Economist Job at City of Cape Town

Requirements

• Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification, preferably an honours degree in Economics or Finance
• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant functional experience
• Proven experience in analysing and evaluating economic data, including large datasets
• Exposure to economic modelling tools and techniques
• An understanding of economic drivers, and tracking economic performance indicators
• Proficiency in written reports and the presentation of economic findings
• Project and stakeholder management experience

Key Performance Areas

• Collect, clean and consolidate economic datasets to support,analysis, reporting and evidence-based decision-making
• Analyse economic, sectoral, and socio-economic data to identify trends and performance over time using programmes such as Excel, STATA or R
• Produce regular economic reports and inputs into publications for management and stakeholders
• Contribute to building and maintaining economic dashboards and data visualisations to support the monitoring of key economic performance indicators e.g. labour market indicators
• Interpret and communicate complex data clearly through charts, tables, written reports and presentations
• Utilise economic modelling techniques to inform decision making
• Conduct research and benchmarking on economic trends, local and global market developments, and policy issues
• Contribute to forecasting of economic indicators
• Engage with line departments and other stakeholders in writing up research or prese