Programs Analyst/Sr. Programs Analyst - STARM

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The IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) is looking to hire a Programs Analyst/Sr. Programs Analyst in its Resource Management Division (STARM). Under the general supervision of the Division Chief and the Deputy Division Chief, the selected candidate will undertake the full range of operational tasks for planning and executing STA’s external training program, including managing training budgets and databases.

Major Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the selection process for STA training participants, including nominations, registrations, and access management for training platforms such as Course and Participant Interface (CPI), and the Participant and Applicant Tracking System (PATS).

• Preparing and reconciling training event budgets, ensuring accurate inputs in the Capacity Development Management and Administration Program (CDMAP) and completing post-training expense reports.

• Coordinating participant travel, accommodation, and training venues, while managing contracts with service providers, including hotels and interpreter services.

• Setting up Moodle and Cvent sites, uploading course materials, administering pre-/post-training quizzes and course evaluation surveys, and analyzing learning outcomes.

• Creating and distributing training certificates, as well as preparing training data and reports for stakeholders.

• Supporting other resource management-related business operations in STARM.

Minimum Qualifications

Educational development, typically acquired by the completion of a university degree in liberal arts, languages, business administration, information systems, economics, international relations, or a related field, is required. Alternatively, a minimum of two years of experience in a related position at Grade A5, or equivalent, is required.

In addition to the above qualifications set forth in the job standards, the candidate must have:

• ability to interact and communicate effectively with staff at all levels and work effectively in a team environment,

• proactive and demonstrated ability to anticipate work demands, self-manage projects and juggle multiple demands and interruptions under pressure while ensuring attention to detail,

• proven initiative in setting work priorities,

• demonstrated proficiency in Word and Excel, as well as willingness and ability to learn other software applications,

• attention to detail in developing and reconciling budgets and maintaining databases,

• flexibility with regard to working hours, including to support webinars targeted to participants in different time zones,

• good judgment and discretion in handling sensitive and highly confidential information,

Only candidates who are currently residing in the Washington D.C. metro area will be considered.

It is envisioned that while the position is advertised at the full grade band, it will be filled at the lower level.

This vacancy shall be filled by a 3-year Term appointment in accordance with the Fund’s new employment rules that took effect on May 1, 2015.

A regular staff member who is selected to fill the vacancy will maintain their open-ended status. If the selected candidate is a contractual employee, they will be offered a Term staff appointment. Staff members already on a term appointment will continue their current term but may receive an extension provided that their current term appointment has not already been extended.

Department:

STARM Statistics Department Resource Management Division

Hiring For:

A06, A07, A08

The IMF is guided by the principle that the employment, classification, promotion, and assignment of staff shall be made without discrimination against any person. We welcome requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process. Information on how to request accommodations will be provided during the application process.