Org. Setting and Reporting
- Responsibilities
- Under the overall supervision of the Director of the Subregional Office of ECLAC in Mexico, the Senior Economic Affairs - Research Coordinator will be responsible for the following duties: Economic or sectoral analysis - Leads or participates in the formulation, organization and management of mandated programmes of economic and social analysis and the formulation of possible economic strategies, policies and actions for adoption by the international community. - Leads or participates in the identification of new or emerging development issues of potential concern to the international community, particularly those of a regional or integral nature, and designs and develops programmes to address them. - Provide substantive guidance, technical advice and mentoring to the Heads of Units regarding the contents and research methodologies of multi-disciplinary studies on social and economic development ensuring high quality products and their relevance to member countries. - Supervises a team of staff economists undertaking economic analysis and institutional position documents. - Commissions economic studies and analyses when necessary. - Supervise and coordinate ECLAC Mexico Publications Programme and the work of the Editorial, Documents and Conference Services Unit. - Conceives, plans and manages expert group meetings, seminars and similar consultations that contribute to the finalization of the work unit’s outputs. - Finalizes reports on development for issuance by the United Nations. - Prepares speeches for senior staff and makes presentations on economic issues for specialist or non-specialist audiences. Intergovernmental support - Provides direct substantive support on development 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) by offering strategic advice, giving technical guidance and assisting in developing a consensus. - Manages ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico’s contribution to the preparation and management of meetings of intergovernmental bodies. - Represents ECLAC subregional headquarters in Mexico at international, regional and national meetings on development issues. Technical cooperation - Develops and maintains relations with senior officials of member governments and ensures a response to requests for advice and/or assistance on economic issues and policies. - Assist the Director in designing, coordinating and supervising technical cooperation actions provided to member countries and to sub-regional organizations in regard to socio-economic development. - Negotiates with donor and recipient governments on technical assistance programmes and projects. - Organizes and coordinates cooperation among Member States on economic programmes or issues. - Leads or participates in technical cooperation missions. - Conduct research and, if so, instructed by the Director, play a key role in the coordination of selected technical cooperation projects; actively participate in conferences to present and/or lecture on ECLAC’s views on key issues of the region’s development.



Programme support - Contributes to the formulation of the medium-term plan, the programme of work and the budget of the unit and participate in the formulation of the organization's overall programme of work and other similar endeavours. - Attends to various administrative matters as per request of the Director. - Performs other related duties as required. Other - Leads team members efforts to collect and analyze data and provides insight to identify trends or patterns for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. Ensures that everyone can discover, access, integrate and share the data they need.
- Competencies
- Education
- Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in economics or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced 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. A Doctorate in economics or a related field 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 and 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

📌 Senior Economic Affairs - Research Coordinator (Ciudad de México)
🏢 United Nations
📍 Ciudad de México