Young Associate 2026-28 Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs

Role

The ACD is looking for a Young Associate with excellent analytical and organisational skills who will work within a highly skilled and dynamic team of legal analysts specialised in the anti-corruption field. They will report to a member of the ACD Secretariat.

Main Responsibilities

Research analysis and drafting

• Conduct legal research and analysis of governments laws regulations policies and efforts to prevent detect investigate and prosecute the bribery of foreign public officials in international business. These tasks will be conducted to support the monitoring of the implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and the related legal instruments; the WGBs horizontal studies; and the assessment of non-Member countries requests to participate in the WGB and to accede to the Convention.  
• Contribute to the drafting of country monitoring reports horizontal studies briefing notes and communications materials in support of the above-mentioned activities.
• Support other activities of the WGB such as its plenary meetings and work related to monitoring the implementation of the Convention.
• Support engagement with non-WGB members at the country and regional levels including through the development of capacity-building tools and products the organisation of initiatives and events and the management of projects.

Qualifications :

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• Undergraduate degree in law preferably with specialisation in criminal or anti-corruption law or a related discipline (graduation date between 1 January 2025 and 1 September 2026). Applications from candidates who already hold or are enrolled in a Masters PhD or equivalent degree will not be considered.
• Course work in the following areas is required: criminal or anti-corruption law political science public administration economics taxation accounting law or other relevant field.  

Tools

• Knowledge of PowerBI is desirable.

Skills

• Ability to write clearly and quickly about highly technical subjects in a manner accessible to senior government officials.
• Ability to conduct legal research.
• Knowledge of corporate tax and accounting laws would be an advantage.
• Coding skills are desirable.

Core Competencies

• For this role 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 1); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 1).
• To learn more about the definitions for each competency please refer to OECD Core Competencies.

Languages

• Fluency in one of the two OECD official languages (English and French) and a knowledge of or willingness to learn the other.

Additional Information :

Closing Date

• Applications should reach us no later than midnight 14 December 2025 (CET).
• Before applying we encourage you to check your eligibility by answering a few short questions here.

Contract Duration

• Two-year fixed term appointment

Starting Date

• September 2026

What the OECD offers

• Monthly base salary is 3 886 EUR 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.

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time