Senior Economists

Company Description

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation comprised of 38 member countries, whose mission is to build better policies for better lives. We 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 to establish evidence-based international standards, and finding solutions to a broad range of social, economic and environmental challenges, from the improvement of 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 Economics Department (ECO) leads co-ordinated, innovative, international action with respect to the OECD’s work on economic policy, both international and domestic. The Department implements the priorities of the Programme of Work and Budget (PWB) set by Member Countries and the Secretary-General in its area of business.

The Economics Department (ECO) aims at enhancing economic performance in Member and non-Member countries through sound and innovative policy advice with a view to seeking an inclusive and durable increase in living standards. It deals with a wide array of policy areas combining macro-economic management, with a strong emphasis on structural policy issues to address policy objectives covering material well-being, social concerns and green aspirations. Its policy advice is derived from a variety of sources such as country surveillance, cross-country benchmarking and evidence derived from empirical research. Much of the Department’s policy analysis and advice is provided as input to committee-based peer review and multilateral surveillance processes and contributes to the overall OECD mission.

The Economics Department is launching a recruitment campaign for Senior Economists to identify candidates for ongoing needs for the Department. Several positions will be opened with a focus varying from structural and macroeconomic projects of a cross-country nature to country analysis. The work entails economic and econometric analyses and drafting papers about diverse policy issues covered by the Economics Department. The selected candidate will work under the supervision of a Head of Division. S/he will be expected to interact with a broad array of stakeholders, including governments, non-governmental organisations, other international organisations and academics and other OECD Directorates.

Job Description

Main Responsibilities

Policy analysis, supervision and co-ordination

• Supervise and co-ordinate policy-relevant analysis for the Committees served by the Department as well as, in some cases, other committees. The topics covered will vary through time according to the Programme of Work defined by the Committees, and may cover both structural and macro-economic issues, in the short or medium term, related to OECD member countries, as well as major non-member economies.  The work should lead to the formulation of policy recommendations, underpinned by sound economic theory and empirical analysis.
• Contribute to the process of structural surveillance of member countries, and non-member economies' policies by the Committees served by the Economics Department. 
• Identify areas in which empirical work is necessary and provide supervision and guidance at the technical level to economists involved in this work. 

Drafting and analysis

• Create and write various types of documents, such as background documents for meetings, reports, manuals, and memos, organise and present information in a clear and concise manner, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
• Draft analytic documents and working papers on current economic policy issues, for consideration by Committees and/or Working Parties, or for publication. 
• Draft reports and articles summarising empirical knowledge, recent economic developments or policy issues, either for inclusion in the Department's documentation (Economic Surveys, Working Papers, the Economic Outlook, Going for Growth and Policy papers) or for briefing senior officials.
• Undertake ad-hoc and innovative analyses that contribute to the Organisation's understanding and capacity to comment on structural and macro-economic issues.

Horizontal work

• Participate in the general work of the Department, including scrutinising papers in preparation for Economic Poli