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Data and Modeling Analyst/Sr. Data and Modeling Analyst (Contractual) - ICDMF

IMFWashington, D.C., United States
Category | Grade:Professional | A-6 / A-7 / A-8Deadline:11 Aug 2026Job ID:26-R9599Posted on:27 Jul 2026
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Overview

Support IMF macroeconomic forecasting tools through rigorous data and model management. The analyst will maintain databases and pipelines, establish governance and lineage standards, help country economists migrate and link models, test and improve internal software, and coordinate technical requirements with IT teams.

Department: Institute for Capacity Development / General Macro and Fiscal Division

Languages

Required: English

Minimum Experience

Not listed

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Manage databases and pipelines supporting macroeconomic forecasting models
  • Apply data-quality, governance, metadata, lineage and version-control standards
  • Help economists maintain models and migrate databases to new software
  • Transfer and link models developed in Matlab, Dynare or Python environments
  • Test internal tools, support debugging and coordinate requirements with IT teams

Requirements

  • University degree or equivalent in data management, programming or systems, computer science, statistics, finance, mathematics, economics or related field
  • Relevant experience in a similar role
  • Experience with relational databases, data governance and data quality assurance
  • Knowledge of Python, R or Matlab and familiarity with SQL
  • Strong spoken and written English

Skills

Data managementMacroeconomic modellingData governanceData quality assuranceDatabase designSoftware testingEconomic analysis

Tools

PythonRMatlabDynareSQLLarge language modelsVersion control systems

Additional info

  • One-year contractual appointment renewable up to four cumulative years