Senior Economist - Rabat

Company :

CDG is a public financial institution with a dual mandate:

* Collect and secure regulated savings, particularly deposits from CNSS, the National Savings Bank, legal professions, and escrow accounts.

* Channel long-term savings into profitable investments that generate socio-economic growth.

CDG's mission is to create value:

* Secure and grow depositors' savings.

* Support the national development strategy through projects that create positive externalities.

To carry out this mission, CDG implements a Group strategy based on specific businesses covering large sectors of the Moroccan economy.

While these businesses differ in terms of allocated resources and preferred areas of intervention, their purpose converges towards a single objective: creating real value to serve the Kingdom's development challenges.

Job :

 Intellectual production and economic research:

•Conduct macroeconomic, sectoral, and thematic studies in areas of interest to the Group;

•Produce analytical notes, research reports, and institutional publications;

•Ensure economic, financial, regulatory, technological, and geopolitical monitoring;

•Mobilize and exploit quantitative and qualitative data from national and international sources.

Strategic foresight:

•Design and implement foresight approaches applied to the Group's challenges;

•Develop scenarios for medium and long-term evolution and evaluate the potential impacts of these scenarios on the Group's activities;

•Participate in building decision-support tools and strategic anticipation;

•Ensure the development of predictive models and machine learning algorithms to enrich foresight work and automate strategic monitoring;

•Facilitate foresight workshops involving internal experts and external stakeholders.

 Facilitation and dissemination:

•Contribute, in collaboration with the CDG Institute, to organizing conferences, seminars, workshops, and publications;

•Develop and manage a network of correspondents within the Group's various subsidiaries;

•Foster an economic culture and a culture of anticipation within the Group.

Required profile :

What we are looking for:

•A Master's degree (Bac+5) or equivalent, with a specialization in economics/econometrics or statistics;

•Proven professional experience of approximately 7 years in economic research or foresight within a financial institution, international organization, consulting firm, think tank, public administration, or recognized research center.

What you will bring:

•Solid knowledge of macroeconomics and development economics;

•Mastery of quantitative and qualitative methods for economic analysis;

•Ability to write quality publications and conduct complex studies;

•Methodological rigor and technical expertise;

•Intellectual curiosity and a strong interest in economic and societal transformations;

•Ability to work independently while facilitating collaborative processes;

•Strong operational involvement capacity;

•Initiative and solution-oriented mindset.

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Desired personality traits :

Rationalism Flexibility Need for reflection Organization