Resident Advisor at International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• locations Tanzania
• time type Full time
• job requisition id 24-R6846

Work for the IMF. Work for the World.
The
IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM) and the IMF’s East
Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFRITAC East), located in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the
position of Resident Advisor Monetary and Foreign Exchange Operations
Advisor to deliver training and technical assistance (TA) in various
aspects of monetary policy implementation, foreign exchange operations,
and the development of relevant financial market infrastructures (FMIs).
For the selected candidate, this is a full-time position based in Dar
es Salaam with an initial appointment term of one year (renewable).

The
primary mission of AFRITAC East is to enhance the economic and
policymaking capacity of its eight member countries (Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) by providing
capacity development (CD)—i.e., training, and TA—under the auspices of
the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Operational since 2002, AFRITAC
East provides support in building capacity in public financial
management and revenue administration, macro-fiscal analysis, monetary
and financial sector policies, and macroeconomic frameworks,
forecasting, and statistics (for more information, see https://www.eastafritac.org), working closely with CD departments at IMF headquarters.

The
selected candidate will report to MCM’s Central Bank Operations
Division (MCMCO) for all technical aspects of his/her work, including
the set up and management of his/her workplan as an integral part of the
delivery of training courses and TA. For
all other aspects, the selected candidate will report jointly to MCM’s
Technical Assistance Strategy Division (MCMTA) and the AFRITAC East
Director. He/she will be involved in leading/contributing to the
delivery of training to country officials at facilities in AFRITAC East
and in other locations in East Africa.

The selected candidate
will also work closely with other IMF and non-IMF CD providers to ensure
integration of TA with training and to exploit synergies across other
CD programs in AFRITAC East. He/she is also expected to contribute to
the operational work, regional visibility, and sound governance of
AFRITAC East.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare
  medium-term work plans in collaboration with the country authorities
  and IMF stakeholders, and prepare annual assessments taking account of
  previous TA delivery and developing circumstances;
• Provide and
  manage TA and training on monetary and foreign exchange market
  operations and financial market infrastructures to member countries
  directly, and as appropriate, through the use of short-term, including
  peripatetic, experts;
• Manage the administrative aspects of the
  TA delivery in coordination with HQ and other development partners
  including budgetary, logistical and staffing arrangements;
• Prepare
  required documents prior to and after each mission for MCM internal
  review and approval, and ensure timely transmission of final documents
  to beneficiary institutions;
• Organize, conduct and facilitate
  workshops and/or seminars on relevant topics for members’ staff, both at
  the country and regional levels; some of these workshops/seminars may
  be organized in collaboration with other AFRITACs;
• Liaise, as
  needed, with MCM, other AFRITAC East resident advisors, and other CD
  providers to ensure complementarity of and avoid overlap in the support
  provided to member countries.

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Qualifications, skills, and experience

• Candidates
  should have a Ph.D. or Master’s degree in economics or finance, and
  experience in delivering TA missions and training courses;
• Candidates
  should have strong analytical skills in central bank operations and
  finance, and at least five years of practical experience in policy
  analysis and advice;
• Experience with designing, implementing,
  and assessing the performance of open market operations, standing
  facilities, reserve requirements, collateral frameworks, emergency
  liquidity arrangements in steady state of transitory regimes;
• Sound knowledge in central bank foreign exchange operations, interventions, and exchange rate benchmarks;
• Familiarity
  with financial market development strategies including the relevant
  financial market infrastructures and regulatory concepts;
• Experience with econometric forecasting tools is highly desirable, as is an ability to connect theory to practice;
• Exceptional
  diplomatic, negotiation and influencing skills, and capacity to manage a
  large number of internal and external stakeholders;.
• Excellent
  communication skills in English are essential, as are good organization
  and planning skills, with project management experience desirable;
• Furthermore, a good research record and/or policymaking experience are a plus;
• An understanding of the economies of East Africa would be a plus;
• Candidates
  should also have a working knowledge or the capacity to learn the IMF’s
  results-based framework for the management (RBM) of CD and the Capacity
  Development Management and Administration Program (CDMAP);
• Applicants must be willing to live in Dar es Salaam and travel within the East African region.

Candidates shortlisted for the position will be asked to undertake a quantitative test as part of the selection process.