Cost-of-Living Manager

CostofLiving

• Provides expert guidance on developing and implementing calculations for purchasing power parities ensuring equivalence in purchasing power among COs staff. This includes establishing basic heading parities derived from price data of surveys carried out by national statistical institutes (NSI) as part of the EurostatOECD PPP programme and computing rent parities.
• Supervises and participates in the production of technical analyses related to the revision of costofliving factors or any other items requiring ISRPs assistance as requested by the CCR the Committee of Representatives of SecretariesGeneral (CRSG) or Associated Organisations.
• Draft methodological and technical notes reports and recommendations. Present proposals and results to various committees.

Compensation and Benefits

• Monitors and participates in the production of technical analyses related to remuneration as requested by the CCR the Committee of Representatives of SecretariesGeneral (CRSG) Associated Organisations or International Financial Institutions.
• Oversees and participates in salarylevel studies involving various recruitment pool sectors and other international organisations.

Staff Management

• Assist the Head of Unit in supervising motivating and contribution to the professional development of the units staff.
• Participate in recruitment processes and performance evaluations.

Liaison and Representation

• Under the supervision of the Head of the Unit develop and maintain professional networks with key stakeholders and technical communities.
• Represents the Service at various technical meetings and EU/UN working groups in the field of costofliving data and methodologies.
• At the request of the head of the unit assist working parties and technical study groups by taking notes producing summary records and explanatory papers.

Process Improvement and Change Management

• Keep the Head of the Unit informed about the latest technological innovations that may be useful for delivering the units work.
• Identify and implement procedural and process improvements to enhance the units efficiency and effectiveness.
• Utilise data analytics and visualisation tools to automate complex calculations allowing for improved data processing and analysis.
• Engage in tender processes and procurement of services enhancing overall processes.

Qualifications :

Academic Background

• An advanced university degree in economics statistics business or social sciences.

Professional Background

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in compensation and benefits and/or statistics at an international level. Good knowledge of the remuneration systems of different international organisations would be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of methodologies for setting prices and economic parity indices as well as national civil service remuneration.
• Proven skills in data collection data processing and quality assurance.
• Proven experience in managing junior staff.
• Show the ability to learn new tools and processes.

Tools

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with strong emphasis on Excel.
• Programming experience is required.
• Advanced knowledge of Visual Basic programming is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with other programming languages is an asset.

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 2); Ethics and Integrity (Level 2); 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 13 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.
• Excellent (or very good/good) written and oral command in French would be a requirement.

What the OECD offers

• Depending on level of experience monthly salary starts at 7 644.78 EUR plus allowances based on eligibility exempt of French income tax.
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Salary Information

• 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.

Selection Process

For retained candidates written tests/videorecorded interviews are foreseen as soon as possible and panel interviews are planned for as soon as possible.

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.