Resident Advisor, Financial Market Infrastructures

About this role

The International Monetary Fund's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, with the East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFRITAC East), is recruiting a Resident Advisor on Financial Market Infrastructures. This full-time long-term expert contract is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, initially for 12 months, with possible extension for up to two additional years subject to performance and funding. The advisor will help AFRITAC East's eight member countries and the East African Community strengthen payment systems, FMI ecosystems, cross-border payments, and digital innovation. The post-holder will assess capacity development needs across member countries, considering each country's FMI arrangements and capacity.

The advisor will deliver on-site and off-site technical assistance, training, and peer-to-peer learning, alone or with IMF short-term experts, and will field and backstop those experts. Duties include organizing regional workshops, arranging central bank staff attachments, coordinating with MCM headquarters, preparing results frameworks and logframes, drafting mission documentation, and reporting to IMF headquarters. The advisor will also monitor the project budget and prepare annual capacity-building assessments and a rolling medium-term workplan. Candidates should have at least seven years of relevant experience in FMI and payments systems policy and oversight, preferably in a central bank or through technical assistance delivery.

A graduate degree in economics, finance, accounting, or a related field is required, along with strong analytical, problem-solving, and English communication skills. The IMF also seeks excellent interpersonal abilities, discretion with sensitive and confidential matters, and proficiency in modern computer systems, including AI. Selection will be through a panel interview. AFRITAC East supports Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The advisor reports to MCM's Payments and Infrastructure Division for technical matters and jointly to the MCMTA Country Manager and AFRITAC East Director for other aspects. The assignment requires extensive regional travel. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with skills and experience. Applications are due by 22 November 2026.