Insights Specialist, Work, Wages and Job Creation

The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation.

The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.

Why we are recruiting:

The Centre for the New Economy and Society provides a trusted platform to build prosperous, innovative and resilient economies and societies that create opportunities for all. It enables leaders to understand, shape and navigate a new social and economic context through insights, action and dialogue for:

• Fostering economic growth and risk preparedness

• Investing in talent and human capital

• Promoting equity and inclusion

The Centre includes six thematic workstreams and its work and methods are enabled by two horizontal functional practices: 1) Impact Design and Coordination 2) Community Engagement. The Centre also hosts the institutional team responsible for embedding expertise and frontier thinking across the Forum's work.

The Forum’s Work, Wages and Job Creation Mission hosts the Jobs Initiave that drives towards good jobs for all through advancing dynamic job transitions, ensuring AI leads to job augmentation, driving job creation and increasing job quality.

We are recruiting a Insights Specialist role to help strengthen thought leadership activities and insight products on the thematic of work, wages and job creation. In the context of disruption in global labour markets, the objective will be to deliver tangible impact in creating more productive and inclusive labour markets and to ensure good jobs for all.

Reporting lines and interactions:

The Specialist role will report into the Head of the Misison on Work, Wages and Job Creation, Centre for the New Economy and Society, and collaborate closely with other staff across the Centre and across the organization. Within this structure, this  role will work closely with team members from the Centre’s missions as as well as functional practices.  

Main responsibilities:

• Provide support to a portfolio of thought leadership activities across the work, wages and job creation thematic, including the flagship Future of Jobs Reports and various White Papers such as the Jobs of Tomorrow and Global Digital Jobs series

• Contribute to data collection and preparation, survey result analysis, developing analysis, presentations and data visualizations that help convert insights into engagement and dialogue with governments, business, academics and civil society stakeholders as well as the wider public.

• Work in close alignment and collaboration with the cross-cutting Impact Design and Coordination function to ensure implementation of harmonized approaches and methods across the Centre and supporting continuous improvement and iteration.

• Keep a consistent focus on ambitious impact and engagement outcomes. Track and report quantitative and qualitative metrics for systems-change impact across the Centre and thematic portfolio of work.

• Assist the development and curation of insight project communities and contributors, initiating, expanding, and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be assessed on:

• Demonstrated contribution to quantitative and qualitative thought leadership and insight development activities

• Focused approach to applied research, analyzing, synthesizing and leveraging large volumes of quantitative and qualitative data; agile coordination and management of insight methodologies, benchmarking frameworks, and data-based narratives.

• Understanding of the work, wages and job creation agenda, experience with public-private collaboration on this topic and strong interest for the broader economic agenda.

• Outstanding writing and editorial skills; analyzing and synthesizing data in support of insight development; storytelling, data visualization and presentation development skills

• Fluency in the use of internal and external digital platforms and tools for data analysis, activity design and project management; ensuring that results and milestones are documented consistently and regularly shared with internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to collaborate efficiently and transparently as a strong team player.

Preferred requirements and experience:

• Advanced university degree in (labour)economics, econometrics, social sciences or other relevant fields including substantive knowledge of quantitative research methodologies.

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience, ideally across business, government, non-profit, international organization and/or think tanks.

• Proven experience and interest in developing quantitative and qualitative insights and their application in driving impact and engagement in the areas of economic growth and foresight; dedication to interdisciplinary approaches alongside economics.

• Strong mastery with statistical tools such as R, Python, STATA and advanced Excel knowledge.

• High attention to detail; proven excellent project coordination; capacity to apply critical thinking, consult broadly and synthesize various viewpoints,

• Excellent teamwork, collaboration and operational management skills in a multicultural team, managing both long- and short-term objectives in a fast-paced environment.

• Fluency in English, with excellent written, digital and verbal communication skills; knowledge of other languages would be an asset.

Why work at the Forum:

The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!