Junior Policy Analyst, Health

Main Responsibilities

Drafting and statistical analysis

• Support cross-country comparative policy analysis of health system performance across a range of different priority areas as identified above.
• Support in-depth policy analysis that focuses on specific countries in one or more topic areas.
• Undertake statistical analysis of data in order to explain key differences across countries.
• Contribute to the development of surveys that analyse the health system organisation and policy choices of OECD member states and partner countries.
• Organise and promote OECD meetings workshops and seminars including contacting and following up with country delegates involved in these events.
• Carry out follow-on work with internal and external stakeholders assuring effective communications with all stakeholders.
• Provide support in co-ordinating report reviews formatting editing and publishing Health Division reports.
• Carry out other tasks on request from the Head of the Health Division such as the preparation of background materials and briefing notes.

Outreach and liaison:

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with staff in other Directorates of the OECD officials in member and non-member country administrations in other international organisations as well as with academics working on health policy issues.
• Present findings of the work at conferences seminars and other events.
• Participate in missions to member and non-member countries as required.

Qualifications :

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background:

• An advanced university degree i.e. at least a masters degree in economics health policy or other relevant discipline.

Professional Background:

• At least two years of applied research and analysis preferably in the area of health and health systems acquired in a national administration international organisation university or research centre.
• Experience in collecting interpreting and analysing statistics ideally related to health and health system performance.
• Strong quantitative skills would be particularly desirable and managing and analysing large datasets would be an advantage.
• Experience in working on health issues in different countries would be an asset.

Tools:

• Ability to represent data graphically in Excel and other visualisation tools.
• Knowledge of STATA R and/or Python or similar advanced statistical software is desirable.

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 2); Achieve Results (Level 1); 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) and knowledge of the other with a commitment to reach a good working level.

Closing Date:

• This vacancy will be filled as soon as possible and applications should reach us no later than midnight 14 April 2026 (CEST).

Contract Duration:

• 13-month fixed term appointment with the possibility of renewal up to 36 months.
• Please note that our Rules and Regulations stipulate that the mandatory retirement age is 67.

What the OECD offers

• Depending on level of experience monthly salary starts at 5 279 EUR plus allowances based on eligibility exempt of French income tax.
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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. 

Selection Process

The recruitment process may entail an aptitude test including activities designed to evaluate cognitive abilities such as problem-solving and logical reasoning as well as analytical thinking and transferable skills aligned with our Core Competencies Framework.  

For retained candidates the selection process may include a video-recorded interview job-based assessment and panel interviews.

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time