairs Officer -United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (Deadline June 2024)

Economic Affairs Officer (Temporary Job Opening)

Job Opening ID: 235104
Job Network: Economic, Social, and Development
Job Family: Economic Affairs (and Sustainable Development)
Category and Level: Professional and Higher Categories, P-3
Duty Station: Geneva
Department/Office: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Date Posted: May 31, 2024
Deadline: June 6, 2024

Org. Setting and Reporting

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development This position is located in the Climate and Development Strategies Unit, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at UNCTAD. The Economic Affairs Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Chief of the Climate and Development Strategies Unit.

Responsibilities

Economic or Sector Analysis:

• Develop socio-economic databases and qualitative information for transitioning to more sustainable wealth creation patterns.
• Draft inputs for technical papers and analytical studies on selected global, regional, national, or sector aspects of economic development.
• Identify and analyze policy proposals related to assigned topics.
• Attend international, regional, and national meetings to collect information and discuss with colleagues from other institutions.
• Research, analyze, and present information on financing climate transition and related issues in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Agenda 2030.
• Prepare speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff.

Intergovernmental Support:

• Prepare inputs for reports to intergovernmental bodies on countries’ requirements for climate adaptation.
• Prepare statements for members of the Bureau and Secretariat staff for meetings.
• Follow intergovernmental meetings and prepare various reports related to COP29 in Azerbaijan, focusing on the climate finance challenges faced by developing countries.

Technical Cooperation:

• Participate in missions on development issues, usually as a team member.
• Organize training seminars to promote the Unit’s work to stakeholders working on strengthening the development-climate nexus.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of projects related to advancing cooperation around a development-centered climate agenda.
• Contribute to preparing material for approval of regional, country, or sector technical cooperation projects.
• Monitor, support, and assess the implementation of technical cooperation programs and projects.

General:

• Perform other related duties as required, including administrative tasks necessary for the final delivery of the work unit’s services.
• Undertake on-the-job and other training activities, both internally and externally.

Competencies

Professionalism:

• Apply economic theories and concepts in different sectors of economic and sustainable development.
• Conduct independent research on economic topics, ensuring data suitability, validity, and accuracy.
• Develop sources for data collection.
• Demonstrate professional competence and mastery of subject matter.
• Be conscientious, efficient, motivated by professional concerns, and show persistence in facing challenges.
• Remain calm in stressful situations.
• Incorporate gender perspectives and ensure equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

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Communication:

• Speak and write clearly and effectively.
• Listen to others, interpret messages correctly, and respond appropriately.
• Ask clarifying questions and exhibit interest in two-way communication.
• Tailor language, tone, style, and format to match the audience.
• Share information openly and keep people informed.

Teamwork:

• Work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
• Value others’ ideas and expertise, and be willing to learn from others.
• Place team agenda before personal agenda.
• Support and act in accordance with final group decisions.
• Share credit for team accomplishments and accept joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in economics or related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in economic research and analysis, policy formulation, application of economic principles in development programs, or related areas is required.
• Experience in working with intergovernmental bodies and international organizations on sustainable development issues is desirable.
• Knowledge of finance and sustainable development policy debates at the international level is desirable.

Languages

• Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.
• Knowledge of a second UN official language is an advantage.

Assessment

Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which will be followed by a competency-based interview.

Special Notice

• The initial duration of this temporary job opening is for eight (8) months with the possibility of extension, starting as soon as possible.
• The extension of the appointment is subject to satisfactory performance and the availability of the post and funds.
• Candidates should have no expectation of any fixed-term appointment possibility after the end of this temporary assignment.
• If the selected candidate is an internal staff member of the UN Secretariat, the selection will be recorded as a temporary assignment.
• Subsequent to the initial temporary appointment, new and successive temporary appointments may be granted for service in the same office or in a different office any number of times, for any duration, provided that the length of service does not exceed the period of 364 calendar days.
• Upon separation from service, including, but not limited to, expiration or termination of, or resignation from, a fixed-term, continuing or permanent appointment, a former staff member will be ineligible for re-employment on the basis of a temporary appointment for a period of 31 days following the separation.

• In the case of separation from service on retirement, a former staff member will be ineligible for re-employment for a period of three months following the separation. This equally applies to a former or current staff member who has held or holds an appointment in another entity applying the United Nations Staff Regulations and Rules and who applies for a temporary position with the Secretariat.
• A current staff member who holds a fixed-term, permanent, or continuing appointment may apply for temporary positions no more than one level above his or her current grade.
• However, a current staff member who holds an appointment at the G-6 or G-7 level may also apply to temporary positions in the Professional category up to and including the P-3 level, subject to meeting all eligibility and other requirements for the position.
• A staff member holding a temporary appointment shall be regarded as an external candidate when applying for other positions and may apply for other temporary positions at any level, subject to section 5.7 below and staff rule 4.16 (b) (ii).
• Therefore, a staff member holding a temporary appointment in the General Service or related categories may only apply to positions within those categories. For full information on eligibility requirements, please refer to section 5 of ST/AI/2010/4Rev.1 on Temporary Appointments.
• In its resolution 66/234, the General Assembly further “stressed that the Secretary-General should not recur to the practice of temporarily filling posts in the Professional and higher categories with General Service staff members who have not passed the General Service to Professional category examination other than on an exceptional basis, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that temporary occupation of such posts by the General Service staff shall not exceed a period of one year, effective 1 January 2013…”

United Nations Considerations

• According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
• Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts.
• The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially, or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.
• The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions.
• The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected

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