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The Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD) is seeking a highly organized and proactive (Senior) Administrative Coordinator to provide administrative and operational support to the Front Office. The selected candidate will support at least two Deputy Directors and other senior staff, help ensure the smooth execution of core Front Office functions, and serve as backup to the Director’s Coordinator and other Front Office coordinators, as needed.
This role requires sound judgment, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, while coordinating closely across the Front Office, MCD administrative team, and Fund-wide counterparts.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
· Coordinate Front Office administrative workflows, working closely with colleagues across the department to ensure smooth, timely, and efficient operations.
· Manage senior managers’ calendars, meetings, review items, mission travel, deadlines, and follow-up actions.
· Manage the MCD Review Inbox jointly with other Front Office coordinators and coordinate timely routing of documents, requests, board-related items, and departmental inputs.
· Support MCD-wide Policy Group coordination and provide direct assistance to select Policy Groups with action items, meetings, events, and papers throughout the review, clearance, and publication process.
· Support Spring and Annual Meetings document flow, meetings, events, catering, and other logistics in coordination with the Office Manage and other Front Office coordinators.
· Draft, proofread, and edit documents on behalf of supervisors, ensuring accuracy and alignment with Fund style.
· Provide guidance on administrative processes, document routing, and relevant Fund procedures to the Front Office and the Department.
· Help manage competing priorities, anticipate routine issues, and escalate matters appropriately.
· Look for ways to improve work processes and contribute to administrative team projects.
· Mentor and train junior administrative staff.
· Provide backup support Front Office coordinators to ensure continuity of operations.
Qualifications and Experience
· Strong collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with senior staff and departmental colleagues.
· Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently.
· Sound judgment, initiative, discretion, and ability to work independently within established procedures, escalating issues when appropriate.
· Strong administrative expertise and familiarity with Fund policies, procedures, systems, and collaboration tools.
· Flexibility to work occasional overtime, sometimes on short notice, to support business needs.
· Educational development, typically acquired by the completion of a high school diploma or equivalent, supplemented by a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience, is required. External candidates must have had at least two (2) of the six required years of experience in a lead role.
Only candidates who are currently residing in the Washington DC metro area may be considered.
Candidates need to have passed the IMF Office Assistant Exam to be considered for this position.
A regular staff member who is selected to fill the vacancy will maintain their open-ended status. If the selected candidate is a contractual employee, they will be offered a Term staff appointment. Staff members already on a term appointment will continue their current term but may receive an extension provided that their current term appointment has not already been extended.
Department:
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A05, A06The IMF is guided by the principle that the employment, classification, promotion, and assignment of staff shall be made without discrimination against any person. We welcome requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process. Information on how to request accommodations will be provided during the application process.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent plus a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience; external candidates must have at least two of the six years in a lead role
- Passed the IMF Office Assistant Exam
- Currently residing in the Washington DC metro area
- Strong administrative expertise and familiarity with Fund policies, procedures, systems, and collaboration tools
- Strong collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently
- Sound judgment, initiative, discretion, ability to work independently within established procedures and escalate appropriately
- Flexibility to work occasional overtime, sometimes on short notice
- Experience mentoring and training junior administrative staff
What We Do
The International Monetary Fund has a key position in promoting the health of the world economy. Established in 1944 as a part of the United Nations system, the IMF's primary purpose is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system—the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries and their citizens to buy goods and services from each other. This is essential for sustainable economic growth and rising living standards. To maintain stability and prevent crises in the international monetary system, the IMF conducts surveillance of national, regional, and global economic and financial developments. It provides advice to its 190 member countries, encouraging them to adopt policies that foster economic stability, reduce their vulnerability to economic and financial crises, and raise living standards. The IMF also serves as a forum where its global membership can discuss the national, regional, and global consequences of their policies. The IMF makes financing temporarily available to member countries to help them address balance of payments problems—that is, when they find themselves short of foreign exchange to meet their payments to other countries. Finally, the IMF provides countries with training to help them build the expertise and institutions they need for economic stability and growth. Supporting all of these activities is the institution's work in economic research and statistics
