MENA Programme Manager
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Posted on:
07-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Main Responsibilities
Co-ordination and Project Management
- Contribute to the overall development and implementation of the MENA-OECD Competitiveness programme.
- Design and deliver high quality policy activities such as seminars and workshops to a variety of audiences (e.g. policy analysts senior public officials).
- Ensure timeliness and a high level of quality of OECD documents for meetings and events.
- Draft briefs for OECDs senior management.
- Advanced fundraising skills and capacity to design donor funded projects including implementations strategies and evaluation and monitoring mechanisms assessing impact.
Research analysis and drafting
- Conduct research and analysis to contribute to the various sectors above at the regional and national levels.
- Liaise with OECD directorates to promote horizontal approach and joint work with GRC.
- Draft technical and policy documents to contribute to the various sectors above as well as policy briefs and other communications aimed at non-technical audiences.
- Formulate sound policy assessments and proposals taking into account good practices comparative data benchmarks and indicators.
- Collaborate within the Organisation on multidisciplinary horizontal work contributing to policy discussions underpinned by economic theory and empirical analysis.
- Develop innovative and effective strategies and instruments to disseminate the findings and to convey the main messages to varied audiences at international fora.
- Draft speeches talking points and official letters for OECDs senior management ensuring a whole of OECD approach.
Liaison Dissemination and Representation
- Liaise with Member and non-Member countries as required and co-ordinate with OECD colleagues.
- Co-ordinate with international organisations as required.
- Represent the OECD at meetings and conferences.
Qualifications :
Ideal Candidate Profile
Academic Background:
- An advanced university degree in economics economic development public policy or international relations.
Professional Background
- A minimum of eight years relevant experience in the field of region-specific economic and policy analysis and advice.
- A proven record as project manager.
- Knowledge of the economic and policy context of one of the countries or regions indicated above.
Languages:
- Fluency in one of the two OECD official languages (English and French).
- Knowledge of the other would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of Arabic would be an advantage.
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 3); Enable People (Level 2); Ethics and Integrity (Level 2); Collaboration and Horizontality (Level 3); Achieve Results (Level 3); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 3).
- 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.
Additional Information :
Closing Date
- This vacancy should be filled as soon as possible and applications should reach us no later thanmidnight 06.12.2025 (Paris time).
Contract Duration
- Open-ended appointment with no foreseen end date.
- Ideal start date: by February 2026
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.
What the OECD offers
- Depending on level of experience monthly salary starts at 10 937.92 EUR plus allowances based on eligibility exempt of French income tax.
- Click here to consult the Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the OECD. Please note that from 1 July 2025 all Official appointments will be made under the OECDs new contractual modalities.
- Click hereto 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.
- This vacancy may be used to create a pool of candidates for comparable positions both for open-ended and fixed-term functions.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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