Lead Economist Jobs

The Opportunity:

Millennium Challenge Account-Indonesia II is seeking a Lead Economist to join the team. As a Lead Economist, you will play a crucial role in conducting Economic Analysis (EA) for MCA-Indonesia II. Your work will involve producing data and assessments related to the economic rate of return (ERR) and beneficiary analysis for Indonesia Compact projects. You will also support independent evaluations, update economic analysis, and manage the program's EA budget and consultant staff.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Maintain close collaboration and integration between the MCA-Indonesia II Monitoring
• Collaborate with MCC Economists

and Evaluation (M&E) and ATLAS, FMD and MSME Finance project teams

• Maintain regular communication with MCA-Indonesia II leadership and MCC Economic

Analysis staff to provide updates on the status of EA activities, analytical tools/databases

and published data sources

• Manage the program EA budget and provide updates to MCC on commitments and
• Manage the EA consultant staff and supervise their activities and ensure timely workprogram deliverables

disbursements on a quarterly basis

• Manage the procurements and contracts funded by the program EA budget, in

conjunction with the MCA-Indonesia II procurement and finance teams, and report

progress to MCC on a quarterly basis

• Establish, maintain, and facilitate communications and working relationships with

relevant local think-tanks, academic entities, research centers in Indonesia as it relates to

the economic analyses of Compact-supported projects and activities.

Key Qualifications (Education, Experience, Technical Competencies):

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced University Degree (Master’s or higher) in economics, statistics, social sciences

or related fields or a related discipline

• 15+ or more years of experience, including approximately seven leading teams

that conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses of programs

• Demonstrated experience in project management, including managing team of experts,

program budgets and work plans at country level

• Experience applying economic concepts and policy to real-world problems, using data and

analysis to reach conclusions and provide recommendations

• Familiarity with economic cost-benefit analysis and financial cash-flow analysis of

projects

• Strong and demonstrable experience in contract management, developing Terms of

References (TORs), and managing consultants, including ensuring compliance with TORs

• Must demonstrate history of consistently delivering high quality projects on time and

within budget

• Fluency in Indonesian and excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong analytical, report writing, and oral communication skills
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Willingness to undertake regular field visits and interact with the different stakeholders
• Ability to communicate findings of complex economic analyses to a non-economist/nontechnical audience
• Occasional international travel may also be required
• Organizational experience related to data and document management

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience implementing rigorous, quantitative impact evaluations involving household
• Indonesia-specific experience conducting economic analysis and problem-solving

or business surveys

• Experience with distributional analyses measuring economic and beneficiary impact of infrastructure projects, infrastructure investments, or micro-, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs)
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following statistical analysis software and databases, such as R, STATA, SPSS, SAS, CSPRO, or Access strongly preferred
• Experience working with national government and international donor organizations
• Familiarity with designing and implementing program/project impact evaluations

Duration and Performance Location

The Consultant is expected to work for a base period of 12 months. There is potential for a follow on contracts to cover the implementation of the five-year Compact. Any follow-on contracts will

be based on satisfactory performance and mutual agreement.

Contract Type

This Terms of Reference contemplates the award of a fixed term, fixed price independent contractor

contract.

Working Facilities

Office space and a laptop equipped with the necessary software will eventually be provided to the

Consultant in Jakarta.

*Detailed information about the MCC Indonesia Compact program is available on the MCC https://www.mcc.gov/content/uploads/compact-indonesia-infrastructure-and-finance.pdf (refer to Annex I: Program Description of the Compact).