Statistician

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 Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) is the focal point for the OECD's work on building more inclusive and fair societies through policy advice related to quality jobs, continuous investment in human capital, reduction in poverty and social exclusion, better health-care systems and good management of migration flows and integration.The International Migration Division (IMD) of the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) is looking for an engaged and innovative statistician to provide statistical support in the full cycle of statistical activities from data collection to data dissemination on a variety of projects (immigration, integration of immigrants and their children, expatriation of national citizens).

ELS is looking for a Statistician with excellent programming skills, good knowledge of data visualisation tools, and proven ability to communicate complex results. She/he will work in a dynamic team of economists, demographers, and migration and integration policy experts to provide high-quality empirical analysis - on various migration-related issues. She/he will work primarily on the production of the annual flagship publication International Migration Outlook but may support several other projects, supervised by different policy analysts/economists.

Job Description

Data collection and analysis

• Work pro-actively and independently to update and expand international migration datasets, including collating the relevant data from publicly available databases and internal data collections, compiling data and indicators using and developing scripts in R and Stata, and updating OECD.Stat data cubes.
• Support migration data dissemination and develop scripts in R to automate the update of key tables and graphs; work creatively to suggest new chart types and data visualisation functionalities, including dashboards.
• Liaise with NSOs and migration experts as necessary.
• Keep abreast of new data sources, notably integrated administrative data and non-standard data sources, and of the work of other international and national organisations (e.g. Eurostat, UN agencies, etc.) on topics relevant to the statistician's work.

Data dissemination and documentation

• Contribute to improve standardisation of migration flows by categories.
• Develop and maintain documentation on work procedures covering all aspects of the production cycle and on all relevant information regarding the national (meta) data.
• Carry out descriptive and econometric statistical analysis, using micro and aggregated data.
• Participate in the production and drafting of statistical and analytical publications and/or reports.

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Master degree or equivalent, preferably in statistics, demography, econometrics, mathematics, engineering or a scientific field, and a good knowledge of statistical databases and information technology.

Professional Background

• At least three, preferably five years' experience in a similar role.
• Experience in the production and/or use of statistics including documentation on data sources, definitions, coverage, methodology, reliability and comparability gained in a national or international organisation.
• Experience in analysing large sets of survey data (notably national and European labour force and social surveys, administrative and Census data would be an asset.
• Experience in the analysis of complex micro-level data related to economics, labour, social or migration.
• Experience in statistical models including econometric techniques.
• Very good knowledge of data visualisation tools and ability to communicate complex results.
• Ability to visualise the whole lifecycle of a project from idea generation to delivery.

Tools

• Excellent programming skills in R and Stata (experience in Python would also be an asset).
• Good knowledge of the main frameworks for data visualisation (in particular, ggplot2), data processing (dplyr, pandas), machine learning (scikit-learn), or willingness to learn those frameworks.
• Good knowledge of Git for version control.
• Experience in managing and querying large databases and practical experience with relevant software and programming languages.
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office software, especially Excel (including macros and pivot tables).
• Good experience with web scraping.

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 1); Enable People (Level 1); Ethics and Integrity (Level 1); Collaboration and Horizontality (Level 1); Achieve Results (Level 2); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 2).
• There are three possible levels for each competency. The level for each competency is determined according to the specific needs of each job role and its associated grade.
• 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) with a good working knowledge of the other.

Closing Date

• This vacancy will be filled as soon as possible, and applications should reach us no later than Sunday, 6 November 2024 23h59 (Paris time).

Contract Duration

• 13 months fixed term appointment, with the possibility of renewal

What the OECD offers

• Depending on level of experience, monthly salary starts at 5,741 EUR, plus allowances based on eligibility, exempt of French income tax.
• Click here to learn more about what we offer and why the OECD is a great place to work.
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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.

Selection Process

For retained candidates, written tests are foreseen in October 2024 and panel interviews are planned for November.

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.

The OECD promotes an optimal use of resources in order to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. Staff members are encouraged to actively contribute to this goal.

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