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Professional Staff (A grades) / Linguistic Staff (L grades)
Support Staff (B grades) / Manual and Technical Staff (C grades)
Other Categories
Professional Staff (A grades)
The majority of job vacancies are at the level of Economist / Policy Analyst / Administrator (grade A2/A3) or Senior Economist / Senior Policy Analyst / Principal Administrator (grade A4), with a certain number of vacancies as Heads of Division (grade A5).
Opportunities at Deputy Director (grade A6) or Director (grade A7) level are rare. Recruitment of Young Professionals (grade A1) is extremely limited.
In total, there are approximately 750 posts at this level. Some 90-100 professional posts fall vacant each year. See monthly basic salaries for A grades (Paris-based staff).
An indication of minimum experience required for different levels can be found below:
Grade A2/A3
Three years', preferably five years', relevant professional experience.
Grade A4
Ten years' relevant experience with organisational, supervisory and leadership skills.
Grade A5
Considerable senior level experience in the field concerned, in an international context. Sound managerial experience, ability to lead discussions in Committees and Working Parties, political judgment and very wide experience in a national and international policy context in the given field.
For details of what we look for in candidates, please refer to each vacancy notice of interest to you.
More infomation on the competencies required for management, professionals, professional legal support or administrative officers job vacancies.
Linguistic Staff (L grades)
The linguistic staff of the OECD ensures translation of our documents and publications and the interpretation at our meetings and conferences.
Recruitment is done following the advertisement of a vacancy notice as for our other staff. See monthly basic salaries for L grades (Paris-based staff).
Translators
Perfect knowledge of the English or French language and culture. University degree. Considerable full-time translation experience. Candidates may be required to sit a written examination.
Interpreters
Perfect knowledge of the English and French language and culture. Knowledge of the German language and culture is desirable. University degree or interpretation diploma. At least five years' experience in consecutive and simultaneous conference interpreting.
More infomation on the competencies required for language specialits job vacancies.
Support Staff (B grades)
The OECD recruits support staff (e.g. secretaries, administrative assistants and statisticians) on a regular basis. Recruitment for this category of staff however is local, i.e. from within France, in most cases. Recruitment from abroad is rare.
Appointments are for an initial temporary period. There are however opportunities for extension of these appointments and there are many opportunities for permanent positions. See monthly basic salaries for B grades (Paris-based staff).
Secretaries / Assistants
Good educational background. Confirmed competence in word processing and other IT applications.
Excellent knowledge of one of the two official languages of the Organisation (English or French) and good knowledge of the other.
More infomation on the competencies required for secretaries / assistants or administrative client support job vacancies.
Statisticians
Preferably post-secondary education. Good knowledge of applied statistics and economics. Experience with OECD-related statistics desired. Knowledge of and experience with the use of standard software such as SAS, STATA; some knowledge of programming software.
Excellent knowledge of English or French. Recruitment is subject to a written test (statistics, economics, data processing, interpretation of graphs and language skills).
More information on the competencies required for statistical job vacancies.
Manual and Technical Staff (C grades)
These provide maintenance and technical services. Recruitment for these positions is exclusively local (Paris area).
More information on the competencies required for technical and operational support job vacancies.
Other Categories
Trainees
Please see information under Trainees.
Temporary Staff
Temporary staff are employed to meet specific needs on a short term ad hoc basis.
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