Economic Officer

Position description

To assist the senior staff in the Institute to carry out economic research by providing timely and effective scientific and technical support.

Key Accountabilities

Operational Planning:

• Contribute to the formulation and documentation of work plans, guidelines, policies and procedures;
• Check compliance of the documents produced by the Team with the recommended templates and formats.

Economic Research Support:

• Identify, collect, classify and refine economic data/analysis on the Member Countries and provide the processed information to seniors to facilitate research work;
• Assist in compiling and preparing country research, studies and surveys of the economical movements in the concerned Member Countries;
• Prepare briefing notes and summaries of the relevant publications and reports;
• Update existing reports, publications and papers with the latest information;
• Prepare country economic profiles from existing recognized and readily available sources.

Reporting & Communication:

• Provide updated reports related to the team activities in MCs;
• Prepare and update the Member Countries Periodical Economic Reports to keep the Management updated with the development and economic situation in the Members Countries;
• Collect, validate, organize and present data, for various reports, in close coordination with the seniors in the Team.

Academic and professional qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Finance/Business Administration/Shariah/Economics or any relevant discipline;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Islamic Finance and Economics.

Skills & Necessary Knowledge

• Islamic Finance;
• Research Methodology;
• Data Collection and Analysis;
• Quantitative analysis;
• Economic Analysis and Assessment;
• Conceptual and Critical Thinking;
• Report Writing;
• MS Office skills.

Languages

• English – Mandatory;
• Arabic – Preferred;
• French – Preferred.

Application instructions

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