World Bank Yerevan Office
TITLE: Human Development Economist, Local Consultant
START DATE/ TIME: 02 May 2011
DURATION: Approximately 60 days
LOCATION: Yerevan, Armenia
JOB DESCRIPTION: The selected consultant will work directly with the
World Bank Armenia Task Teams in the sectors of education/skills
development and social protection, and to some extent,
health/nutrition/population, in collaboration with Country office staff
responsible for operations and economic analyses.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Provide support to day-to-day supervision of the World Bank-funded
projects in education and social protection: the Armenia Education
Quality and Relevance Project (APL2), the Armenia Social Protection
Administration Project, and the Armenia Social Investment Fund (ASIF).
This would involve supporting project management and implementation, and
working closely with government counterparts and development partners;
– Attend meetings (and progressively participate in policy discussions)
related to the education and social protection activities in Armenia,
beyond the specific implementation issues indicated above under ongoing
projects;
– Provide inputs into the economic and financial analyses conducted by
Human Development (HD) team, and join ongoing teams for development
policy lending (DPOs, DPCs) to provide HD inputs as needed;
– Provide program support to the World Bank education and social
protection teams, including collecting and analysing data on HD
indicators and trends, with a substantial focus on both
finacial/budgetary and economic factors;
– Prepare short policy and analytical papers specific social sector
issues and contribute to human development related analytical sector
work;
– Participate in donor coordination efforts and maintain contacts with
civil society organizations and NGOs active in the fields of education,
training, skills development and social protection/social funds;
– Collate and share knowledge on social sector issues relevant to the
Armenian context: this will involve staying on top of the work done by
other national actors, as well as identifying academic and professional
articles and reviews relevant to Armenia.
Specific Operational Responsibilities:
– Monitor/support implementation arrangements and requirements;
– Conduct field visits on a regular basis to follow up on project
activities, on a schedule to be agreed with the task team leaders (TTL);
– Prepare missions for both the education and social protection (SP)
teams, including finalizing agendas, participating in meetings and
contributing to mission documents (aide memoires (AM), implementation
support reports (ISR), back-to office reports (BTOR), management and
follow up letters, etc.);
– Provide inputs for the monitoring of project implementation activities
(including disbursement, procurement, safeguards, etc.);
– Provide inputs to Bank documents, including economic and sector work,
knowledge products, analytical and advisory assistance (AAA) products,
briefing books for high-level management meetings and missions, etc).
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: The candidate will be in an environment where
creativity, innovation, a results-focus, and perseverance will be sought
out and welcomed, and the following qualifications are essential to
conduct the work:
– A degree in economics or finance and a minimum of three years
experience either in academic or an operational position with a focus on
economic development or finance;
– Additional qualifications in one of the following: education, social
protection, pensions, labor markets and/or other social sectors;
– Effective verbal and written communication skills in English;
– Knowledge of and facility in Armenian;
– Demonstrated ability to work well in teams and to work on multiple
tasks across different domains/sectors;
– Ability to work independently and proactively, anticipating business
needs and taking advantage of opportunities;
– Proven ability to analyze data (including household survey data) and
experience in using different data analysis tools (such as Excel, Stata,
SPSS).
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Applicants are requested to submit CV and three
references to the World Bank Yerevan office at: 9 G. Lousavorich, 6th
floor.
Only short-listed applicants will be invited to the interviews.
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of
this job opportunity through Career Center and mention the URL of its
website – www.careercenter.am, Thanks.
OPENING DATE: 08 April 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 22 April 2011
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World Bank Yerevan Office
Yerevan, Armenia
– Provide support to day-to-day supervision of the World Bank-funded
projects in education and social protection: the Armenia Education
Quality and Relevance Project (APL2), the Armenia Social Protection
Administration Project, and the Armenia Social Investment Fund (ASIF).
This would involve supporting project management and implementation, and
working closely with government counterparts and development partners;
– Attend meetings (and progressively participate in policy discussions)
related to the education and social protection activities in Armenia,
beyond the specific implementation issues indicated above under ongoing
projects;
– Provide inputs into the economic and financial analyses conducted by
Human Development (HD) team, and join ongoing teams for development
policy lending (DPOs, DPCs) to provide HD inputs as needed;
– Provide program support to the World Bank education and social
protection teams, including collecting and analysing data on HD
indicators and trends, with a substantial focus on both
finacial/budgetary and economic factors;
– Prepare short policy and analytical papers specific social sector
issues and contribute to human development related analytical sector
work;
– Participate in donor coordination efforts and maintain contacts with
civil society organizations and NGOs active in the fields of education,
training, skills development and social protection/social funds;
– Collate and share knowledge on social sector issues relevant to the
Armenian context: this will involve staying on top of the work done by
other national actors, as well as identifying academic and professional
articles and reviews relevant to Armenia.
Specific Operational Responsibilities:
– Monitor/support implementation arrangements and requirements;
– Conduct field visits on a regular basis to follow up on project
activities, on a schedule to be agreed with the task team leaders (TTL);
– Prepare missions for both the education and social protection (SP)
teams, including finalizing agendas, participating in meetings and
contributing to mission documents (aide memoires (AM), implementation
support reports (ISR), back-to office reports (BTOR), management and
follow up letters, etc.);
– Provide inputs for the monitoring of project implementation activities
(including disbursement, procurement, safeguards, etc.);
– Provide inputs to Bank documents, including economic and sector work,
knowledge products, analytical and advisory assistance (AAA) products,
briefing books for high-level management meetings and missions, etc).
The selected consultant will work directly with the
World Bank Armenia Task Teams in the sectors of education/skills
development and social protection, and to some extent,
health/nutrition/population, in collaboration with Country office staff
responsible for operations and economic analyses.
