Young Associate 2024-26 - Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs

Company Description

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation comprised of 38 member countries, that works to build better policies for better lives. Our mission is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.  Together with governments, policy makers and citizens, we work on establishing evidence-based international standards, and finding solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental challenges. From improving economic performance and creating jobs to fostering strong education and fighting international tax evasion, we provide a unique forum and knowledge hub for data and analysis, exchange of experiences, best-practice sharing, and advice on public policies and international standard-setting.

The OECD has earned a leading role in financial and enterprise issues. In line with the Strategic Orientations of the Secretary-General, the core mission of the OECD’s Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF) is to enable markets that are efficient, fair and sustainable, through setting and implementing standards, providing capacity building and technical assistance, acting as a forum for co-operation and collaboration across the OECD Directorates, external stakeholders and International Organisations. DAF’s work is structured under two work areas - Conduct and Markets - and its mission is pursued through six substantive divisions whose teams provide member and partner countries with policy guidance, analysis and support in the areas of competition, anti-corruption, corporate affairs, financial affairs, international investment and responsible business conduct.

The Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) provides the Secretariat for the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) and its 44 State Parties. It supports the monitoring of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (OECD Anti-Bribery Convention), which is a cornerstone of the OECD’s efforts to tackle corruption and build a stronger, fairer global economy. In addition, the Division promotes the OECD Anti-bribery Convention and its related instruments, in particular the OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation, through thematic studies as well as anti-bribery partnerships at the global level.

Job Description

Role

The ACD is looking for a Young Associate with excellent analytical and organisational skills who will work within a highly skilled and dynamic team of legal analysts specialised in the anti-corruption field. They will report to a member of the ACD Secretariat.

Main Responsibilities

Research, analysis and drafting

• Conduct legal research and analysis of governments' laws, regulations, policies and efforts to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute the bribery of foreign public officials in international business. These tasks will be conducted to support the monitoring of the implementation of the OECD Anti-bribery Convention and the related legal instruments; the WGB’s horizontal studies; and the assessment of non-member countries’ requests to participate in the WGB and to accede to the Convention.  
• Contribute to the drafting of country monitoring reports, horizontal studies, briefing notes, and communications materials in support of the above-mentioned activities.
• Support other activities of the WGB, such as its plenary meetings and work related to monitoring the implementation of the Convention.
• Support engagement with non-WGB members at the country and regional levels, including through the development of capacity-building tools and products, the organisation of initiatives and events and the management of projects. 

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• Undergraduate degree in law, preferably with specialisation in criminal or anti-corruption law or a related discipline (graduation date between 1 January 2023 and 1 September 2024). Applications from candidates who already hold or are enrolled in a Master’s, PhD, or equivalent degree will not be considered.

Skills

• Ability to write clearly and quickly about highly technical subjects in a manner accessible to senior government officials.
• Knowledge of corporate, tax and accounting laws would be an advantage.

Languages

• Fluency in one of the two OECD official languages (English and French) and a knowledge of, or willingness to learn, the other.

Core Competencies

• For this role OECD staff are expected to demonstrate behaviours aligned to six core competencies which will be assessed as part of this hiring processes: Vision and Strategy (Level 1); Enable People (Level 1); Ethics and Integrity (Level 1); Collaboration a