Summary
Date Posted: 21st January 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time , Currency: Tsh

JOB DETAILS:
Policy Analyst
Empower is currently recruiting for a Policy Analyst on behalf of its client, Gatsby Africa. Gatsby Africa's mission is to accelerate inclusive and resilient economic growth in East Africa by implementing programmes that look to catalyse and influence | large-scale and lasting change in priority sectors.
Gatsby Africa is seeking a talented and motivated individual with outstanding analytical skills to join its Cotton Sector Development Programme in Tanzania. This is an ambitious programme that seeks to establish the conditions for a competitive, inclusive and resilient cotton sector in Tanzania.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a high-calibre team and use your analyticalskills to contribute to the transformation of a vital economic sector to the benefitof more than 350,000 cotton farmers. If you are interested in using your skills to promote long-term economic development in Tanzania, please read on.
Key Skills
• Demonstrated experience in cleaning, managing and analysing complex quantitative data
• Knowledge of statistical methodologies for quantitative research including analysis of survey data and longitudinal data
• Strong written and spoken communication skills in both English and Swahil
• Full professional proficiency in Excel
• Understanding of public policy and means of influencing policy effectively Understanding of economics, particularly agricultural economics, is desirable
• A Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, Public Policy, Data Analysis or another relevant field, a graduate degree is desirable
• Three years' professional work experience (unless. substituted by advanced research degree)
Duties and Responsibilities
The Policy Analyst will conduct analysis on a range of cotton sector policy issues, such as: pricing, input supply, regulation, and marketing The Policy Analyst will support sector stakeholders such as the Tanzania Cotton Board and the Ministry of Agriculture to develop cotton sector strategies that are grounded in evidence of the constraints facing the industry and viable means to improve industry performance. The Policy Analyst will design mechanisms to evaluate different industry structures and policy alternatives and work alongside the rest of the Cotton team to develop recommendations. In addition, the Policy Analyst will work with sector stakeholders to collect quantitative and qualitative data to monitor industry performance and progress towards sector transformation.

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Job application procedure
Application Deadline: 14 February 2019
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