Senior Economist – EMEA Consulting - Tourism Economics
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About the Role
Oxford Economics seeks a Senior Economist to join the Tourism Economics EMEA consulting team in Dubai. The role involves leading economic modeling projects, conducting cost-benefit analysis, and developing tourism satellite accounts for clients.
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Responsibilities
- Lead economic modeling workstreams and develop innovative solutions for client research questions
- Ensure robust and rigorous economic analysis in consultancy project delivery
- Apply quantitative analytical techniques to large datasets
- Handle clients and develop Tourism Economics' relationship with them
- Assist in developing research proposals, project reports, and presentations
- Plan and structure projects, coordinating input from team members
- Work collaboratively with project teams and senior stakeholders
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities
- Line management of one or two team members (for the right candidate)
Requirements
- At least 5 years of client facing work and ability to develop commercial relationships
- Substantial experience in economic analysis including IO modeling, cost benefit analysis, and econometrics
- Excellent analytical and Excel modeling skills
- Very strong report writing skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Post graduate degree in economics (desirable)
- Experience with quantitative analysis software such as Python, R, Stata (desirable)
- Experience in delivering consulting projects within the tourism sector (desirable)
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Department and Location
- Tourism Economics EMEA, Dubai, UAE
- Tourism Economics is a subsidiary of Oxford Economics dedicated to analytically based consulting to the tourism sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading economic modelling workstreams and developing innovative solutions to address clients' research questions
- Ensuring robust and rigorous economic analysis in the delivery of consultancy projects
- Applying and assuring quantitative analytical techniques as applied to large datasets
- Handling clients and potential clients effectively and developing Tourism Economics’ relationship with them
- Assisting in the development of research proposals, project reports, and presentations
- Planning and structuring projects, and coordinating input from a range of team members
- Working collaboratively with project teams and senior stakeholders
- Being entrepreneurial and proactive in identification and pursuit of new business opportunities
- Line management of one or two team members (for the right candidate)
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- At least 5 years experience of client facing work and ability to develop commercial relationships
- Substantial experience of economic analysis including IO modelling, cost benefit analysis and econometrics
- Excellent analytical and Excel modelling skills
- Evidence of being proactive and creative in using economics to answer clients’ questions
- Very strong report writing skills
- Excellent attention to detail
Desirable
- Experience in delivering consulting projects within the tourism sector
- A post graduate degree in economics
- Experience with quantitative analysis software such as Python, R, Stata
- Experience in proposal writing
- Experience with delivering consulting projects focused on the GCC region
- Experience of client facing work and ability to develop commercial relationships
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