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By the late 1950s, the Marshall Plan was ending, but world leaders believed the OEEC could regenerate into a global body to support trade and friendship between the leading economies.iexpats.comThe aim of the OEEC was to monitor how money from the US Marshall Plan was spent to reconstruct Europe after the Second World War.
They contain forecasts and analysis of the communications and information technology industries in OECD member countries and non-member economies.en.wikipedia.orgThe OECD Communications Outlook and the OECD Internet Economy Outlook (formerly the Information Technology Outlook), which rotate every year.
worldatlas.comThe work of the OECD consists of three tasks. The first task is informing people. The organization publishes a multitude of reports and statistics.
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Internship Duration: 3-6 months, renewable up to a maximum of 12 months...
Schedule: Full time, Monday-Friday. Hybrid, requiring some days in the office.
Open Until: Position is filled. Interviews will be held in March/April 2023.
Duty Station: OECD Washington Center (Washington, D.C, United States).
Important Note: To be considered, applicants must be citizens of OECD member countries enrolled in a Bachelor, Master or PhD program for the entire duration of the internship. A contribution to living expenses of around $870 per month will be granted to interns by the OECD.
About the OECD
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries working together to promote economic growth, prosperity, well-being and sustainable development. The United States and Canada are founding members of the OECD.
The OECD provides a unique forum and knowledge hub for data and analysis, exchange of experiences, best-practice sharing, and advice on public policies that affect the economic and social well-being of individuals, from improving economic performance and creating jobs, to fostering strong education and fighting international tax evasion. The OECD helps both members and non-member countries reap the benefits and confront the challenges of a global economy.
About our Team
As liaison office to the United States and Canada, the main goal of our 5-person office is to strengthen the effectiveness and impact of the OECD's work regionally by facilitating a better understanding of the OECD's work, promoting the use of its key deliverables by policy makers, and increasing support for the Organization's mission and values. Our Interns play a pivotal role in our daily efforts to increase the impact of our campaigns across the OECD's key priorities.
What you'll do
Our Internship Program is designed to bring highly motivated students with diverse backgrounds into the Organization and provide a valuable and practical learning experience that integrates students' knowledge gained in the classroom with professionals skills developed in a real-world public affairs and communications environment, under the supervision and guidance of experienced professionals.
Interns typically:
• Curate and draft content on a daily basis for email newsletters, press releases, social media, as well as other digital communications products designed to inform and engage our target audiences. This may include creating eye-catching graphics, videos, or data visualizations.
• Gather and synthesize top news stories in U.S. and Canada for the OECD's global news update distributed to senior OECD leadership and member country embassies.
• Help organize public events (virtual and in-person), including helping to define topics, sourcing speakers, drafting and sending invitations, producing social media content, etc.
• Participate in-and report on-meetings, public presentations and Congressional hearings related to OECD priorities. Prepare impact analyses on activities; draft memos, briefing packages and biographies ahead of OECD meetings, as necessary.
• Receive and draft responses to external queries from government, media, civil society, and the public seeking data or information on OECD's work. Conduct desk research on specific policy areas, as necessary.
• Help develop country and language-specific communication strategies (including social media plans) for key report launches, projects, and official visits of the Secretary-General.
• In addition, Interns can expect to be involved in special projects with Washington and Paris-based colleagues. Recent trainees have assisted with the visits of the OECD Secretary-General and other senior OECD officials.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Academic Profile
• To be considered, applicants must be enrolled in a Bachelor/Master/PhD program for the duration of the internship.
Skills / Key Competencies
• Analytical thinking
• Managing Resources
• Flexible thinking
• Drafting Skills
• Teamwork
• Strategic Thinking
For more detail, please refer to OECD competency framework: https://www.oecd.org/careers/competency_framework_en.pdf
Languages
• This is a public-facing communications role requiring native-level fluency in English. In addition, a working proficiency in French and/or Spanish is highly desirable.
Internship Duration
• The duration of the internship can be for a period of between three and six months (renewable for another six months up to a total of twelve months). Please indicate your availability clearly in your application form.
What we offer
• As an international organization, we offer you a dynamic and stimulating environment where you will work alongside highly-skilled colleagues in different time-zones who have diverse professional and personal backgrounds, and who are innovative and willing to embrace challenges.
• We are committed to providing a diverse work environment that is inclusive, safe, supportive, and respectful, where all individuals are valued and may realize their full potential. We hire globally and accept applications from candidates who are nationals of OECD Member Countries. As an equal opportunity employer, you will receive consideration for employment, irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, opinions or beliefs, gender identity, sexual orientation, health, or disabilities.
• Guidance and formal feedback from your supervisor at regular intervals.
• Hands-on public affairs experience and learning opportunities in a leading international organization.
• Our office is located at the OECD Washington Center in downtown Washington (Metro: Farragut West). The OECD Washington Center observes U.S. Federal Holidays.
Learn more about what you can expect from us:
• See profiles of past interns and learn more about internships at the Washington Center: https://www.oecd.org/washington/careers/
About the OECD:
Working with over 100 countries, the OECD is a global policy forum that promotes policies to preserve individual liberty and improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. Find out more at https://www.oecd.org/about Show more details...
Statistician/Team Lead – Short-term Indicators (Job Number: 16010...
Application Closing Date: 10-03-2023, 4:59:00 PM
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. (External Only)
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, contributes to improve statistical methods, and coordinates statistical and data-related activities within the Organisation and with other international agencies. Within SDD, the Division for Trade and Productivity Statistics (TPS) oversees the development and dissemination of productivity, prices, business and trade statistics.
TPS is looking for a highly experienced Statistician to lead the team on Short-Term indicators in the division and to participate in projects using alternative data and methods. The successful candidate will have advanced, excellent programming skills, good knowledge of short-term indicators and of statistical and econometric techniques, and proven ability to communicate complex results, including good drafting skills. S/he will be able to work independently but will also be comfortable collaborating with other team members.
The successful candidate will report to the Head of the Real-time Data Analytics Unit and to the Head of Division.
Main Responsibilities
Statistical work and economic research
Manage the team responsible for the update and maintenance of the MEI databases and other databases on short-term indicators.
Manage the bi-monthly update of the OECD Dashboard of Short-Term Indicators, and suggest ways to improve the tool. Draft documents associated with the Dashboard (monthly insights, blogs, methodological note).
Contribute to the conferences and workshops co-organised by the unit (e.g. workshop on time series methods)
Contribute to the projects of the Division using of alternative data sources or new techniques. This will include working on nowcasting exercises, using both machine-learning and advanced econometrics models, but also potentially on projects using geospatial analysis and/or natural language processing.
Contribute to working papers related to measurement issues.
Communication, liaison and other tasks
Liaise and respond to requests from users related to the Dashboard and/or short-term indicators collected in the unit.
Develop good working relationships with colleagues across the OECD, with statisticians in national statistical offices, national administrations and other international organisations, and with academics in the wider research community working on related topics.
Participate in expert meetings and workshops related to techniques to monitor short-term developments and nowcast, machine learning or other advanced techniques. Present research in those meetings.
Provide overall support to the Head of the Unit and undertake other tasks as required.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Academic Background
An advanced university degree in statistics, economics, mathematics, data science, computer science, or a closely related field.
Professional Background
A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in the production and use of short-term economic statistics.
Excellent knowledge of large statistical databases and practical experience with statistical software to manage them.
Deep knowledge of statistical techniques, including but not limited to seasonal adjustment.
Good drafting skills.
Experience or coursework in some of these fields would be a strong asset: time series analysis, natural language processing, geospatial analysis, causal inference, optimisation, image analysis, computer vision and object detection, web scraping.
Very good knowledge of data visualisation tools and ability to communicate complex results.
Experience in leading teams and the delivery of team-based projects.
Ability to visualise the whole lifecycle of a project from idea generation to delivery.
Tools
Excellent programming skills in either R or Python and a knowledge of, or a willingness to learn, the other. Good knowledge of the main frameworks for data visualisation (matplotlib, seaborn, ggplot2), data processing (dplyr, pandas) or willingness to learn those frameworks.
Good knowledge of Git for version control.
Experience with cloud computing tools (Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud) would be an asset.
Languages
Fluency in one of the two OECD official languages (English and French) and a knowledge of, or a 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, Teamwork and Team Leadership, Diplomatic sensitivity, Strategic networking.
Please refer to the level 2 indicators of the OECD Core Competencies.
Contract Duration
2-year fixed term appointment with possibility of renewal.
What the OECD offers
Depending on level of experience, monthly salary starts at 5 969.53 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.
Click here to browse our People Management Guidebook and learn more about all aspects relating to people at the OECD, our workplace environment and many other policies supporting staff in their daily life.
Selection process
For retained candidates, written test/video recorded interviews and panel interviews are foreseen to take place in March/April 2023.
Please note that our Rules and Regulations stipulate that the mandatory retirement age is 65
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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Company: OCDE –
Company Location: Paris (75)
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Data Scientist(Job Number: 15999...
Application Closing Date: 07-03-2023, 4:59:00 PM
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, contributes to improve statistical methods, and coordinates statistical and data-related activities within the Organisation and with other international agencies. Within SDD, the Division for Trade and Productivity Statistics (TPS) oversees the development and dissemination of productivity, prices, business and trade statistics.
TPS is looking for a Data Scientist to work with the Innovation LAB, jointly run by the Economics Department and SDD. The LAB’s objective is to undertake experimental projects using alternative data sources and/or advanced techniques, which can be used in OECD publications/databases.
The successful candidate will have advanced skills using statistical or econometric techniques, excellent programming skills, good knowledge of data visualisation tools, and proven ability to communicate complex results. S/he will be required to work independently but also collaborating effectively with other team members.
The successful candidate will work in TPS and report to the Head of the Unit of Alternative Data and Methods and Short-Term Developments.
Main Responsibilities
Statistical work and economic research
Contribute to the projects of the Innovation LAB related to the use of alternative data sources or new techniques. This will include working on nowcasting exercises, using both machine-learning and advanced econometrics models, but also potentially on projects using geospatial analysis and/or natural language processing.
Contribute to the drafting of working papers related to measurement issues.
Process internal and external requests for statistics and answers queries related to methodologies and concepts applied to the data.
Communication and liaison
Develop good working relationships with colleagues across the OECD, with data scientists and statisticians in national statistical offices, national administrations and other international organisations, and with academics in the wider research community working on related topics.
Participate in expert meetings and workshops related to machine learning or other advanced techniques. Preparing methodological documents and tools related to big data.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Academic Background
An advanced university degree in data science, computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics or a closely related field.
Professional Background
A minimum of two years of relevant experience as a Data Scientist and strong interest in the production and/or use of statistics.
Deep knowledge of advanced techniques including machine learning and deep learning.
Experience or coursework in some of these fields would be a strong asset: time series analysis, natural language processing, geospatial analysis, causal inference, optimisation, image analysis, computer vision and object detection, web scraping.
Very good knowledge of data visualisation tools and ability to communicate complex results.
A good knowledge of large statistical databases and practical experience with statistical software to manage them would be an asset.
Ability to visualise the whole lifecycle of a project from idea generation to delivery.
Tools
Excellent programming skills in either R or Python and a knowledge of, or a willingness to learn, the other. Good knowledge of the main frameworks for data visualisation (matplotlib, seaborn, ggplot2), data processing (dplyr, pandas), machine learning (scikit-learn), deep learning (tensorflow, pytorch) or willingness to learn those frameworks.
Good experience with relational databases and knowledge of SQL.
Good knowledge of Git for version control.
Experience with cloud computing tools (Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud) would be an asset.
Languages
Fluency in one of the two OECD official languages (English and French) and a knowledge of, or a 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, Teamwork, Diplomatic sensitivity, Strategic networking.
Please refer to the level 3 indicators of the OECD Core Competencies.
Contract Duration
18-months fixed term appointment with possibility of renewal.
What the OECD offers
Depending on level of experience, monthly salary starts at 5 020 EUR, plus allowances based on eligibility, exempt of French income tax.
Please note that the appointment may be made at a lower grade based on the qualifications and professional experience of the selected applicant
Click here to learn more about what we offer and why the OECD is a great place to work.
Click here to browse our People Management Guidebook and learn more about all aspects relating to people at the OECD, our workplace environment and many other policies supporting staff in their daily life.
Selection process
For retained candidates, written test/video recorded interviews and panel interviews are foreseen to take place in March 2023.
Please note that our Rules and Regulations stipulate that the mandatory retirement age is 65
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
About the Company
Company: OCDE –
Company Location: Paris (75)
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