This position is located in the Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Senior Economic Officer reports to the Director of the Division.

Under the overall supervision of the Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, the Senior Economic Officer will lead sustainable investment and capital markets initiatives and, in doing so, s/he will undertake the following duties: Economic or sectoral analysis • Leads or participates in the formulation, organization and management of mandated programmes of economic analysis and the formulation of possible economic strategies, policies and actions for adoption by the international community and pertaining to sustainable investment and capital market. • Leads or participates in the identification of new or emerging development issues related to sustainable investment and capital market potential concern to the international community, particularly those of a regional or global nature, and designs and develops programmes to address them. • Supervises a team of staff economists undertaking this work. • Commissions economic studies and analyses sustainability practices in investment and finance ecosystems that cannot be undertaken internally. • 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 sustainable investment and capital market for development for issuance by the United Nations, including substantive inputs to the World Investment Report. • 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 by offering strategic advice, giving technical guidance and assisting in developing a consensus. • Manages the work unit’s contribution to the preparation and management of meetings of intergovernmental bodies. • Represents the organizational unit at international, regional and national meetings on development issues. Technical cooperation • Develops and maintains relations with senior officials of member governments and capital market stakeholders ensures a response to requests for advice and/or assistance on sustainable investment, capital market and private sector related issues and policies. • Negotiates with donor and recipient governments on technical assistance programmes and projects aiming at policies that maximize the developmental gains derived from sustainability practices in investment and finance ecosystems and assist development stakeholders, including stock exchanges. • Organizes and coordinates cooperation among Member States on economic programmes or issues. • Leads or participates in technical cooperation missions. Programme support • Functions as the head of the organizational unit dealing with sustainability practices in investment and finance ecosystems, including stock exchanges • 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. • Leads resource mobilization efforts for the division and attends to various administrative matters concerning the larger organizational unit. • Performs other related duties as required.