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Research and Policy Analysis Section

Job Title: Professional in Charge of Research and Policy Analysis

Grade: P1

Supervisor: Supervisor in charge of Research and Policy Analysis

Location: HQ Working

Mode: Hybrid

Purpose

The job purpose for the Professional in Charge of Research and Policy Analysis is to: independently identify and document specific economic trends, revenue collection performance, prevailing challenges and opportunities and conduct relevant research and policy analysis to inform decisions on both tax policy and administrative measures to improve tax compliance, efficiency and effectiveness in tax administration and revenue collection.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Conduct impact evaluation of RRA initiatives aimed at improving compliance, boosting revenues and modernizing the tax administration (Incl. Customer satisfaction and Taxpayer perception surveys)
2. Conduct research on widening the tax base and issues of tax compliance
3. Formulate tax policy proposals and perform both pre-and post-implementation impact analysis of various tax policies on revenue collection
4. Benchmark on evolving tax policy landscape with other countries and work with relevant stakeholders to formulate appropriate tax policy proposals
5. Ensure research recommendations are fully implemented
6. Provide guidance and support to junior researchers in the team
7. Ensure and adhere to proper planning and reporting of activities following RRA reporting requirements
8. Create and update dashboards/models for easy monitoring of trends of important shocks on revenue collection
9. Perform any other duties related to RRA business as assigned by line manager

Required Academic Qualification    

Preferred Qualifications

1. Master's Degree in Economics specialized in Monetary Economics
2. Master's Degree in Economics specialized in International Economics
3. Master's Degree in Economics specialized in Development Economics
4. Master's Degree in Economics specialized in Art in Economics
5. Master's Degree in Economics specialized in Science in Economics
6. Master's Degree in Statistics specialized in Statistics Applied to Economy
7. Master's Degree in Economics specialized in Science in Economics
8. Master's Degree in Statistics specialized in Economic statistics
9. Master's Degree in Data Science specialized in Econometrics
10. Master's Degree in Public policy specialized in Tax policy Analysis
11. Master's Degree in Public Finance specialized in Impact Evaluation
12. Master's Degree in Economics specialized in Economic Policy Analysis

   Relevant Qualifications

1. Bachelor's Degree in Statistics specialized in Economic statistics
2. Bachelor's Degree in Statistics specialized in Statistics Applied to Economy
3. Bachelor's Degree in Economics specialized in International Economics
4. Bachelor's Degree in Economics specialized in Monetary Economics
5. Bachelor's Degree in Economics specialized in Development Economics
6. Bachelor's Degree in Economics specialized in Science in Economics
7. Bachelor's Degree in Economics specialized in Art in Economics
8. Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics specialized in Statistics
9. Bachelor's Degree in Applied Statistics specialized in Statistics

Skill Type Required 

1. COMMUNICATION: Good analytical and written communication skills medium
2. Interpersonal: Team working skills medium
3. Language: Proficiency in English medium
4. Practical skills and experience in handling goods & works contracts and consultancy services con: Handling of goods & works contracts and consultancy services contracts; medium
5. Strong data analysis skills using latest data programming softwares such as Stata & R: Strong data analysis skills and proficiency in securely working with large datasets medium

Required Competencies

1. Data analytical skills.
2. Research study design
3. Ability to conduct research;
4. Ability to communicate findings from complex analysis to a wide variety of audiences, through written reports and oral presentations;
5. Ability to follow specified procedures, solve problems, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate tasks to deliver outputs to meet required deadlines;
6. Ability to prioritize workloads and work under pressure as well as a team member;
7. Experience of econometric techniques, predictive analytics, and data mining and statistical analysis using large, complex datasets would be an added advantage.
8. In-depth knowledge and understanding of data analytical software and languages such as STATA, SPSS, R, and Excel;

Required Experiences

1. 2 years experience in Research and Policy Analysis or Impact Evaluation