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The Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) leads the OECD’s work on employment, social policies, international migration and health, helping governments promote better policies that create quality jobs and improve health outcomes for patients and populations, among others. 

The Health Division (HD) helps countries achieve high-performing and resilient health systems by measuring health outcomes and the use of health system resources as well as by analysing policies that improve access, efficiency and quality of health care.

Health systems are facing intense pressure to adapt to evolving needs and megatrends driven by population aging, digitalization, and climate change. They also need to be better prepared to withstand sudden, large-scale shocks such as pandemics, financial crises, natural disasters, or cyberattacks. This shifting policy context and emerging challenges have called for a revision in how OECD countries assess health system performance, to help ensure that health systems meet people's health needs and preferences while providing quality healthcare for all. In this context, the OECD has developed a renewed HSPA framework which was endorsed by Health Ministers during the 2024 Health Ministerial Conference. The updated framework incorporates new performance dimensions, notably people-centredness, resilience, and environmental sustainability, and places increased emphasis on addressing inequalities, including those related to gender.

Role

The Health Division is seeking a Young Associate to contribute to the OECD's work on health systems performance assessment (HSPA). The selected candidate will have the chance to contribute to the most recent advancements in health system performance assessment. They will be involved in a range of activities, including supporting countries in developing their health system performance assessment frameworks, identifying and developing new indicators to measure performance, and participating in the dissemination and publication of findings. The selected candidate will work within a team of economists, physicians, and public health experts, under the supervision of a Senior Health Economist.

Main Responsibilities

• Contributing to the OECD's ongoing support to countries in the development of their HSPA frameworks. Supporting the organization of technical focus groups on health data and indicators across various HSPA domains; engaging in country expert consultations on selected HSPA indicators; and assisting with the HSPA indicator selection process for the country-specific HSPA frameworks.
• Supporting the identification and development of new indicators to populate the OECD's renewed HSPA framework. Participating in the process of developing indicator toolkits across the OECD HSPA framework's subdomains, in alignment with the existing OECD Health Statistics indicators and the indicator development work in the division; attending meetings of the various streams of work of the division; following up with corresponding program managers; and participating in topical working parties.
• Assisting with any communication, drafting, and dissemination activities linked to the OECD's work on health systems performance assessment.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• Undergraduate degree in Economics, Social Policy, Public Policy, Public Health, International Relations or related discipline (graduation date between 1 January 2024 and 1 September 2025). Applications from candidates who already hold or are enrolled in a Master’s, PhD, or equivalent degree will not be considered.
• Course work in two of the following areas is required:  Health Economics, Health Policy, Public Health Statistics, Data Science.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as very good research and analytical abilities.
• Statistical and quantitative skills; knowledge of statistical software, such as STATA, R, SAS, or SPSS would be an asset.

Languages

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

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).
• 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, please refer to OECD Core Competencies.

Closing Date:

• Applications should reach us no later than midnight 1 December 2024 (CET).

Contract Duration

Two-year fixed term appointment

Starting Date

September 2025

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What the OECD offers

• Monthly base salary is 3 780.34 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.

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