Org. Setting and Reporting
- Responsibilities
- Under the overall supervision of the Director and the Research Coordinator of ECLAC Mexico, the Economic Affairs Officer - Chief of Energy and Natural Resources Unit will be responsible for the following duties: Economic or sector analysis: - Monitors economic developments in a defined area and identifies recurrent and emerging issues of concern to the United Nations. - Designs and conducts studies of selected issues in economic development and draft resulting reports. - Interprets and applies results of econometric modelling to analysis of economic prospects and policies. - Develops draft policy recommendations pertaining to area of work. - Formulates proposals for development strategies, policies and measures for presentation to intergovernmental bodies and others. - Attends international, regional, and national meetings to hold discussions with representatives of other institutions. - Organizes expert group meetings, seminars, etc. on development issues. - Prepares speeches and other inputs for presentations by senior staff. Intergovernmental support - Provides substantive support on economic issues to intergovernmental bodies (such as the General Assembly, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Economic and Social Council, the Trade and Development Board, the regional commissions and the subsidiary bodies of each). - Represents organizational unit at international, regional and national meetings. Technical cooperation: - Designs and monitors technical cooperation projects. - Undertakes missions to member states, either alone or as a participant in a diverse team, as part of the Organization’s technical cooperation activities. - Prepares integral, regional, national or sector analyses that provide a basis for advising national governments on economic development issues. - Conducts training seminars and workshops for government officials and others.



- Formulates technical modalities for the evaluation of individual technical cooperation projects. General - Supports junior staff, reviewing their work and providing feedback. - Participates in intra
- and inter-Departmental undertakings of broader concern to represent the views or interests of the organizational unit. - Performs other related duties as required, including a variety of administrative tasks necessary for the final delivery of the work unit’s service.;
- Undertakes on-the-job and other training activities, both internally and externally. - Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
- Competencies
- Education
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in economics, law administration, mathematics, statistics or related fields is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advance university degree.
- Job - Specific Qualification
- Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
- Work Experience
- Languages
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Spanish is a working language of ECLAC. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required; and fluency in Spanish is required. Knowledge of the second language (English/Spanish) will be tested unless it can be supported by a certificate from a recognized institution.
- Assessment
- Special Notice
- United Nations Considerations
- 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.

📌 Economic Affairs Officer (Ciudad de México)
🏢 United Nations
📍 Ciudad de México