Two Economic Analysts - Sevilla, España - Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Descripción

The current vacancies are in the Fiscal Policy Analysis Unit of Directorate B for Fair and Sustainable Economy.

Directorate B provides top-class analysis and data to support the EU's political initiatives aimed at ensuring that today's and tomorrow's Europeans enjoy fair and sustainable prosperity, taking a systemic view of the relationships between our economic activities, the environmental impacts of human activities and the societal needs of our citizens.

The Directorate develops macroeconomic analysis and support the policy making with its unique analytical and modelling tools and boost EU innovation driven competitiveness in the global context, turning territorial diversity as well as urban-rural interactions into a value.

To drive European markets, industry and services towards environmental sustainability, including construction and the built environment.

The Unit "Fiscal Policy Analysis" provides modelling support and research in the area of taxation and social benefits.

Its aim is to contribute to evidence-based fiscal policies that enable the attainment of the social, economic and environmental objectives of the EU.

To fulfil its mission, the Unit maintains, updates and develops state-of-the art tools for the analyses of fiscal policies of the EU and its Member States, and, using those analytical tools, provides evidence for policy making in the area of taxation and social protection in the EU, in alignment with the European Commission priorities.

The Unit "Fiscal Policy Analysis" is looking to recruit two full-time Economic Analysts for microsimulation modelling in the area of tax and social benefits for an initial period of 3-years to contribute to the maintenance, update and documentation of the EUROMOD model in close collaboration with EUROMOD national teams and ESTAT.

What the job entails

We are looking for two Economic Analysts with strong interest and understanding of tax policy, social policy, inequalities and poverty analyses and proven experience in managing large micro-datasets and statistics (in particular using the Stata software), micro-econometrics and/ or microsimulation modelling.

The main tasks include:

• Maintenance, update and documentation of the EUROMOD model, in close collaboration with EUROMOD national teams and with ESTAT.
• Contributing to the preparation of EUROMOD annual country reports
• Providing modelling support for the analysis of tax and social reforms in the EU in the context of the European Semester for economic and fiscal policy coordination,
• Contributing to the unit ́s technical support to Member States for the development of analytical capacity in the area of taxbenefit systems.
• Carrying out scientific research on the impacts of tax and social benefit policies, such as budgetary impacts, distributional effects and work incentives.
• Contributing to the scientific activities of the unit and participating in research conferences and the organisation of workshops.

What we offer

What we are looking for

Qualifications:
A doctoral degree or a Ph.
D.

in Economics (or related field) or a minimum of 5 years of proved research experience after university studies of at least 3 years attested by a diploma.

Specific experience:
A track record of research and publications in the area of tax and social policy is also welcome.


Indicative duration and salary
36-months initial contract with possible renewals up to maximum 6 years. Salary will be calculated according to the Staff regulation conditions for Contract Agent Function Group IV. The approximate basic gross monthly salary varies from 3.877, , 29 depending on the grade.

For more detailed information please consult:
Working Conditions


Location:
Seville, Spain.


Rules & Eligibility
- the Call for Expressions of Interest | EU Careers ) (CAST Permanent FG IV), which is used by a wide range of organisations (institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union), or
- the specialised call for researchers (JRC Call COM/1/2015/GFIV

• Research), which is mainly used by the JRC.

Note that each of the calls above has different minimum eligibility requirements and different selection tests.

The JRC cultivates a workplace based on respect for other people and the environment, and embraces non-discriminatory practices and equality of opportunity.

In case of equal merit, preference will be given to the gender in minority.


APPLICATION and full details on the open call are available at:


Deadline: 31/03/2023, 23h59 (Brussels time)


Position reference: 2023-SVQ-B2-FGIV-022557