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• Lead or significantly contribute to the
  preparation of knowledge products, including country-specific and regional
  knowledge, as well as to convening services.
• Lead or significantly contribute to the
  preparation and/or supervision of operations.
• Initiate and carry out analysis to inform
  the Bank’s policy dialogue in macroeconomic areas and supervise
  just-in-time technical and policy work.
• Work in liaison with the MFM Lead
  Economist and Program Leaders as well as the CMU as needed to ensure
  collaborative and seamless delivery of Bank support.
• Actively promote dialogue and close
  working relationships with the main development partners as well as with
  the private sector, academia, think tanks and civil society.  Liaise with the IMF on the macroeconomic
  framework and debt sustainability analysis.
• Carry out the work program in a way that
  contributes to client capacity building, knowledge sharing and innovation.
• Ensure high standards of quality of tasks
  managed by self and help enhance quality of other tasks.
• Participate actively in MFM Global
  Practice-wide activities including by providing support to programs
  outside the MENA Region and by being active in at least one thematic area.

• The applicant for the World Bank Senior
  Economist career opportunity should hold a Master’s or PhD degree in
  economics with at least eight (8) years of relevant professional and
  research experience including a track record of delivery of high quality
  lending and analytical and advisory products. 
• Significant exposure and experience in
  positions of increasing complexity and responsibility.
• Highly analytical skills in macroeconomic
  and fiscal management and proven ability to conduct policy dialogue and
  policy-relevant research.
• Deep technical knowledge and experience in
  one or more of the following areas: macroeconomics, macroeconomic
  forecasting, growth analytics, fiscal analysis and management, sub-national
  fiscal frameworks, debt management and contingent liabilities, government
  finance and quality of government expenditures, management of natural
  resource rents.
• Good track record in leading or
  contributing to successful Bank operations and high impact ASAs.
• Integrative capacity including the ability
  to link sectoral issues within a broader development framework.
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills, including the ability to present complicated analyses to
  non-specialist audiences.
• Ability to work flexibly on a range of
  assignments and adjust to a variety of complex evolving tasks to meet
  deadlines.

• General Economic Knowledge and
  Analytical Skills – Possesses Cross-country knowledge in economic
  specialty and demonstrates ability to link the macro, institutional, and
  micro-level behaviors; able to support findings/policy recommendations
  with credible analysis and tools. 
• Knowledge and Experience in Development
  Arena – Translates technical and cross-country knowledge into
  practical applications and contributions to country and sector strategies;
  interacts with clients at the policy level.
• Policy Dialogue Skills –
  Anticipates needs and requests in the field and conducts independent
  policy discussions with representatives of the government and
  non-government partners.
• Integrative Skills –
  Understands relevant cross-sectoral areas how they are interrelated; able
  to undertake cross-sectoral work in lending and non-lending operations.
• Macroeconomic skills and country
  economics experience – Able to translate technical analyses of
  macroeconomic, debt, trade, fiscal policy, and growth linkages into policy
  recommendations and cross-country lessons.
• Written and Verbal Communication
  – Demonstrates the ability to influence and persuade others to accept
  ideas and suggestions (such as counterparts in government, international
  partner organizations, academia, and Bank colleagues, senior staff and
  managers).
• Lead and Innovate – Develops
  innovative solutions with others.
• Deliver Results for Clients –
  Achieves results and identifies mission-driven solutions for the client.
• Collaborate within Teams and across
  Boundaries – Initiates collaboration across boundaries and broadly
  across WBG, and brings differing ideas into the forefront.
• Create, Apply and Share Knowledge
  – Creates, applies and shares knowledge from across and outside WBG to
  strengthen internal and/or external client solutions.
• Make Smart Decisions –
  Recommends and takes decisive action.

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