Projects Officer - STAFI (Contractual)

Work for the IMF. Work for the World.

The IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) is seeking a Projects/Data Officer to join its Financial Institutions Division (STAFI), with a focus on the Financial Access workstream, including the Financial Access Survey (FAS) database. This is a one-year contractual position with the possibility of extension for up to four years. The division works closely with other Fund departments on analytical, policy, and operational activities to support the IMF’s bilateral, multilateral, and financial sector surveillance.

STA provides global leadership in macroeconomic and financial statistics methodologies and standards for the IMF, its member countries, and the broader international statistical community. It works closely with other Fund departments, donors, and external partners to meet data needs for surveillance and lending. STA supports these activities through capacity development aimed at strengthening countries’ statistical capacity to produce and disseminate statistics for sound policy analysis and effective policymaking.

STAFI operationalizes the IMF’s role as the global standard setter for the Financial Access Survey (FAS), alongside Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS) and Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs), by developing and updating internationally agreed methodologies that ensure high-quality, consistent, and cross-country comparable data. It leads the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the global FAS database, which supports analysis of global financial inclusion. STAFI also manages STA’s capacity development program for the FAS, providing technical assistance and training to IMF member countries worldwide, while contributing to broader updates of international statistical methodologies on emerging financial sector issues and to related STA and IMF initiatives.

The FAS provides a unique supply-side database on access to and use of financial services, covering more than 190 economies,