Senior Economic Statistician

Job Description

Requirements

• Proven proficiency in Python and R for statistical computing, modelling and automation.
• Strong experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Doctorate (D.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic thought leadership and capability building in integrated macroeconomic statistical analysis.
• Drive analytical research and methodological innovation, strengthen the quality, consistency and international comparability of IEA and related statistical outputs.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including government departments, national statistical agencies, regulators and SARB's departments, to enhance data granularity, coherence and analytical usefulness of statistics.
• Ensure compliance with international best practices, quality standards and governance requirements, including compliance with IMF, OECD, ECB and UN analytical frameworks.
• Lead the production and communication of high-quality analytical outputs, including contributions to the Quarterly Bulletin, research notes and policy publications.
• Integrate and interpret complex sectoral macroeconomic identities, reconciling statistics across domains to produce coherent, policy-relevant analysis with key focus on financial stability policy.
• Design and apply advanced econometric, statistical and financial models for analysis, forecasting, benchmarking, back-testing and validation of integrated macroeconomic statistics, including time-series, scenario and structural modelling.
• Master's degree in Economics or a related quantitative field, with a strong academic and professional grounding in macroeconomics and quantitative methods.