Economist/Senior Economist (Gender & Inclusion) - STAFI (Contractual)

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The IMF Statistics Department (STA) is seeking a specialized Economist to work on gender and inclusion related issues, data, and analysis, in collaboration with the other members of STA’s gender team, as well as with other Fund departments, in support of the Fund’s bilateral, multilateral, and financial sector surveillance.

STA provides global leadership on statistical methodologies and standards for the Fund, its member countries, and the international statistical community. STA supports Fund surveillance and lending operations through capacity development (CD) activities to strengthen member countries’ capabilities to produce and disseminate macroeconomic and financial statistics for sound policy analysis and effective policymaking. STA collaborates with other Fund departments, donors, and other external partners to ensure data needs for bilateral and multilateral surveillance and lending operations are met. Recently, STA

has launched a program to facilitate the availability of macro-critical gender related statistics for the IMF and external stakeholders’ use in monitoring the inter-relationship between gender and inclusion related issues and sustainable economic growth and beyond. The department also takes the lead in improving data management outcomes and in promoting data innovation.

The selected candidate will work as a core member of STA’s gender team and will contribute to data-focused analytical work on gender-related topics and more broadly on inclusion issues as well as support internal training activities. The selected candidate will also manage the Gender Data Hub and related datasets, and contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and systems that support the management and dissemination of data. The position is based in STA’s Financial Institutions Division (STAFI), which leads work on the IMF’s Financial Access Survey. The selected candidate will also have the opportunity to work with data specialists in the department’s two data divisions.

Specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Contribute to data-focused analytical work on gender and inclusion-related topics, including financial inclusion.
• Work on expanding the coverage and analytical content of the Gender Data Hub, in support of the IMF’s Strategy Toward Mainstreaming Gender.
• Support the internal training program including by designing and delivering sessions on gender-related data issues to IMF staff.
• Contribute to review of gender and inclusion related relevant policy and country documents and data related issues.
• Manage the production and dissemination of gender statistics part of the Gender Data Hub and related databases, with metadata and methodology documentation and updates.
• Support the modernization and continuous improvement of the Gender Data Hub and management and processes for producing, curating, and disseminating gender and inclusion related data and statistics.
• Provide support to country teams on queries related to gender data and on troubleshooting issues with the Gender Data Hub.

Minimum qualifications:

• An advanced degree in Economics, Statistics and/or related field, supplemented by a minimum of four years of relevant professional experience is required.
• A strong data science, statistics, quantitative and computational background.
• Experience in working on gender and inclusion related issues, disaggregated data, and data management would be an asset.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills to be able to manage complex tasks with many stakeholders under tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills and technical experience in various aspects of the data management pipeline; data acquisition, cleaning and management; curation; interpretation and analysis; and presentation.
• Strong understanding of data and metadata management and how it can be aligned with users’ needs for better discovery and retrieval of data.
• Knowledge of current and emerging technologies around data management systems and tools would be an asset.
• Knowledge of one or more mainstream programming language for data analytics (R, Python, Java, etc.) would also be an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills. In particular, the candidate will exhibit the ability to communicate ideas effectively and to interpret statistical data quickly and clearly, including with informative graphs and charts.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience in working in a multicultural team environment with multiple priorities.

This is a one-year contractual appointment. Contractual appointments at the IMF are renewable for up to four years of cumulative contractual service, pending incumbent's performance, budget availability and continuous business need.

It is expected that while the position is advertised at the full grade band, it will be filled at the lower level.

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A11, A12, A13, A14The 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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