Economist/Senior Economist (ICDMM)

Job description

Work for the IMF. Work for the World. The Macro- Modelling and Monetary Division of ICD has an opening for a Fungible Economist/Senior Economist position. The selected candidate will be involved in the development and delivery of capacity development (CD) in macroeconomic frameworks, focusing on topics in monetary policy, exchange rate policy, managing capital flows, forecasting and nowcasting, model-based monetary policy analysis and DSGE models. Modalities include technical assistance delivered in-country and virtually, and training conducted face-to-face and virtual at HQ and the regional training centers. S/he will provide technical assistance (TA) on the development of macroeconomic frameworks, principally to central banks, designed to help member countries build capacity for macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis in support of policymaking and policy communications. The emphasis will be on the use of nowcasting and near-term forecasting tools, semi-structural gap models and DSGE models, tailored to different country settings (including FCS, LICs and EMEs). In addition, the selected candidate is expected to deliver lectures and guide course participants (country officia...