- Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development
- Organization: Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
- Location of Position: Anywhere in the U.S.
- Telework: Employees have the option of up to four days per pay period (two days per work week)
- Remote: The position is remote-eligible.
- Open Period: March 21, 2024-March 29, 2024
- Appointment Type: This is an excepted service, a time-limited appointment that is not to exceed five (5) years with the potential for two 2-year extensions.
- Salary: $163,964 - $191,900 (annually) (Washington, DC locality only)
- Number of Vacancies: One
Description of Organization: The independent Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) supports USAID in improving the effectiveness of its programming by bringing stronger economic evidence, theory, and tools to bear on the Agencyโs work. Toward this end, OCE (1) promotes the use of high-quality evidence of โcost-effectivenessโ (i.e., how much impact does an intervention deliver per dollar spent) in Agency decision-making; (2) promotes the generation of more cost-effectiveness evidence that the Agency is uniquely placed to catalyze; and (3) provides analysis and advice to Agency leadership on pressing macroeconomic issues.
Description of Position: The Economist (Senior Macreconomist) is a key leadership position on OCEโs macroeconomic support team, focused on strengthening our support to partner countries as they address or head off debt crises and become more resilient to economic shocks. Specifically, the incumbent will:
- Program Analysis: Participate and assist in the development of plans and programs for technical assistance and other activities related to economic growth. Serve as an Agency technical expert and provides intellectual leadership and quality control on program design, implementation, and analysis related to debt restructuring, public financial management, economic governance, and macroeconomic stability (collectively, hereinafter referred to as the โRelevant Areas of Economic Expertiseโ).
- Performance Monitoring and Evaluation: Review soundness of data used to track performance of Agency programming focused on debt restructuring, public financial management, economic governance, and macroeconomic stability.
- Economic Policy Guidance: Serve as a technical resource to foreign assistance activities in the area of economic growth, with an expert focus on program design, implementation, and analysis related to debt restructuring, public financial management, economic governance, and macroeconomic stability.
- Networking and Collaboration: Develop and maintain professional contacts with, support, and contribute to joint analytic activities with Economists and other officials in the interagency, partner governments, international financial institutions (especially the IMF), and other donors to advance the Agencyโs programming and policy engagement on debt restructuring, public financial management, economic governance, and macroeconomic stability.
- Program Management: Contribute to the selection, design, implementation, and evaluation of foreign assistance activities focused on providing technical assistance related to debt restructuring, public financial management, economic governance, and macroeconomic stability.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To qualify for the position of Economist (Senior Macroeconomist) - FL-0110-01
FL-0110-01 - Economist (Senior Macroeconomist)
- Added Date: Saturday, 23 March 2024
- Deadline Date: Friday, 29 March 2024
- Organization: United States Agency for International Development
- Post Level: Unspecified
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