Application Deadline: 3 Feb 2013
The World Bank announces job of Senior Environmental Economist and requires applications from the qualified applicants. The job location is Washington, DC. Excellent written and spoken English is required. Ability to communicate in one or more relevant languages is desirable. Nature of the job is Professional and Technical.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Senior Environmental Economist will be part of the Policy and Economics Team of the Agriculture and Environmental Services Department in Washington, DC. S/he will lead a section of the WAVES program, and coordinate with WAVES work in the country and with other members of the department. The work program of the Senior Environmental Economist will be in the following areas, which should be considered indicative:
- Leading the technical work on Policy and Technical Experts Committee from the World Bank side on
- Economic valuation: lead the development and testing out of methodology for ecosystem accounting and valuation with PTEC members and other partners in selected case study sites (to be determined)
- Policy applications: lead the development of a body of evidence to demonstrate the policy applications of Natural Capital Accounting
- Represent WAVES for the World Bank at technical meetings for environmental accounting under the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental and Economic Accounting where contributions to the SEEA will be made.
- Provide technical support, training for capacity building, and quality control
- Work closely with WAVES partner country teams to help design and implement the policy analysis and valuation components of their work plans, particularly the ecosystem accounting components. WAVES partner countries will be implementing ecosystem accounting and will need some external technical assistance, and quality control
- Provide technical training courses in environmental valuation both internal, for Bank staff, and external for WAVES countries and at regional workshops
- Support NCA Initiative activities including
- Conduct training activities for policy and valuation at regional and country workshops, and help countries identify policy priorities
- Coordination with major UN partners (UNEP, UNDP, UN-DESA) who may use other policy platforms to support implementation of NCA, such as the Green Economy program, TEEB, or the implementation plan for the SEEA (UN Statistics Division).
Qualifications and Experience :
- Advanced degree (PhD degree preferred) in environmental economics.
- Demonstrated record of work to inform policy dialogue through analytical work on environmental economics (at least 8 years).
- Demonstrated leadership capacity in designing and implementing a policy-oriented research program in environmental economics.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with environmental accounting and contribution to best practice.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with demonstrated ability to make effective presentations to diverse audiences, including high-level government and international officials.
- Excellent written and spoken English. Ability to communicate in one or more relevant languages is desirable.
- Self-starter, requiring minimal supervision, and a strong team player.
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