Economist (Researcher)

Duties/Pligte
- Writing research reports about macroeconomic issues;
- Executing research projects on behalf of clients;
- Data analysis and quantitative economic modelling;
- Critical interpretation of economic trends;
- Visiting clients and presenting on the South African and global macroeconomy;
- Contributing to maintaining and elevating the BER's research profile.
- Skryf navorsingsverslae oor makro-ekonomiese kwessies;
- Uitvoering van navorsingsprojekte in opdrag van kliënte;
- Data analise en kwantitatiewe ekonomiese modellering;
- Kritiese interpretasie van ekonomiese tendense;
- Besoek kliënte en doen aanbiedings oor die Suid-Afrikaanse en wêreld makro-ekonomie;
- Hulpverlening om die gehalte van die BEO se navorsing in stand te hou en te verbeter.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- At least an Honours degree in Economics and/or Econometrics, with five years' relevant working experience,**_ OR_** a Master's degree in Economics and/or Econometrics with four years' relevant working experience, both related to economic research;
- Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities in English;
- The ability to interpret complex economic analyses and to effectively communicate it to a non-academic audience;
- Proven ability to manage time and work under pressure.
- Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint;
- Proven ability to initiate and complete research projects independently;
- Experience of working as part of a research team.
- Minstens 'n Honeursgraad in Ekonomie en/of Ekonometrie met vyf jaar se toepaslike werkservaring, **_OF_** 'n Meestersgraad in Ekonomie en/of Ekonometrie met vier jaar se toepaslike werkservaring, beide in 'n ekonomiese navorsingskonteks;
- Uitstekende mondelinge en skriftelike kommunikasievaardighede in Engels;
- Die vermoë om komplekse ekonomiese analiese te interpreteer en dit effektief aan 'n nie-akademise gehoor te kommunikeer;
- Bewese vermoë om tyd te kan bestuur en onder druk te kan werk;
- Vaardigheid in MS Word, MS Excel, en MS PowerPoint;
- Bewese vermoë om navorsingprojekte selfstandig te begin en te voltooi;
- Ervaring as deel van 'n navorsingspan.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling
- Proven ability to identify and critically investigate research questions;
- Excellent knowledge and experience in developing and maintaining a suite of databases and/or models for use in economy-wide modelling;
- A research profile in the form of applied and/or published research;
- Working experience with a focus on applied economic research;
- Interest in the visualisation of economic data;
- Proficiency in R or similar software and practical experience with programming software (such as Stata or EViews).
- Bewese vermoë om navorsingsvrae te identifiseer en krities te ondersoek;
- Uitstekende kennis en ervaring in die ontwikkeling en onderhoud van databasisse en/of modelle wat gebruik word vir ekonomie-wye modelering;
- 'n Navorsingsprofiel in die vorm van toegepaste en/of gepubliseerde navorsing;
- Werkservaring met 'n fokus op toegepaste ekonomiese navorsing;
- Belangstelling in die visualisering van ekonomiese data;
- Vaardigheid in R of soortgelyke sagteware en praktiese ervaring met programmering sagteware (soos Stata of EViews).

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Kandidate wat vir onderhoude genooi word sal versoek word om voorbeelde van hul verslae in te dien en ook, indien nodig, 'n vaardigheidstoets te voltooi._