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Research Analyst under the Research Analyst Program (RAP)

USA, Washington DC💼 Full-time🗓 2026-02-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Entry-level research support for IMF economists, focusing on macroeconomic data collection, database management, and quantitative analysis.

Role type

Junior Research Analyst (Entry-level)

Builds

Economic, financial, and statistical databases; data analysis systems.

Domain

International Economics / Macroeconomics

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis | research

Required skills

Econometric analysis, statistical data manipulation, database maintenance, time series analysis, Python, R, STATA, EViews, MATLAB, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, PowerBI

Preferred skills

Data visualization, web design

Responsibilities

Collect and compile macroeconomic data, maintain and update economic/financial/statistical databases, conduct quantitative data analysis using econometric tools, evaluate economic/financial/statistical relationships, analyze economic time series data, design systems for data transfer between external and in-house databases, collaborate with economists on projects.

Seniority

Entry-level, recent graduate

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