Officer, Research at Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD): (Deadline 23 March 2022)

Background Information

Job Title:  Officer, Research 

Job Level:  JG6

Department: Strategy, Resource Mobilization, M&E and Research

Reports to: Manager, Strategy & Research

Direct Reports: N/A

Indirect Reports: N/A

Contract terms: Open ended contract

Purpose of the Job:

The role of the position holder will be to support the Banks’ research, economic and Market policy and activities analysis by developing a repository of information which will serve as a tool for decision-making by the Bank, businesses, product development, entrepreneurs and stakeholders of the Bank. The role will contribute to the growth of advisory services through the production of information products.

Main Responsibilities of the Job: 

Duties and responsibilities shall include but not limited to:

• Work with the Bank Economist to identify inorganic growth opportunities, liaise with all stakeholders within the bank, and undertake research such as macroeconomic and financial service industry analysis and competitive analysis, to support the development of the Deal Structuring, Financial Modeling strategy, and product development;
• Gather and analyze internal and external data on customer segments, products, and market to provide information for strategy development.
• Prepare daily, monthly or quarterly statutory statistics as required and in accordance with the reporting format to ensure they are submitted to the respective statutory and regulatory bodies within the set timeframe.
• Building up of up-to-date information on trends highlighting the dynamics affecting supply and demand in the priority sectors of the Bank in order to ensure that Management continues to meet its strategic goals.
• Support and facilitate the forecasting process with key stakeholders.
• Develop profitability analysis on the Bank’s products and prepare a report for management decision making on strategy
• Leverage on data to build on predictive models to substantially improve bank’s operations on the gaps identified
• Perform other duties as and when required.

Performance indicators

• Quality of analysis & reports produced
• Developed products & their implementations
• Data organization
• Timeliness on assigned tasks
• Compliance with the performance management policies and procedures
• Quality of service provided against the set standards
• Team cooperation

Working relationships 

• Head, Strategy & Resource Mobilization
• Bank Economist
• Staff within the Strategy & Resource Mobilization Department
• Heads of departments
• All staff
• External Stakeholders

Professional, academic qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics or related field. MBA preferred.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in research or strategy development in a similar institution.
• Demonstrated experience in collection, monitoring of large economic and market data and preparing publications.
• Ability to analyze and draw inference from the analysis of financial and economic data
• Knowledge of the banking sector and the Financial Sector environment
• Knowledge of relevant statistical and econometric software for analyzing large volumes of data (e.g. SPSS, STATA, Eviews, Mathlab, SAS, MICROFIT, PcGive, etc.);
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; knowledge of French is an added value
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently, to develop and present sound technical information skills

Core competencies

Competencies shall include but not limited to:

• Results-oriented;
• Demonstrated team leadership and high organizational skills;
• Excellent communication and analytical skills;
• Ability to coordinate group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear;
• An in-depth understanding of the local, regional and international social and environmental contexts and challenges.