Applications are invited from suitably qualified Lesotho citizens to fill the position of Capital Market Specialist in the Capital Market Development Section of the Investments and Market Operations Division in the Department of Financial Markets.

Reporting to Senior Capital Market Specialist, the incumbent will be responsible for, among others, carrying out the following functions:

-          Implement strategies to help development of the domestic capital market.

-          Conduct continuous research on capital market development.

-          Develop and coordinate a national public education programme on the capital market in the country.

-          Develop strategies for market canvassing

-          Serve as secretary to various relevant committees.

Qualifications:

BA (Economics) with at least Second Class First Division or equivalent pass with good (A or B) grades in at least three of the following subjects or their equivalents:

-          Finance

-          Monetary Economics

-          Macroeconomics

-          Corporate Finance & Investment

-          Capital Market Theory

Requisite Skills and Competencies:

-          Excellent oral and written English

-          Hardworking, committed and action-oriented person

-          Able to work under pressure

-          Avid reader

-          Analytical

-          Microsoft Office

Letters of application including detailed curriculum vitae, certified copies of certificates, academic transcripts and letters from two referees must be sent to:-

Senior Manager, Recruitment and Training

Central Bank of Lesotho

P.O. Box 1184

Maseru

Closing Date: 04 December 2009

NB: Only short-listed candidates will be responded to

Published, 2009 March, 05