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**Requirements**:
- A Masters’ degree or equivalent, in Transport Economics with at least 10 years’ experience in the transport sector (urban transport, highways, rail transport); in CGE Modelling, Pricing strategies, Market survey designs, Econometric modelling, Transport Cost and Benefit Analyses and Travel demand management planning and implementation.
- Doctoral degree or studying towards one will be advantageous
- Knowledge of typical sectoral and cross cutting issues in transport
- Knowledge of transport related legislation
- Computer literacy and experience in using standard software packages
- Must have working knowledge of transport economics domain software packages
- Be at a senior or principal level on the career ladder
- History of disseminating research outputs in the form of technical papers
- Forecasting skills
- Financial analysis and modelling skills
- Communication skills (including oral, written, presentation and facilitation)
- Excellent report writing and analytical skills
- Driver’s license is essential
KPAs:
- Lead the development of econometric models to support research projects and programmes
- Develop responsive revenue-cost models for transport operations
- Develop and calibrate appropriate Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models for the transport sector
- Develop appropriate models to assist with the internalisation of transport costs in policies
- Generate and publish original research work
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