Economic Officer

Islamic Development Bank
  • Location
    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Sector
    Non Profit
  • Experience
    Early Career / Mid Career
  • Posted
    Yesterday

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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