Director of the Shanghai Center - APDCH

Overview

Lead the Shanghai Regional Center, promoting applied policy research.

You have:

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant and progressively senior level work experience in economic policy making, international financial organizations, academia, or think tanks.
• Ph.D. degree in economics or finance.
• Outstanding analytical and research skills.
• Outstanding diplomatic and organizational skills.
• Excellent drafting and oral communication skills.
• Ability to conduct outreach effectively with public officials, the academic community, civil society, the business sector, and the media.
• Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Familiarity with IMF policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of the Chinese economy and policymakers.
• Fluency in Mandarin.

Work for the IMF. Work for the World.

The Asia Pacific Department (APD) is looking for a Director for the new Shanghai Regional Center. The main functions of the Center are to promote applied policy research to strengthen the IMF’s intellectual presence in the region, with a focus on areas of interest to emerging market and middle-income countries; serve as a venue for peer-to-peer dialog on key policy issues related to the IMF’s Mandate; and be an information and knowledge exchange hub. The center, in close cooperation with the China-IMF Capacity Development Center (CICDC), will also serve as a venue for targeted capacity development leveraging on these activities.

The selected candidate will play a critical role in setting up the Center, including in the recruitment of staff and setting up the initial workplan, and in starting its operations. The Center is expected to commence operations in March 2025. Once the Center is up and running, it will, under the leadership of the Director, assume the functions laid out above.

The Director will report to the Director of the Asia Pacific Department and will be a member of the Department’s senior staff. The Center’s workplan will be developed in close consultation with the IMF’s Research Department and after taking into consideration recommendations by the Center’s Research Steering Committee. The Director will manage the Center and all its staff in accordance with the IMF’s General Administrative Orders, as well as with any special directives from APD and the Human Resources Department.

Qualifications

Candidates should have outstanding analytical and research skills, with a strong publication record. Ideally, the candidate should hold a Ph.D. degree in economics or finance and have a minimum of 15 years of relevant and progressively senior level work experience in economic policy making, international financial organizations, academia, or think tanks. The selected candidate would be expected to familiarize themselves with IMF policies and procedures, and IMF activities. The position requires outstanding diplomatic and organizational skills, in addition to excellent drafting and oral communication, skills. In addition, the successful candidate must be both innovative and entrepreneurial, and should be able to work independently and conduct outreach effectively with public officials, the academic community, civil society, the business sector, and the media. Knowledge of the Chinese economy and policymakers would be a bonus, as would fluency in Mandarin, but neither are requirements.

*A regular staff member who is selected to fill the vacancy will maintain their open-ended status. If the selected candidate is a contractual employee, they will be offered a Term staff appointment. Staff members already on a term appointment will continue their current term but may receive an extension provided that their current term appointment has not already been extended.

The position requires Review Committee /Senior Review Committee Approval.*

This position is being readvertised. Previous candidates need not reapply.

Department:

APDCH Asia and Pacific Department China DivisionHiring For:

B01, B02, B03The IMF is committed to achieving a diverse staff, including age, creed, culture, disability, educational background, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, nationality, race, religion and beliefs, and sexual orientation. We welcome requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process.

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