African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Jobs in Kenya

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Jobs in Kenya

AERC has also embarked on building an electronic network among the universities participating in the collaborative PhD and MA programmes. This is aimed at facilitating information sharing and improved access to world resource centres. It should almost go without saying that the impact of the AERC network of researchers and institutions crucially depends on the continued strengthening of its professional stature, the members' enhanced credibility with policy makers, and their active professional involvement in their respective countries.
   
Principles & Objectives
AERC's principal objective is to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into problems pertinent to the management of economies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Structure
The Consortium's organizational structure allows for ownership of AERC activities by the network of local researchers, an independent determination of the research agenda, and a programme of activities that is responsive to the professional and policy needs in the region, while at the same time ensuring accountability to funders.
Programme Components
AERC has two programme components: Research, and Training
Network

Networking - the linking of individuals and institutions in a knowledge sharing, experience sharing framework - is the key strategic instrument for implementing AERC's activities.The broad AERC network is, in turn, composed of a number of smaller networks of researchers and teams involved in each research theme, teaching faculties, and students.

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), established in 1988 is a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training. AERC's mission is to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent, rigorous inquiry into the problems facing the management of economies in sub-Saharan Africa.

That mission rests on two basic premises. First, that development is more likely to occur where there is sustained sound management of the economy. Second, that such management is more likely to happen where there is an active, well-informed group of locally based professional economists to conduct policy-relevant research. Specifically, then, AERC intends to:

    * Enhance the capacity of locally based researchers to conduct policy-relevant economic inquiry,
    * Promote the retention of such capacity, and
    * Encourage its application in the policy context.

Donor governments, private foundations, and African and international organizations support the AERC programme, which has two primary components: research and training. The AERC Research Programme uses a flexible approach towards improving the technical skills of local researchers, allowing for regional determination of research priorities and strengthening national institutions concerned with economic policy research. The programme also fosters closer ties between researchers and policy makers. The Training Programme supports both master's and doctoral level studies in economics and helps improve the capacities of departments of economics in public universities across the continent. A comprehensive communications and outreach strategy encourages the application of AERC products to economic policy making.

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 as a public not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of economic policy research and training in Africa.

The Consortium’s mandate and strategic intent is built on the basis that sustained development in sub-Saharan Africa requires well-trained, locally based professional economists. AERC agitates the provision of capacity building in economic policy in Francophone and Anglophone African countries through provision of support in the areas of policy research and training.

AERC seeks to recruit qualified and experienced economists and other professionals to support its capacity building initiative in one of its key partner government ministry in Kenya.

The overall responsibility of the economists and other professionals to be recruited is to provide analytical support to policy research, policy analysis and formulation and economic management covering the following areas:

   1. Macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis:- This will entail Sectoral Analysis; Macroeconomic Policy Analysis and Modelling; and Financial Analysis.
   2. Fiscal Policy Analysis, including, Project Analysis; Tax Policy Analysis; and Budget Analysis.
   3. Inter-Governmental Fiscal Analysis and Reforms.

The AERC, therefore, seeks to recruit economists and other professionals at four levels as indicated below.

The officers to be recruited must have the following minimum qualifications:

(i) 10 Graduate Trainees –
The ideal candidates must possess a minimum of Upper Second Class Honours degree in Economics, Commerce, Mathematics/Statistics, Agriculture, Engineering, ICT and Law. Preference will be given to those with first Class Honours degree.

(ii) 10 Assistant Researcher/Policy Analysts –
The ideal candidates must have a minimum of MA/MSC in Economics, International Development, Political Science, Law, Agricultural Economics, Finance, Accounting; Mathematics, Statistics, ICT and Engineering.

(iii) 7 Researcher/Policy Analysts –
The ideal candidates must possess a minimum MA/MSC in Economics, International Development, Agricultural Economics, Finance, Accounting; Mathematics, Statistics, ICT, Law and Engineering and at least five years relevant professional experience in research and policy analysis.

The successful candidates will be expected to publish at least one research paper in the respective area of work per year.

(iv) 5 Senior Policy Analysts –
The ideal candidates must possess a minimum of MA/MSC in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Finance, Accounting Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Political Science, ICT or PhD in Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, and Finance with at least 10 years relevant practical research and policy analysis experience covering macroeconomic, financial, infrastructure/transportation, rural/agriculture development, public finance (expenditure/taxation), environment and legal and institutional development.

The successful candidate will be required to publish at least one research paper in the respective area of work per year.

Interested candidates should submit their application with a detailed CV, including email and telephone contacts by 22, October 2010 to recruit@aercafrica.org or

The Manager, Human Resources and Administration
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
ME Bank Towers,
P.O. Box 62882, 00200
Nairobi

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