IDB3502 - Economic Officer

Job Purpose

To assist the senior staff in the Institute to carry out economic research by providing timely and effective scientific and technical support.

Key Accountabilities

Operational Planning:

• Contribute to the formulation and documentation of work plans, guidelines, policies and procedures.

• Check compliance of the documents produced by the Team with the recommended templates and formats.

Economic Research Support:

• Identify, collect, classify and refine economic data/ analysis on the Member Countries and provide the processed information to seniors to facilitate research work.

• Assist in compiling and preparing country research, studies and surveys of the economical movements in the concerned Member Countries.

• Prepare briefing notes and summaries of the relevant publications and reports.

• Update existing reports, publications and papers with the latest information.

• Prepare country economic profiles from existing recognized and readily available sources.

Reporting & Communication:

• Provide updated reports related to the team activities in MCs.

• Prepare and update the Member Countries Periodical Economic Reports to keep the Management updated with the development and economic situation in the Members Countries.

• Collect, validate, organize and present data, for various reports, in close coordination with the seniors in the Team.

Academic and professional qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Finance / Business Administration / Shariah / Economics or any relevant discipline.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Islamic Finance and Economics.

Skills & Necessary Knowledge

• Islamic Finance

• Research Methodology

• Data Collection and Analysis

• Quantitative analysis

• Economic Analysis and Assessment

• Conceptual and Critical Thinking

• Report Writing

• MS Office skills.

Languages

• English - Mandatory

• Arabic - Preferred

• French - Preferred