Summary
Date Posted: 29th March 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full_Time , Currency: KES , Value: 121000 , Minimum: 85000 , Maximum: 364000 , Period: MONTH

JOB DETAILS:
Resource Associates
Our client, a large leading financial institution in Kenya wishes to recruit highly experienced, competent, motivated and self-driven individuals with excellent credentials and strategic mind to competitively fill the positions below.
Our client is looking to identify experienced leaders who will play a pivotal role of influencing monetary policy frameworks and strategies as well as implement sound monetary policies that ensure financial markets stability and growth. The ideal candidates are expected to be exceptional leaders with deep global and local knowledge of the financial services sector, have a demonstrable level of success and possess excellent interpersonal skills. This is a great opportunity to make your contribution to the financial services landscape in Kenya.
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH
This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer and leads in developing monetary policy frameworks and strategies, facilitates domestic and global macroeconomic analysis and research to inform monetary policy formulation and implementation. He/She works closely with the Executive and a committee of the Board whilst leading a Research team.

Key Responsibilities:
• Frame and implement appropriate economic research agenda for the Bank at country, regional and global levels. In this regard provide
• leadership to undertake and disseminate research and related analysis on micro and macro-economics;
• Ensure formulation of a prudent monetary policy, frameworks and strategies that set feasible and appropriate targets to achieve and maintain price stability including exchange rates, interest rates and inflation and support monetary policy implementation. This includes
• designing the monetary programs;
• Provide leadership for the promotion of robuste Anic analysis (both fiscal and external), including development of the statistical
• capacities and systems for the provision of tirely and reliable data for policy dialogue and formulation;
• Provide leadership for timely periodic reporting of financial and economic analysis with emphasis on monetary policy formulation and
• implementation;
• Liaise with IMF, World Bank and other development partners as required on matters of monetary policy;
• Provide leadership for timely periodic reporting of financial, and economic analysis with emphasis on monetary policy formulation and
• implementation;
• Ensure effective collaboration with relevant departments on the effectiveness of monetary policy implementation and market dynamics
• that informs policy change::

Required Qualification & Experience
1) Must have a Master's Degree in Economics or related fields,
2) Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Banking, Statistics or other related field;
3) PhD in Economics or other related field is an added advantage.
4) Clear understanding of economics, banking and relevant emerging issues in:
• Monetary and financial statistics and trends
• Inflation and currency rates
• Financial markets
• Economic policy
• Reporting of financial data
• Financial and economics research

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Job application procedure
Must possess not less than ten (10) years' leadership and management experience in economics, financial analysis, banking or closely related field; five (5) years of which must be at a senior leadership role in a busy research based organization with a bias in economic research and analysis. International working experience in Economic Policy Development and Analysis institutions or multi-layered thinktanks is important.