Senior Economist for Climate Security at Bioversity International

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the economic and econometric analyses to quantify the indirect impact of climate on conflict.
• Lead on the conceptual and theoretical development of innovative approaches to quantifying the indirect effect of climate extremes and variability on conflict, by exacerbating existing socio-economic risks and insecurities, such as food and nutrition insecurity, inequality, forced displacement, migration, etc.
• Supervise and support ongoing economic and econometric analyses workstreams within the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security research initiatives
• Support the global rollout of Climate Security research.
• Support the global and regional partnerships by managing and developing institutional relationships and joint initiatives with select country offices and regional bureaus
• Communication and collaboration with the development economics, econometrics, and impact evaluation communities, as well as policy- and decision-makers from relevant country and regional level institutions and bodies
• Design, conduct, write, and disseminate high-quality research and communicating research findings through research papers, journal articles, reports, policy briefs, and other outlets
• Support scientific/proposal writing, reporting, and fundraising
• Supervision of and collaborate with research assistants, junior researchers, research assistants, visiting researchers, and/or students
• Reporting/communicating to supervisor and donors and discovering/responding to tendering processes

Qualifications and requirements:

• A Ph.D. in Economics, Development Economics, Statistics, and related fields
• At least 2 years of experience in conducting economic research, using large-scale socio-economic datasets such as LSMS and DHS
• Experience with international research for applied research and development programs
• Experience in international, multicultural settings and in interaction with researchers, policymakers, donors, and civil society across a wide range of contexts
• Proficiency in using STATA, R, and/or Phyton
• Proficiency in handling high-resolution climate data for econometric analysis
• Extensive experience in fieldwork and data collection
• Experience in carrying out cost-benefit analysis is desirable
• A record of publications commensurate with the length of time worked in research
• Proven ability to work and deliver when leading teams
• Proficient in oral and written English. Further language proficiency is an advantage, in particular, French Excellent report writing, communication, and project management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team-oriented, multicultural environment
• Strong conceptual thinking to develop innovative research approaches