CBN Jobs for Principal Economists

• Conduct in-depth studies on monetary and financial sector policies, including macroeconomic impact analysis.
• Conceptualize and implement the Bank’s monetary and financial policies.
• Participate in production processes of the secretariat of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
• Participate in the preparation of the MPC Economic Report.     
• Participate in Review Teams that will promptly identify weakness/problems in current practices and propose appropriate corrective policies.
• Display expertise in Forecasting and Scenario Analysis.
• Achieve effective coordination between Monetary and Fiscal Policy.
• Monitor the Implementation of Monetary Policy actions.
• Produce research papers to be published in peer-reviewed journals.
• Present research findings in CBN as well as external seminars.
• Attend to ad-hoc assignments from the Director, MPD/Research/statistics, on monetary policy and related issues.
• Interface with Multilateral and Bilateral Organizations, such as the IMF, World Bank, WAMI, ECOWAS etc.

• A Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics, Statistics or Finance and a proven ability to perform the tasks required by the position.
• 9 years cognate experience in economic and policy research, of which 5 years should be at middle/senior management level (for the Principal Economist Positions).
• Records of outstanding publication in Economics, Statistics, Finance and related disciplines with a minimum of 8 research papers, out of which at least 4 must have been published in reputable journals (for Principal Economists) and 6 papers out of which at least 3 must have been published in reputable journal (for Senior Economists).
• Membership of the Nigerian Economic Society and/or other similar professional bodies.

• Conducts analytical & policy research
• Conducts financial programming
• Demonstrates expertise in policy issues in the real sector
• Conducts macroeconomic consistency checks 
• Demonstrates expertise in Statistics and Database applications
• Demonstrates expertise in Econometrics
• Demonstrates expertise in spreadsheet applications

Generic Skills

• Results Oriented
• Initiative
• Analytical thinking
• Creativity/innovation
• Good written and communication ability
• Team working ability
• Responsive
• Resilience
• Information Seeking
• Sound administrative and managerial ability