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January 15, 2010
Senior Economist: Expenditure Policy Division (EPD), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Location: Washington, DC, USA
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) seeks qualified macroeconomics applicants with specific expertise in government health spending and a solid grounding in fiscal and macroeconomic policy issues and . This is to fill a vacancy in the Expenditure Policy Division (EPD) of the Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) as a headquarters-based consultant (HQBC) or staff at its headquarters in Washington, DC.
FAD’s EPD undertakes policy development and research and carries out technical assistance to member countries on selected public expenditure policy issues and their macroeconomic implications. The selected candidate will contribute to the analysis of public health expenditures, both generally and for specific countries, with the goal of producing policy-oriented analytical work and assisting member countries with options to improve the efficiency of these expenditures. The selected candidate would also undertake work assessing trends and projections for health care expenditure and the effects of different reform options on these outlays.
The ability to advise in other areas of expenditure policy would also be an advantage. These areas include the distributional impact of economic policies; subsidies and subsidy reform; macro-fiscal sustainability of social security systems and pension reform; public investment, public-private partnerships, and fiscal risk; expenditure policy issues related to fiscal decentralization; reform of public wages and employment; and fiscal aspects of labor market policies.
The selected candidate is expected to perform the following tasks:
- Serve as fiscal economist on a country team. In most instances, this will be an emerging market or low-income country. Required tasks include analysis of fiscal developments, including revenue and expenditure projections, and assessment of the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy.
- Participate in technical assistance missions on expenditure policy issues.
- Participate in the division’s policy development work, which includes the preparation of Executive Board papers and of various divisional research projects.
Qualifications
The candidate should have a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification in Economics. The successful candidate is also expected to have a solid background in macroeconomics, and specific research or operational experience on health expenditure issues of a minimum of two years. A proven track record of written publications, papers, reports, or other documents is required. The selected candidate should possess excellent written and oral communication skills in English—ability to work in Spanish and/or French would be desirable. The selected candidate may be required to travel frequently.
Interested persons should send their resume to tvacher@imf.org
