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Assistant Executive Director - Utility Economics and Research
The Job
Reporting directly to the Deputy Executive Director the successful candidate will conduct all economic policy review, investigations and research on the national utility sectors, ensuring customer tariffs, rates and charges are within appropriate incentive-based parameters established by the Commission.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains utility sector costing models and promulgates related Commission policies and procedures.
- Recommends approval/denial of sector tariffs on the basis of their conformance with the approved Commission policies and procedures.
- Issues policy papers and statements on behalf of the Commission for public review and comment.
- Provides expert advice to the Commission and staff involving international trends in economic models and their relation to national utility sector retail/wholesale pricing.
- Presents research papers to National, Caricom and international bodies.
- Publishes economic and related statistical reports on a scheduled basis.
- Supervises professional staff.
Qualifications • Experience • Skills
- Possession of a Master’s Degree in Economics/Economics
Research with current membership in an appropriate and
respected professional/academic organisation.
- Demonstrated ability to defend research and economic policies in a public forum under challenging conditions
- Proven analytical and problem solving intellectual skills; considerable drive, proactive and persistent, and an excellent track record in management.
- Minimum of 10 years experience in economic policy and planning, ideally in utility service modeling and rate setting.
- Professional publications which demonstrate an understanding of regional and international developments in the utility sector.
Compensation
The successful applicants will receive a competitive remuneration package including Retirement Pension, Group Medical and Life Insurance.
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