Senior Country Economist
CurrentSenior Country Economists represent the IGC locally and work with the leadership of the Country Director and Lead Academic (the “country leadership team”) to develop and implement the country strategy and strategic objectives. They lead on establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to advance productive partnerships between researchers and key local policy makers in government, civil society and the private sector. Their core responsibilities include:• Working closely with Country Leadership Team to shape and implement the country strategy.• Leading on developing and maintaining strong relationships with high-level stakeholders.• Driving project generation and the development of clusters of work and of thematic portfolios by proactively engaging with stakeholders, researchers and initiatives.• Driving policy impact by supporting project implementation and policy engagement.• Generating successful SPFs (policy-focused research projects), leading on the identification ofkey policy and research questions, supporting the drafting of proposals.• Conducting research and data analysis, writing analytical policy research papers, synthesis papers, policy briefs, and blogs under the supervision of the country leadership team. This could include taking a Co-Principal Investigator role.• Taking joint responsibility with the IGC Hub in London for programme management and meet the reporting requirements for all country activities to support the ongoing evaluation of the country programme.