International Monetary Fund Recruitment and Outreach Mission to ASEAN

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will conduct a Regional Recruitment Outreach Mission to the ASEAN region during November 2024. The program includes outreach sessions with universities with the objective of introducing students to the work of the IMF and information on career opportunities.

To drive this effort, the IMF is organizing a series of briefing sessions by partnering with Economics Departments at premier universities across the globe. The IMF offers exciting and wide-ranging career opportunities for students pursuing both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economics and related fields, where they can balance their academic interests with meaningful contributions on the world stage.

In collaboration with the NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Department of Economics and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, the IMF will hold an Information Session on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 @ 10AM at NUS Central Library Seminar Room, and would like to warmly extend an invitation to students (BA/MA/PhD levels) to: (1) gain insights on the IMF in serving our global membership by promoting the stability of the international monetary system and cooperation, and (2) for students to learn more about the different recruitment programs available.

The session will cover in detail the following programs: 

• Economist Program (EP), our flagship program aimed at current and recent PhD graduates entering the job market. 
• Fund Internship Program (FIP), for current MA and PhD students returning to university studies after completing the internship which runs for 10-12 weeks between June and October.
• Research Analyst Program (RAP), for students in the final year of undergraduate study in Economics and related fields and currently on target to graduate with a cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 or upper-second class honors.
• Other career streams.

Speakers Profiles:

Robert York is a Deputy Director in the IMF’s Human Resources Department, where he overseas policies and operations. Early in his Fund career he was a Senior Economist working in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East and Central Asia, and Mission Chief in Africa, and Division Chief in the Statistics Department before joining the Human Resources Department in 2017.  Mr. York was a mid-career recruit and previously held positions in the private sector in Canada and Australia, and the OECD in France.

Purva Khera is the IMF Resident Representative in Singapore covering macro-financial developments in ASEAN. Purva has wide-ranging country experience in IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department having worked as an economist on Japan, Indonesia, India, Bhutan and Timor-Leste. Previously, she was in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department and worked on the IMF Financial Sector Assessment of China, Brazil and Italy. Her research interests and publications have mainly focused on macro-financial linkages, financial inclusion, fintech, labor markets, informality, and gender economics. She holds a Ph.D. and MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Muliadi Kamaruzzaman is a Senior HR Officer with the Human Resources Department. Having served in a variety of HR roles in the IMF, he is currently a recruiter for the IMF flagship recruitment programs, including the economist program and mid-career economist program. Prior to joining the Fund, he worked on various HR strategic and operational issues, and business partnering with multinational corporations within Southeast Asia and Europe.

Register by Friday, 1 November 2024