Young Associate 2023-2025 - Centre for Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity

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 Centre for Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) works to develop the evidence base for more people-centred and planet-conscious policy solutions. We cover diverse topics from sustainable development, to inequalities of opportunity and social mobility, loneliness, mental health, child well-being, and how societal changes and challenges shape well-being, inclusion and sustainability.

Role

The selected Young Associate will support our policy work across two WISE units\: Child Well-being, and the Well-being Data Insights and Policy Practice team. Both offer the chance to build a broad spectrum of skills, from the development, analysis and effective communication of well-being evidence, to assessing good policy practices, and contributing to events and stakeholder engagement.

The successful candidate will report to the relevant Heads of Unit, and contribute to projects that may include\:

• Building child-friendly neighbourhoods\: investigating the environmental, economic, social and relational well-being implications of where children live, learn and play.

• Risks and opportunities for enhancing children’s well-being in the digital age.

• Why social connectedness matters for people’s well-being, and for government policy-making.

• A well-being policy practice knowledge exchange, where governments will share lessons learned from recent innovations to develop more people-centred policies.

Main Responsibilities

• Tracking recent developments in well-being approaches to policy, in government and beyond, and building case studies of relevant examples – in the specific area of child well-being and for well-being of the general population at large.

• Assessing the quality, comparability and policy-relevance of well-being indicators in domains such as neighbourhoods, parenting, the built environment, digital well-being, and social connectedness.

• Collecting and analysing data on specific topics (e.g. digital intelligence, digital behaviors of children, digital parenting, the drivers of social connections) and producing innovative outputs to convey findings (e.g. infographics).

• Drafting content for research notes and interim reports, and supporting the team in preparing and/or participating in internal and external events, such as drafting of briefing notes, presentations and speeches.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• Undergraduate degree in social science with a strong quantitative focus, including economics, development studies, sociology, psychology, political science, or a STEM degree in maths, statistics or data science or related discipline (graduation date between 1 January 2022 and 1 September 2023). Applications from candidates who already hold or are enrolled in a Master’s, PhD, or equivalent degree will not be considered.

• Course work in at least two of the following areas is required\: economics, sustainable development, international relations, public policy, statistics, well-being, mental health, social connections/cohesion, inclusion/inequalities, survey data and analysis, international comparative analysis.

Skills

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills. Advanced knowledge of statistical software, such as R, STATA, SPSS, SAS would be an asset.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Knowledge of research methodology and drafting applied research papers would be an asset, as would be experience with visualisation techniques (e.g. Canva).

• Strong capacity for teamwork,  interest in inter-disciplinary approaches and excellent self-organisation skills. Prior knowledge or experience of working in public policy contexts would be an asset.

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, the following competencies would be particularly important\: Achievement focus, Analytical thinking, Drafting skills, Flexible thinking, Managing resources, Teamwork and Team leadership, Diplomatic sensitivity, Strategic networking and Strategic thinking.

• Please refer to the level 1 indicators of the OECD Core Competencies.

Contract Duration

Two-year fixed term appointment

Starting Date

September 2023

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What the OECD offers

• Monthly base salary is 3 873.50, exempt of French income tax, plus allowances based on eligibility. 

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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. Applications from candidates who are not OECD Member country nationals will not be considered.

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