(1235) Senior Economic Statistician - ESD at South African Reserve Bank

Job Description

Brief description

• The main purpose of this position is to coordinate South Africa’s participation in the Group of Twenty (G20) Data Gaps Initiative (DGI) and lead the Economic Statistics Department’s (ESD) climate statistics framework development, ensuring alignment with international standards and integration into South Africa’s macroeconomic statistical systems.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Serve as country coordinator for South Africa in the G20 DGI, representing national interests and ensuring alignment with global objectives.
• Chair the South African G20 DGI Secretariat, facilitating inter-agency collaboration and ensuring timely delivery of commitments.
• Engage and manage collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, acting as liaison with the global G20 DGI Secretariat to align national reporting and implementation.
• Coordinate the South African project team, ensuring effective implementation of recommendations across agencies.
• Provide technical input on G20 DGI recommendations, ensuring methodological soundness and relevance to South Africa’s statistical landscape.
• Link G20 DGI recommendations to the Integrated Economic Accounts (IEA) and other relevant statistical domains to enhance coherence and usability.
• Conduct research on G20 DGI themes to inform policy, improve implementation and contribute to international statistical discourse.
• Lead the development of ESD’s climate statistics framework, ensuring alignment with national priorities and international best practices.
• Assess and integrate relevant climate frameworks into macroeconomic statistics, including the IEA, to support climate-related analysis and policy recommendations.
• Develop an integration framework between the IEA and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), including conceptual design and implementation planning.
• Represent ESD and South Africa in national and international climate statistics engagements, contributing to global discussions and ensuring South Africa’s view is communicated.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

• an Honours’s degree in Economics or a related field; and 
• 8–10 years’ experience in economic statistics, with exposure to international statistical initiatives and climate-related statistical frameworks.

The following would be an added advantage:

• Master’s degree in Economics or a related field 

Additional requirements include: 

• strong knowledge of macroeconomic statistics, international statistical standards and the G20 DGI;
• experience in inter-agency coordination and stakeholder engagement;
• deep familiarity with climate statistics, SEEA and integration with macroeconomic frameworks;
• strategic thinking, project leadership and conceptual problem-solving skills;
• excellent communication and presentation abilities, including experience in high-level forums;
• knowledge and skills in industry, business and organisational practices;
• knowledge of statistical validation and quality control;
• continuous improvement of knowledge and skill;
• proficiency in economic and financial market analysis, including principles, theories and methodologies;
• economic and/or financial market statistics and review knowledge and skills;
• economic and/or financial markets reporting knowledge and skills;
• knowledge of policy analysis/formulation (particularly climate and environmental policy);
• drive for results;
• strategic thinking;
• managing complexity and ambiguity;
• leading change;
• planning and organizing skills;
• developing and growing others;
• judgement and decision-making skills;
• resilience; and
• conceptual thinking.

Apply Before 09/19/2025