IMC Worldwide: A DT Global Company is working actively on various projects in South Asia and is looking for suitable candidates 

Position : Economist

Scope of Work:

• Conduct economic analysis of projects, including their costs, benefits, and risks
• Explore thoroughly the value-for-money opportunities that can be exploited during implementation 
• Assist by providing an understanding of the relationship with the business case (an iterative process)
• Provide information on best practices in infrastructure sector specifically hydro projects
• Provide support to develop project banks (i.e. identification, appraisal and prioritization of projects) 
• Carry out economic analysis of the projects. Investigate the relationship between GDP growth and infrastructure development and conduct analysis for prioritizing investments to be made in different sectors. 

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Full time (2 years) Master’s degree in Economics with interest in infrastructure development. Candidates having Masters in Statistics may also apply.
• At least three years of working experience in business/investment project development within either a private sector corporate body, bank, financial institution, or government development-focused agency/authority
• Proven understanding of economic analysis, appreciation of financial planning/appraisal, project development, implementation, and management; and, monitoring and evaluation
• Should be able to prepare sophisticated economic models independently with sensitivity and scenario analysis. Individuals having knowledge of macros in excel will be preferred.
• Well versed with econometrics and various tools associated with it such regression and multi variate analysis. Candidates having understanding of statistics will also be preferred.
• Preference will be given to candidates who have been involved in project preparation activities in the infrastructure sector.
• Proven experience in undertaking research and related publication
• Proven experience in conducting training and event management
• IT software proficiency (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) with good report-writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English