Economist/Senior Economist (ORM)
About The Position
The Office of Risk Management (ORM) is seeking an Economist/Senior Economist to analyze economic and financial risks facing the Fund and its members. This role will inform the assessment of the Fund’s enterprise financial and related risks. ORM leads the development and implementation of a strengthened ERM framework, including fostering new methodologies and tools for risk identification, assessment, analysis, and monitoring. The office also produces reports on the Fund’s risk profile and highlights areas needing additional risk analysis or mitigation efforts, complementing risk management in operational departments.
Requirements
- Strong analytical skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong technical skills.
- Strong writing skills.
- Familiarity with Fund operations.
- Good teamwork skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, often under tight deadlines.
- Interest in learning about enterprise risk management.
- Interest in shaping the Fund’s risk culture.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in country work or country review work would be a strong advantage.
- Familiarity with risk management is not required.
Responsibilities
- Take on responsibilities for board documents including the annual risk report and other related board reports.
- Engage regularly with departments and contribute to the Office's analytical work agenda on financial and non-financial risks facing the Fund.
- Develop indicators to provide early warning of risks.
- Facilitate risk management practices across departments and support them in identifying areas for risk assessment for their critical business processes and policy papers.
- Facilitate departments’ risk tolerance discussions and other enterprise risks aspects.
- Liaise with departments ahead of risk discussions at the Fund Risk Committee.
- Review policy and country documents on high-risk cases.
- Exercise ORM’s “challenge” function to ensure enterprise risk discussions conform with ERM policy and Fund standards.
- Contribute to ORM’s outreach activities by preparing briefings, presentations, and other communications with key stakeholders.
- Participate in area departments’ one-off missions if desired and when allowed by the work program.
Benefits
- On-the-job training and coaching.
- Opportunities for external training if desired.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
