Job Description

Consultant Location: Remote working

Closing date: 17-Oct-2025

A. Background Objectives

The African Development Bank hereby invites Individual Consultants to express their interest in the following assignment: Research Consultant. To deliver on the Bank’s strategic directions and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of their work program, the Macroeconomic Policy, Debt Sustainability, and Forecasting Division (ECMR.1) implements a research production strategy aligned with the Bank’s research activities which, are guided by the Bank Group Knowledge Management Strategy (KMS). Through the Bank’s KMS, the Division’s research production strategy aims to position the Bank as the premier knowledge institution in Africa in the areas of its mandate by: i) generating, through strategic partnerships, a unique brand of cutting-edge policy-oriented research; ii) disseminating knowledge and providing policy advice on critical economic issues in Regional Member Countries (RMCs), and iii) Enhancing the effectiveness of Bank operations to address Africa’s pressing development needs.

To this end, ECMR.1 seeks to hire Research Consultants to undertake a range of research and data analysis activities related to the Division’s responsibilities and contribute to the Division’s research work program and quantitative analysis of macroeconomic policy issues in Africa

B. Scope of work

• Contribute to empirical and theoretical macroeconomic modelling and forecasting, in particular for the 2026 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) and the 2026 African Economic Outlook (AEO) Reports.
• Contribute to the preparation of other reports and knowledge products produced by the Division
• Help to collect, analyse and verify the integrity of data used for analysis and write-up of flagship reports and knowledge products.
• Consolidate and update relevant databases, after checking data quality, and conducting data mining to identify trends, patterns, and dynamics
• Draft policy briefs, briefing notes and talking points as assigned by the Manager and/or the task manager.
• Provide Senior Management with analytical economic intelligence, briefing notes, talking points, or background papers on topics relevant to Africa’s development
• Production of infographics, figures, and table-based datasets for high-level background reports/policy briefs whenever necessary.
• Any other tasks as may be assigned by the Task Manager

C. Deleverables expected

• Contribute to the drafting of a detailed outline for sections and chapters of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) and Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) Reports.

• The outlines will propose storylines that coherently link the different sections and chapters of the flagship reports, including placeholders for potential boxes to briefly discuss specific issues.

• In collaboration with the Bank’s Statistics Department and ECMR researchers, collect primary and secondary data needed for the analysis in the different sections and chapters of the reports, as well as prepare background reports, policy briefs or analytical notes for Senior Management.

• Prepare drafts of the sections and chapters s/he will lead, and revise the same following the team’s, peer-review and management review of the drafts and prepare the final drafts. Ensure that comments received from successive reviews are well addressed at each round of the revisions and prepare a matrix of responses.

• Put together the different sections drafted by him/her and ensure that the flow is consistent and coherent and review the final draft of the sections and chapters of flagship reports, and other knowledge products prepared by the Division.

• Attend regular meetings with the MEO and AEO core team and other drafters, as requested by the Bank team, to discuss progress made on the reports.
• Prepare power point presentations and present the preliminary findings of assigned sections and chapters of the MEO and AEO to core team and other experts.

• Undertake any other required tasks related to the Division’s knowledge generation work program to ensure delivery of high-quality products.

D. Duration and Timetable for the Assignment

The Consultant will be initially hired on a full-time basis for three (3) months from November 1st, 2025 to February 1st, 2026.

The Consultant will receive a monthly lump sum, following satisfactory performance review of the tasks executed. The Bank’s guidelines on remuneration of consultants will apply, based on the candidate’s qualifications and years of experience. The Consultant is responsible for his/her own health insurance and accommodation costs.

E. Bank Contribution and Institutional Arrangement

The Macroeconomic Policy Debt Sustainability and Forecasting Division (ECMR.1) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested Consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to undertake this Assignment (documents, reference to similar services, experience in similar assignments, etc.)

F. Duty station

The Consultant will work remotely but should be readily available for coordination with the Team. The consultant may be required to travel for missions and work-related engagements as needed. The Bank will cover full costs of any required trip/missions if needed and provide per-diem in accordance with rules governing consultant mission travel.

G. Essential Specialized Skills/Knowledge/Competencies

• Candidates should have a minimum of a Masters’ degree in Economics, Economic modelling, Macroeconomics; Econometrics, Development Economics; Applied Statistics, or relevant field. Recent PhD holders and PhD students are also encouraged to apply.

Work Experience and Competencies

• Minimum work experience of 5 years in a similar multilateral institution or any other institution engaged in economic research, with a focus on African countries or developing countries.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Strong research orientation and knowledge of economic theories.
• Strong quantitative skills and ability to manipulate large data sets.
• Mastery of Econometric and Statistical software programs (Stata, E-views, Python, R. or Matlab and LaTex) will be an added advantage.
• The working languages of the AfDB are French and English. For this task, fluency in one of the two languages is required; but fluency in both is highly desirable.

H. Supervisor

The selected individuals will work under the overall guidance of the Director, Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research Department and the direct supervision of the Division Manager, Macroeconomic Policy Debt Sustainability and Forecasting Division (ECMR.1) and the Task Manager

APPLICATION LINK: https://tinyurl.com/4jwuzd27

Employment Status

Full Time

Educational Requirements

Master's Degree

Experience Requirements

5 - <10 Years

Job Location

Remote