## Specialized Analysts / Administrative Coordinators

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### Role overview
- The IMF states analysts and coordinators are engaged in multi-faceted and consistently evolving roles involving problem solving and supporting the IMF’s mission to work directly with its member nations on key global economic challenges to ensure economic stability and growth.
- Analysts and coordinators often play a critical role in supporting decisions that impact the global economy and are part of highly skilled teams with a ringside seat to important decisions.

### Typical assignments and functions
- Administrative Coordinators:
  - Provide a wide range of support activities depending on assignment.
  - Tasks might include scheduling meetings between a Mission Chief and a Finance Minister, finalizing confidential and sensitive documents, planning mission travel, and preparing for events.
  - Tasks can be highly important and visible to member countries, impacting the lives and future well-being of their citizens.
- Training Coordinators:
  - Support the implementation of capacity development programs for leaders and key officials.
  - Help officials gain skills in monitoring surveillance and multilateral trading programs to grow their economies.
- HR Analysts:
  - May prepare the schedule for panel interviews, draft appointment letters for selected candidates, support performance development and assessment programs, and/or administer employee benefits.
  - Tasks can directly impact the IMF workforce’s motivation and the maintenance of the right talent and skills.
- Budget, Accounting, and Finance Analysts:
  - May be required to process invoices, reconcile country accounts, or verify payments to staff.
  - Responsibilities include working with country representatives, external vendors, mission members, and staff across the organization to ensure efficient work with appropriate controls and within budget.
- General:
  - Assistants are expected to contribute ideas and coordinate various activities behind the scenes as an integral part of team success.

### Eligibility and hiring practices
- The IMF recruits analysts and coordinators across areas including administration, research, budget, finance, accounting, human resources, communication, and information technology.
- Most analysts and coordinators will have a bachelors-level degree and/or relevant work experience.
- To be eligible for an assistant role, candidates are usually required to already be living in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.
- Non-US citizens are eligible for a visa through the IMF.
- Opportunities for analyst and coordinator roles will be advertised periodically on the IMF’s Workday website.
- Administrative Coordinator roles are advertised on an ongoing basis throughout the year and candidates are normally initially hired into an Administrative Coordinator pool; most Administrative Coordinators initially join the IMF on a contractual basis as part of this pool.

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