Economist/Senior Economist - STARE (Contractual)

Finance & Economy

Overview

Contribute to climate change statistics in macroeconomic frameworks.

You have:

• A Master’s degree with a minimum of four years of relevant professional experience or a PhD in economics, statistics, or related to environment and climate and a good grounding in quantitative analysis.
• Expert knowledge in climate statistics, the System of National Accounts (SNA) and System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA).
• Minimum of four years’ experience in the development of climate and environmental statistics integrating these data into SNA or SEEA-related work programs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; a working knowledge of French or Spanish would be an additional asset.
• Strong relationship management, negotiating and influencing skills for developing relations with national and international authorities.
• Technical proficiency in R and/or Python software languages.
• Exposure to various international initiatives related to climate statistics such as the Network for the Greening of the Financial System or Green Growth initiatives.
• Strong drive for results with the ability to manage various projects under tight deadlines.

Work for the IMF. Work for the World.

The Statistics Department (STA) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides global leadership on macroeconomic statistical methodologies and standards for the IMF, its member countries, and the international statistical community at large. It supports IMF surveillance and lending operations by strengthening member countries’ capabilities to produce and disseminate macroeconomic and financial statistics for sound policy-making. STA collaborates with other IMF departments, donors, and other external partners to ensure that data needs for bilateral and multilateral surveillance and lending operations are met. STA has launched a program to develop and disseminate climate change and related environmental statistics for IMF and external stakeholders’ use in monitoring the inter-relationship between climate change, economic growth and financial stability. A key component of this program is the IMF’s Climate Change Indicators Dashboard (CID).

STA has an opening for an Economist/Senior Economist in its Real Sector Division (STARE) that will contribute to the implementation of its emerging climate change statistics work program and its integration into macroeconomic and financial statistical frameworks. To support the implementation of the division’s overall work program, the selected candidate is also expected to undertake methodological and capacity development (CD) work in national accounts statistics.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will:

• Contribute to the development of a framework that integrates economic, financial and climate related statistics to better inform climate related economic policies. Areas of work include the development of (i) economic activity indicators, such as air emissions indicators, mitigation and adaption expenditures, and renewable energy indicators; and (ii) physical risk indicators.
• Contribute to the development, regular updates, and further improvement of the CID indicators; and support STARE’s work on the new G20 Data Gaps Initiative, focusing on the proposed recommendations on climate change.
• Contribute to the implementation of STARE’s CD program, including training and technical assistance with a focus on climate change-related issues.
• Support other Fund departments in multilateral and bilateral surveillance through methodological advice, data and analytical work, with a focus on climate change.
• Collaborate with other international organizations, specifically on climate change-related statistical issues such as methodologies, data standards, and taxonomies.
• Pursue research and analytical work on climate change related issues, in support of furthering STA’s objectives, including showcasing STA databases and/or using them for evidence-based policymaking.
• Contribute to methodological and CD work in national accounts statistics, including in areas emerging as part of the update of the System of National Accounts (SNA).

Qualifications:

STA is seeking a dynamic, highly motivated economist with proven ability to work independently as well as being effective in teams. Specialization in the development of climate change indicators is a strong asset.

The successful candidate would have:

• Expert knowledge in climate statistics, and in the SNA and with the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA).
• A minimum of four years’ experience in the development of climate and environmental statistics and the integration of these data into SNA or SEEA-related work programs.
• A Master’s degree supplemented by a minimum of four years of relevant professional experience or a PhD in economics, statistics, or related to environment and climate as well as a good grounding in quantitative analysis, such as input-output modeling or related macro-economic analysis.
• Exposure to some of the various international initiatives related to climate statistics such as the Network for the Greening of the Financial System, Green Growth and Sustainable Finance initiatives, or Environmental Accounting.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. A working knowledge of French or Spanish would be an additional asset.
• Strong relationship management, negotiating and influencing skills, as developing relations with national and international authorities will be critical success factors for this role.
• Strong drive for results with the ability to work on various projects under tight deadlines.
• Technical proficiency in R and/or Python software languages.

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.

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