Associate Economist, Impact

at  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Requisition ID

35106
Office Country

United Kingdom
Office City

London
Division

Policy and Partnerships
Contract Type

Short Term
Contract Length

23 months
Posting End Date

21/10/2024

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• A Master’s degree in economics or a related filed from a leading university (relevant work experience and a strong Bachelor’s degree may be considered in exceptional cases);
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
• Prior experience in project design and appraisal;
• Sound understanding of EBRD mandate, strategic objectives, investment and TC operations and knowledge of the Bank’s transition impact methodology;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• An ability to understand basic credit analysis of investment projects;
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including knowledge of Excel. Facility with other database/analytic software and information providers is an advantage;
• Familiarity with the EBRD region of operations and work or study experience in the region is an advantage;
• Knowledge of one or more languages of the region is an advantage.

PURPOSE OF JOB

The Associate for Impact is part of the Impact department and plays a role in implementing the Bank’s mandate to promote transition in the EBRD’s countries of operations (COOs). Working in close cooperation with the Banking department and other Bank groups (Credit, ESD, OGC, country and sector specialist in CSD and PSD) the post holder implements the Bank’s transition impact architecture. In coordination with the Analytics & Results team in the Impact department, the post holder assists in running an integrated system of ex-ante assessment, monitoring, self-evaluation and knowledge management to maximise the impact of the Bank’s activities and ensure a compelling and credible communication of that impact.

ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• In line with the Bank’s Transition mandate appraises and monitors individual investment projects and TCs for their impact on transition and monitors the sector portfolio for transition performance;
• Part of the team responsible for the delivery of the weekly project review for the Operations Committee and other project and sector related committees such as SBIC and EquityCom. Accountable in their area of sector responsibility – ICA - for transition ratings(ETI) and monitoring of transition impact (PTI) benchmarks, covering both projects for OpsCom, SBIC, etc., transition-related TCs and contributes to the assessment of sector transition gaps for the annual Assessment of Transition Qualities;
• Responsible for associated input into management briefing for Board and other Committee meetings, including DAQs responses and, on occasion, bespoke papers, presentations or other inputs for such Committees;
• Provides support to the Associate Director, Impact ICA on sector as well as cross-cutting issues, like the development of the transition impact methodology, analytical reports towards better communication on the Sustainable Development Goals and the global development agenda;
• Contributing to the annual review of the EBRD sector transition indicators and Assessment of Transition Qualities (ATQ) as well as methodological work related to transition impact methodology;
• Ad hoc assignments, including background research on specific sectors or topics, drafting of briefings, presentations, and short sector analyses;
• Compilation and maintenance of relevant datasets.