Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme
Chiffre Nr. 2025-2-37
Section 1 – Details
Job Title: Junior Professional Officer Analyst (gn) Research
Department: 5/OCE/Strategy & Policy
Team: Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
Reporting to: Associate Director DCF, Head of Pillar Bilateral Donors and SSF
Location: Headquarter, London
Duration of assignment: 2 years with possibility of extension for another year. The extension of appointment is subject to yearly review concerning priorities, availability of funds, and satisfactory performance
Please note that for participants of the JPO-Programme two years work experience are mandatory! Relevant work experience can be counted. In order to assess the eligibility of the candidates, we review the relevant experience acquired after obtaining the first university degree (usually bachelor’s degree)
Section 2 – Background
OCE consists of a team of approximately 15 economists, analysts and assistants. It contributes to the operational, policy and strategy work of the Bank by providing intellectual leadership on economic and financial aspects of transition in the region. OCE is responsible for research on critical economic issues relevant to the transition region and EBRD operations, macroeconomic analysis in support of country work, and relations with academia. It also leads the design and implementation of large-scale surveys (such as the Enterprise Surveys, Banking Environment and Performance Surveys and Life in Transition surveys);
randomised impact studies; and the production of most major external publications produced by the OCE, including the annual Transition Report.