Reserve Bank of New Zealand

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Advisor and Senior Advisor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

We have two flexible fixed-term opportunities for both a Senior Advisor and Advisor to join the model development team at the Reserve Bank for a period of 1-3 years.

The Senior Advisor will lead a small project team to design and test structural and/or semi-structural models of the New Zealand economy and support their integration into our monetary policy process. Through your technical leadership, project management, and proactive stakeholder management, you will contribute to shaping the Bank's policies and achieving ambitious outcomes.

The Advisor role will work alongside the senior advisor and others in a small project team. Through your technical leadership, project delivery, and proactive engagement, you will contribute to the development of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s core model framework.

In these roles, you will:

•Contribute to the upgrade of our core forecasting and policy analysis framework, by improving existing models and developing new ones to meet the evolving needs of the Economics Directorate and the Monetary Policy Committee
•Support the integration of new modelling tools into our modelling infrastructure and monetary policy processes
•Present the results of your analysis to the Monetary Policy Committee and externally
•Engage and collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders
•Support the technical development of staff within the Economics Directorate
•Drive innovation and change in the analysis and formulation of monetary policy in New Zealand

You will bring:
•A postgraduate degree in economics, and extensive relevant professional experience
•The ability to lead analytical projects, identifying key issues and proposing effective solutions.
•Experience developing and estimating economic models for a wide range of policy purposes, ideally in a central bank.
•The ability to drive stakeholder engagement and maintain relationships with peers, both internal and external.

To hear more about this exciting opportunity, get in touch with Evelyn Truong, Manager Modelling, Economics Directorate evelyn.truong@rbnz.govt.nz or for specific recruitment process questions, please email recruitment@rbnz.govt.nz

What we offer
We have a broad range of responsibilities and great opportunities to match people across all stages of their career. We encourage an inclusive and positive workplace culture. We support flexible working and work-life balance. Our benefits include additional leave options, a wellness package, working from home equipment subsidy, generous parental leave provisions, learning and development opportunities, and access to numerous social, networking and sporting activities.
For those currently working in other institutions, we can accommodate a range of different work arrangements.

Please apply via www.rbnz.govt.nz/careers by 23 January 2026. As part of your application, please include a cover letter and outline which role you’re interested in.