Key Responsibilities and Deliverables

• Monitor and analyse macroeconomic performance and risks, and assess structural reform progress in the countries of the particular regions in order to provide input into key CSE and Bank products;
• Maintain department’s databases on the region and monitor local media and commercial sources about economic and policy developments in the region so as to provide up-to-date briefings to management;
• Draft contributions for the department’s regular publications, including the annual Transition Report, the flagship annual publication of EBRD;
• Prepare regular growth forecasts and long-term macroeconomic scenarios to be used in the financial models by the Banking department;
• Prepare presentations to be delivered in the Bank and to outside audiences;
• Occasionally represent the Bank at policy and research forums;
• Conduct theoretical and / or empirical research on economic issues of interest to the Bank.

Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Strong analytical background in economics
• Master’s degree in economics or equivalent from a leading university or Bachelors degree and several years of relevant experience in the field;
• Research or work experience in an area of interest to the Bank, including political economy, economics of development, financial economics, international economics and macroeconomics;
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English;
• Experience of working with economic datasets and knowledge of statistical software packages would be an advantage;
• Fluency in Croatian/Serbian and, preferably, Russian is a strong advantage; fluency in other languages of the Bank’s countries of operation is also an advantage.