The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has a vacancy for Research Analyst / Research Assistant in the Regional Surveillance Group.

The successful candidate will report to the Group Head of Regional Surveillance and support AMRO’s macro-financial surveillance and research activities.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the preparation of AMRO studies and reports by providing and analyzing relevant data and statistics using relevant analytical tools, summarizing the results and findings, and providing necessary support as required by the authors of those reports.
  • Contribute to all aspects of the production and outreach of AMRO’s flagship publication, the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook, as directed by supervisors.
  • Maintain and update macroeconomic data for the Regional Surveillance team, ensuring accessibility by economists.
  • Develop and maintain documents (including electronic templates), databases and automated dashboards to monitor financial market and economic indicators, in Excel, Tableau, and other visualization tools.
  • Provide administrative and research support for surveillance activities as directed by supervisors.
  • Undertake other duties as directed by supervisors.


Institutional Responsibilities:

  • Participate in any institution-wide activity, such as AMRO’s internal committees or task forces, as assigned.
  • Perform any other duty as may be reasonably required in furtherance of AMRO’s overall goals.


The candidate should possess:

  • A bachelor’s degree in economics, international finance, public policy, statistics or other related fields, with a strong background in macroeconomics and econometrics; a postgraduate degree would be an advantage.
  • Experience with economic research, database and content management, particularly with third-party mainstream economic and financial markets databases such as Bloomberg, CEIC, Haver Analytics and Refinitiv (Datastream); familiarity with Asian economics and finance data would be an advantage.
  • Familiarity with econometric packages such as EViews or Stata; experience with visualization tools like Google Studio or Tableau and programming languages such as Matlab, R, Python, or SQL would be an advantage; willingness and ability to quickly learn new tools and programming languages is required.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong data management and visualization skills.
  • A proactive and results-driven mindset, with excellent multitasking abilities and attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a multicultural environment.
  • High proficiency in written and spoken English.


Applicants should submit the following to complete the job application:

  1. An updated CV.
  2. A brief description of all relevant academic qualifications and work experience.
  3. The earliest possible start date.
  4. Referee details.


The last day to apply to this position is February 6, 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact amro.recruitment@amro-asia.org

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email.