Junior Policy Analyst

Junior Policy Analyst

OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Paris, France

From € 5279 per month

Main Responsibilities

Policy analysis

• Contribute to JAI’s analytical work on income support, redistribution and work incentives.
• Monitor and assess recent changes in the national tax-benefit systems.
• Support member countries in designing tax and benefit reforms that improve redistribution and employment outcomes.
• Review and analyse inputs from national governments on recent tax and benefit reforms and integrate relevant information into the reports of the OECD Descriptions of Tax and Benefit Systems series.

Policy modelling

• Contribute to updating and validating the OECD Tax-Benefit model for selected countries.
• Check the accuracy of the calculations and carefully validate results with national experts.
• Use the OECD tax-Benefit model to assess tax and benefit reforms that are under discussion or design at a national level, or that have been recommended by the OECD.

Dissemination, liaison and outreach

• Work alongside other team members to draft OECD reports and policy briefs in the area of income support, redistribution, and work incentives.
• Contribute to the dissemination of OECD tax-benefit indicators and analytical outputs.
• Support the maintenance and development of project webpages and the TaxBEN data warehouse.

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate profile

Academic Background

• An advanced university degree in economics, social science, law and economics, statistics, or another relevant field of study, with a strong foundation in quantitative analysis. Holding a PhD would be an advantage.

Professional Background

• At least two years of professional experience in analysing tax-benefit systems and redistributive policies in the last three years.
• At least two years of extensive hands-on experience in tax-benefit modelling in the last three years.
• Recent hands-on experience in simulating and assessing tax-benefit reforms using the European Commission’s tax-benefit microsimulation model, EUROMOD, would be a strong advantage.
• Proven experience in processing, managing and analysing large amount of individual-level data, including income and labour force surveys.
• Proven ability to write and illustrate concepts clearly and comprehensively, adapting style and vocabulary as necessary for different audiences.
• Experience with the use of AI tools would be an advantage.
• Ability to organise and prioritise tasks.
• Ability to improve workflows and streamline processes.

Tools

• Solid knowledge of key programming structures and concepts.
• Excellent command of STATA or similar programming language, such as R or Python, for data management, data processing and econometric analysis.
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Core Competencies

• 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 and Horizontality (Level 2); Achieve Results (Level 1); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 2).
• To learn more about the definitions for each competency for levels 1-3, please refer to OECD Core Competencies.

Additional Information

Languages

• Fluency in one of the two OECD official languages (English and French) and knowledge of the other, with a commitment to reach a good working level.
• Knowledge of other member country languages would be an asset.