Economics Specialist
Summary
| Title: | Economics Specialist |
|---|---|
| ID: | 2947 |
| Department: | Operations |
| Location : | Riyadh |
| Nationality : | Saudi Arabia |
| Industry: | Government |
| Type of Contract : | Full-time |
Description
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and implementation of Price Statistics policies and procedures covering all areas of activity
- Supervise day-to-day activities to ensure compliance with stipulated policies and procedures
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of systems and processes taking into account leading practices, changes in business environment, cost reduction and productivity improvement
- Establish working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Collect feedback from internal and external stakeholders on issues being faced and other requirements
- Contribute to the preparation of progress reports directed to all relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress
- Actively gain exposure and insights to local market development, business opportunities and the existing regulatory landscape
- Actively participate in on-the-job training, mentoring, and coaching of subordinates
- Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility and monitor the workflow
- Promote a high-performance working environment embracing the companys values
- Develop guidelines and methodologies for econometrics studies leveraging previous experience and international best practices
- Conduct detailed feasibility assessments and develop briefs and business cases for relevant initiatives / projects
- Develop technical proposals for relevant initiatives / projects including detailed description of the proposed work and resources required
- Guide workshops with concerned stakeholders to ensure alignment on relevant requirements and expectations, and review developed plans
- Assess and validate formulated hypothesis and econometric model while ensuring compliance with pre-defined needs and expectations
- Evaluate identified data types and techniques needed to conduct econometrics analyzes, forecast issues and recommend improvements as needed
- Evaluate analyzes outcomes and review produced forecasts to validate against relevant economics principles and add relevant insights
- Review developed reports and finalize validation checks to recommend changes / improvements as needed
- Oversee continuous evaluation outcomes to recommend needed changes and resolve escalated issues
- Review post-process evaluation reports to develop action plan and associated monitoring mechanism
- 6+ years of experience in a Statistics field
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics / Statistics or equivalent is required
- Proficiency in Microsoft office
- Proficiency in English
- Focuses on Results and Quality
- Demonstrates Customer Centricity
- Displays Integrity and Professionalism
- Innovates and Demonstrates Agility
