Overview
The OECD Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) is seeking two Policy Analysts to contribute to the work of either the Child Well-Being Unit or the Inequalities Unit. The role involves research, data analysis, and policy development to improve child well-being or address economic inequality and social mobility.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of data, indicators, and analytical tools on child well-being and policies, including the expansion of the OECD Child Well-Being Data Portal and Dashboard.
- Conduct research, develop new insights, and propose new data solutions on key themes related to children’s well-being, including impacts of digital age, demographic change, and climate change.
- Analyse policy challenges related to reducing child poverty, promoting child well-being and resilience, and assess the benefits and costs of investing in children.
- Develop recommendations on the implementation, strengthening, monitoring, and evaluation of integrated policies and service provision to improve child well-being.
- Contribute to developing data systems for inequality analysis, including expanding existing inequality databases and creating new data solutions.
- Conduct research on key inequality challenges, including how structural economic changes, demographic shifts, technological change, and policy environments affect inequality outcomes and access to opportunities.
- Analyse policy challenges related to reducing inequality and improving access to resources and opportunities across population groups.
- Develop actionable recommendations on policy design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation to strengthen efforts that promote equal opportunities.
- Contribute to the production and dissemination of statistical and analytical papers, reports, and briefing notes.
- Contribute to the development of methods for identifying and disseminating key findings and messages effectively and innovatively.
- Develop a strong network with other divisions, country administrations, National Statistical offices, other international organisations, and academics.
- Stay abreast of policy issues and ensure the Directorate’s involvement in OECD wide initiatives.
- Organise and/or participate in expert meetings, workshops, conferences, and expert groups.
- Supervise junior colleagues and external consultants, monitor progress, provide guidance, and carry out performance evaluations.
- Provide support to staff members and encourage continuous development of their skills.
Required Experience
- A minimum of three to five years of professional experience conducting research and analysis on at least one of the areas identified above, at national or international level, in an international organisation or an academic research institution.
- A solid understanding of the analytical and conceptual challenges central to developing better evidence and/or analysis of household level data and country-level data.
- A solid experience with data management, indicator development, and data visualization.
- Experience with the analysis of administrative, geospatial and/or big data would be an advantage.
- Experience in presenting and explaining analytical results to a variety of audiences in a compelling way.
- Experience working as part of a multicultural team and managing projects with internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree or equivalent qualification in statistics, economics, econometrics or social sciences, with a strong foundation in quantitative analysis and statistics.
