Economist/Senior Economist - SPRAI RU
About The Position
The Macro Risk Unit (RU) of the IMF’s Strategy, Policy, and Review Department (SPR) is hiring up to two economists. The unit identifies and analyzes global macroeconomic risks and vulnerabilities, integrates insights from country risk assessments in the Vulnerability Exercise (VE), undertakes strategic scenario planning, and gathers market intelligence to support Fund-wide surveillance and policy design. The selected candidate will contribute to workstreams based on their profile and the unit’s needs. All unit economists contribute to the VE by assessing risks across the IMF membership and emerging global risks. Depending on the assignment, the role may include analysis of fiscal, external, financial, real, or corporate risks; development of classical and machine-learning-based risk assessment models; strategic foresight exercises; updating the GRAM; and implementing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework in SPR. The role also serves as the SPR economist for an assigned country, focusing on external sector issues and acting as a liaison between SPR and the area department on Fund policies and procedures. The unit provides coaching and training in machine-learning techniques as needed.
Requirements
- Proven strong analytical and quantitative skills.
- Strong planning and organizing skills and adaptability to meet tight deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Effectiveness in a team environment.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the Fund’s Vulnerability Exercise, including cross-country risk surveillance and the use of crisis risk assessments from machine-learning-based models.
- Contribute to improving empirical risk assessment tools.
- Help design and organize scenario-planning exercises using strategic foresight and horizon-scanning techniques.
- Support implementation of the Fund’s Enterprise Risk Management framework in SPR and SPR’s participation in broader discussions about risks to the Fund.
- Serve as the SPR economist for an assigned country, contributing to surveillance and program work with a focus on external risk exposure, external sustainability, and balance-of-payments analysis.
- Depending on workstream assignment, analyze sectoral risks and contribute to strategic foresight exercises and updates to the GRAM.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
