IC – Sustainable Development and Economic Researcher UN RCO Saudi Arabia

Result of Service
Under the direct supervision of the Economist of RCO, with overall guidance
from the UN Resident Coordinator and the Head of RCO, the contractor will work
to:

‎1. Update the CCA with the latest data from international and national (e.g.
GASTAT) sources and evidence and address the existing comments for
clarifications and improvements of the CCA collected already from
stakeholders; estimated working time ‎10 days

‎2. Support (develop a ppt, support organization, prepare supporting briefs)
and participate in related events such as the Joint UN-Government Steering
committee; estimated working time ‎5 days

‎3. Ad-Hoc tasks related to the CCA update and related products such as the
Cooperation Framework and Results Framework: estimated working time ‎5 days
Work Location
Remote Work
Expected duration
‎3 Months / Part-Time
Duties and Responsibilities
One of the key roles of the RCO is preparation and yearly updates of the new
United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and the CCA. One
of the key steps in this process is the preparation and update of a Common
Country Analysis. The CCA is the UN system's independent, impartial and
collective assessment (description of a country situation) and analysis
(description of causes and their implications) of a country situation. It
examines progress, gaps, opportunities and bottlenecks vis-a-vis a country's
commitments to achieving the ‎2030 Agenda, UN norms and standards, and the
principles of the UN Charter.

The UN in The KSA finalized a high quality and in depth CCA in May ‎2021
(internal document, to be provided). This document (CCA) is used for annual
updates, with the planned update in Q4 of every year.

Under the direct supervision of the Economist of RCO, with overall guidance
from the UN Resident Coordinator and the Head of RCO, the contractor will
provide support for the CCA update, including updating all available data and
evidence, suggesting and implementing additional analysis if needed,
preserving and improving the national picture in terms of aggregates, and as
much as possible, keeping and adding a disaggregated assessment and analysis
of vulnerable/marginalized groups (women, youth, elderly, persons with
disability, minorities, migrants and refugees, others) and subnational
assessment and analysis. In addition, the effect of the Ukrainian war and
Energy shock on the KSA should be explicitly recognized. The CCA with comments
already included as well as a range of relevant (non exhaustive) material will
be provided by the Economist of RCO as a starting point for the update of the
document.

The UN Secretary-General's bold new global reform agenda launched on ‎1 January
‎2019, in response to General Assembly resolution ‎71/‎243, repositions the UN
Development System to deliver on the ‎2030 Agenda for dignity, prosperity and
peace on a healthy planet. Central to this process, and as further mandated by
General Assembly resolution ‎72/‎279, a new generation of UN Resident
Coordinator Offices across the world are being strengthened under the
leadership of an empowered UN Resident Coordinator, the highest-ranking
representative of the UN Development System at country level.

The Resident Coordinator (RC) system encompasses all organizations of the UN
system dealing with operational activities for development, regardless of
their formal presence in the country. UNCT and the Government of the KSA are
in the first year of implementation of the new ‎5-year KSA-UN Sustainable
Development Cooperation Framework (‎2022-‎2026) -
https://saudiarabia.un.org/en/‎185831-un-sustainable-development-cooperation-
framework
Qualifications/special skills
Master's Degree (or higher, PhD students included) in Economics or a related
field (Statistics, Social Science) is required.
At least ‎2 years of relevant professional or academic (during PhD studies for
instance) experience in carrying out social, economic and environmental
research, policy and analytical work, and other research relevant to the SDGs
is required;
Experience with writing up of reports and research papers in social science or
statistics is desirable;
Experience with and knowledge of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is
desirable;
Understanding of KSA's developmental challenges, policy priorities and
national plans is desirable.
Languages
Fluency in English is required.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT
PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED
NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS' BANK ACCOUNTS.