Senior Research Economist at Economics Department

Lietuvos Bankas (LB) - the Central Bank of the Lithuania - is seeking a research economist to join the Applied Macroeconomic Research Division of the Economics Department. The primary objective of the department is to contribute to the analytical and policy functions of the Economics Department and to facilitate the decision making of the LB, as well as to conduct and publish high quality research. The applied research team is also responsible for curating models used in forecasting, scenario analysis and policy evaluation.

Structural unit: Applied Macroeconomic Research Division, Economics Department

Link to existing research: https://www.lb.lt/en/research-research-and-publications

Contract: two year full-time, which upon successful completion of tasks, duties and responsibilities turns into a permanent contract afterwards

General Duties and Responsibilities:

o Undertake applied economic research aimed at contributing to the policy-related work of the Economics Department,

o Develop models for scenario analysis, policy evaluation, and forecasting using the most advanced analytical approaches and methodologies,

o Participate in international economic modelling projects and working groups within the European System of Central Banks,

o Publish research in the BoL Working Paper Series and leading academic journals,

o Workload in this position would be allocated to policy questions (about 20%), model development and/or directed research (about 40%), and conducting own research (about 40%) on topics relevant for the central banking community (with precedence given to issues related to the Lithuanian economy).

Skills and Specifications:

• PhD in Economics, Econometrics or Finance (final year Ph.D. candidates will also be considered),

• Specialization in the areas of empirical macroeconomic analysis, empirical microeconomic analysis, macroeconometrics, microeconometrics, or other related topics,

• Strong analytical and technical skills, ability to analyze complex economic and financial information using empirical and/or modelling skills,

• Programming ability in R/STATA/MATLAB/Python or equivalent,

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills,

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

In case of questions please contact Dr. Jose Garcia-Louzao ([email protected]).