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 Statistics and Data Directorate (SDD) (www.oecd.org/sdd) provides statistics and data on a comparable basis and from a variety of sources to analysts, policy makers, and members of civil society. SDD also develops new metrics and innovative digital tools to address emerging policy issues, leads the development of international statistical standards, advances statistical methodology, and co-ordinates statistical and data-related activities within the Organisation and with other international agencies.

The National Accounts Division (NAD) in SDD leads work on national accounts and on Environmental-Economic Accounting (EEA). NAD’s EEA team undertakes methodological and statistical work jointly with the OECD Environment Directorate (ENV) to compile accounts in line with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Central Framework. The EEA team is also providing statistical support to other Directorates in areas such as climate change monitoring, carbon footprints and green growth. This includes developing innovative methods to address key data gaps.

NAD is looking for an Analyst who will play a leading role in this effort, including undertaking conceptual and methodological work, developing statistics and databases on the environment and the economy, collaborating with experts, drafting publications and presenting results in international meetings. The successful candidate will also make important contributions to international initiatives such as the UN Committee of Experts on EEA (UNCEEA), the G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI) and the joint OECD/UNECE annual seminar on SEEA implementation.

Job Description

Main Responsibilities

Methods, research, analysis and database development

• Undertake conceptual and methodological research relating to climate change monitoring and the SEEA, including the update of the SEEA Central Framework.
• Lead work to produce a single, internally consistent database on greenhouse gas emissions for the OECD (jointly with ENV and other directorates).
• Contribute to estimation of countries’ short- and long-term greenhouse gas emission trajectories towards targets, including Net Zero in 2050 (jointly with ENV and other directorates).
• Contribute to developing improved methods to estimate carbon emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry or LULUCF (jointly with ENV and other directorates).
• Work with countries to encourage them to build SEEA accounts and, in collaboration with other OECD Directorates and international organisations, produce estimates to fill data gaps.
• Draft and publish working papers on environmental-economic accounting and climate statistics, including the development of new statistics and databases.
• Contribute (as necessary) to the creation and maintenance of SEEA statistical database, and associated data collections, ensuring statistical quality criteria are met. Contribute (as necessary) to other work in the area of climate statistics and EEAs.

Communication, liaison and horizontal work

• Act as (joint) organiser for: meetings of the programme of work to develop a single greenhouse gas database; the annual OECD/UNECE seminar on SEEA implementation; UNCEEA Area C: Global Databases.
• Play a leading role in SDD’s contribution to the OECD Horizontal Project on Climate and Economic Resilience (“Net Zero+”), as well as providing support for the OECD International Programme for Action on Climate (IPAC) and OECD Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA).
• Contribute to the DGI Task Team on GHG Emissions, Carbon Footprints and Energy Accounts.
• Contribute to the organization of the Joint UNECE/OECD Expert Meeting on Implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
• Build and maintain close contacts with internal stakeholders, promoting the work of the EEA team and encouraging its use in other parts of the organisation.
• Liaise with OECD member, accession and partner countries to support their work on compiling SEEA accounts, and to obtain support for the EEA team’s methods and research work.
• Communicate results of the OECD’s work in the area of climate change monitoring and the EEAs to external audiences, for example via non-technical blogs, presentations, webinars or podcasts.

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent qualification) in statistics, economics, social sciences, environment policy or a closely related field.

Professional Background

• A minimum of three years of undertaking conceptual and methodological work on statistics, including experience in the use and compilation of environmental-economic accounts/climate statistics.
• Demonstrated experience in drafting technical notes, reports and working papers.
• Proven skills in establishing and developing professional relationships in collaboration with internal experts, government officials and other internal and external stakeholders.

Tools

• Excellent command of Microsoft Office software, especially Excel.
• Programming skills (e.g., R, Python, STATA, Visual Basic) would be an advantage.

Additional Information

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 2); Enable People (Level 1); Ethics and Integrity (Level 2); Collaboration and Horizontality (Level 2); Achieve Results (Level 2); 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.

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.

Closing Date

• This vacancy should be filled as soon as possible, and applications should reach us no later than 11.59pm, 15th June 2025 (Paris time).

Contract Duration

• Open-ended appointment, with no foreseen end date.

What the OECD offers

• Depending on level of experience, monthly salary starts at 7,955.19 EUR, plus allowances based on eligibility, exempt of French income tax.
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• Please note that the appointment may be made at one grade lower in the specified job family, based on the qualifications and professional experience of the selected applicant.
• This vacancy may be used to create a pool of candidates for comparable positions, both for open-ended and fixed-term functions.

Selection Process

For retained candidates, the selection process may include a video-recorded interview, job-based assessment and panel interviews.

The OECD is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes the applications of all qualified candidates [who are nationals of OECD member countries]*, irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, opinions or beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, health or disabilities.

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