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Research Assistant (Swiss Youth Programme - UNYV)  

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Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan Region, Nur-Sultan

Sector:

Nonprofit/Community/Social Services/International Cooperation

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Other

Date of last update: 31/08/2022

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Job description

The World Bank Group (WBG) is one of the world's largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries. It uses financial resources and extensive experience to help our client countries reduce poverty, increase economic growth, and improve quality of life. 

 

The World Bank Group serves over 30 diverse clients in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, with a population of nearly 500 million people. Clients range from large sophisticated middle-income countries to IDA countries. Although eleven of ECA's clients have joined the EU and seven of these have graduated, most continue to remain active recipients of knowledge and/or lending services. Two more countries have entered negotiations for EU membership and several others aspire to do so in future. Country Partnership Strategies reflect this strong diversity with substantial variation in lending prospects, but strong demand for Bank technical services is present across the board, as reflected by a large Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) portfolio.

 

Staff in the Education Global Practice in ECA typically engage with clients in in-depth technical assistance and policy discussions, design, supervision and evaluation of education sector projects, and leading and participating in AAA tasks (Analytical and Advisory Activities) such as Education Sector Policy Studies, Public Expenditure Reviews, Impact Evaluations, Country Economic Memoranda, Social Assessments, Institutional Assessments, and Regional Studies. They also lead and participate in other multi-sectorial lending operations, including Development Policy Lending, as well as performance-based operations. Policy dialogue is concentrated in impact evaluation, the economics of education, skills for competitiveness and jobs, education sector service delivery – including quality, relevance, efficiency, access, and financing of education. The ECA portfolio also includes a significant number of Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) where quality and timeliness of delivery is at the heart of the growth of this line of business. Recent research and policy dialogue has centred around determining the impact of Covid on education, determining learning losses, and providing policy advice on building resilient education systems post Covid.

 

Your tasks and responsibilities as Research Assistant:

  • Data management and analysis for the Harmonized Learning Outcomes (HLO) and Human Capital Index (HCI) program and for selected research and analytical papers;
  • Collect and analyze data, undertake research, and contribute to drafting reports on education including policy briefs, public expenditure reviews, impact evaluations, Country Economic Memoranda, etc;
  • Support operational tasks including project preparation, implementation support and monitoring in coordination with relevant Task Team Leaders, procurement, and financial management specialists;
  • Prepare just-in-time reports and presentations and contribute to writing briefs to support the ECA education team in Central Asia, as required.

Part of the Talent programme 'Swiss Youth at the World Bank', this position is sponsored by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). This ensures that travel, relocation, life and health insurance costs are covered by the programme and a monthly living allowance is paid.

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Type of contract: Volunteer

Duration: 12 months

Education level: Master's degree

Macro-area: Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Level of experience: Junior Professional, 1 to 3 years

Area of work Definition: Education, Learning and Training

Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations

Skills required

For the programme:

  • Swiss nationality;
  • Master's degree in a relevant field (by end of October 2022);
  • Ideally 12 months of relevant professional experience (min. 3 months - max. 24 months);
  • Max. 28 years old at the start of the assignment (born on or after April 1, 1994);
  • Excellent command of English and 2 official Swiss languages (one active = C1/C2, one passive = A2/B1);
  • Interest in joining the international cooperation sector.

For this position:

  • Master's degree in education, economics or other social sciences Demonstrated interest and/or experience (ideally one year) in education sector;
  • Strong data analysis skills, extensive experience in cleaning and analyzing data in Mirosoft office products and analytical software like Stata, R etc;
  • Fluent in English.

Please find more details in the full job description.

 

Important details regarding your application

Make sure your profile on cinfoPoste is complete and up to date:

  • Motivation letter in English (not more than 3500 characters, to be inserted in the pop-up window when you click on 'apply')
  • CV in English (the exact length and the % of your employments must be visible)
  • Work certificates, diplomas and university credentials (as PDF) uploaded under the section 'documents'

 

Application deadline: 31 August 2022

First round of interviews carried out by cinfo: between 19 and 28 September 2022

 

The entire recruitment process takes about four months. The final selection is done by the host organisation based on cinfo's recommendation. Selected candidates will be informed by mid-December 2022.

Find more information about the Programmes and the other 28 Talent Programme vacancies here.

 

Any questions? Contact Saskia Zaugg and Sandrina Simoes, cinfo's Recruitment Specialists, recruitment@cinfo.ch

 

Are you interested in the programme and positions? Do you have specific questions concerning the process and how you can apply? Join us during our Live Q&A on Tuesday, 23 August at any time between 4.30 and 6.00pm via this link.

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