Statistician OECD

Statistician (Job Number: 07869)

Description
The Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) seeks to recruit a Statistician. The OECD has developed strong leadership on taxation issues both international and domestic. Through the CTPA the OECD employs over 100 lawyers, economists, statisticians, tax administrators and other staff who provide the intellectual input and contribute to advance the Strategic Orientations of the Secretary General, and the objectives of the OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA) and its 21 subsidiary bodies.

The CTPA also plays a key role in furthering wider OECD policy objectives by collaborating with other parts of the Organisation on the tax aspects of issues such as responding to climate change, spurring growth, fostering development, addressing corruption, promoting corporate governance, and stimulating employment and innovation among others. The OECD’s global role in standard-setting is enhanced through its tax work by building knowledge, and interacting with governments around the world, business, other international organisations and NGOs to inform and influence policy making.

The selected person will take prime responsibility for the production of the 2012 edition of the high profile OECD Revenue Statistics publication under the guidance of the Head of the Statistics Unit in the Tax Policy and Statistics Division and with some support from a Statistical Assistant. S/he will also be responsible for work to further the development of a statistical database to support the work of the OECD Network on Fiscal Relations across Levels of Government.

Main Responsibilities

1. Prepare the 2012 edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication

• Receive and check the data submissions from OECD Member countries
• Verify the accuracy, completeness, internal consistency and plausibility of the data; resolving any issues arising with the data providers from each country
• Make the necessary changes to the Revenue Statistics database and the processing system to accommodate any changes in structure of the data provided and data from candidate countries for Accession to the OECD.
• Transfer the country data to the Revenue Statistics database together with other relevant data from OECD and International Monetary Fund databases.
• Prepare the data for publication on the OECD Statistics website.
• Generate tables and charts for the book publication and check their consistency with the draft text.

2. Developing a statistical database to support the work of the Fiscal Relations Network.

• Contributing to the design of extensions to the database
• Extraction of the relevant data from National Accounts databases
• Receive and check statistical data from OECD member countries, verifying them for accuracy and completeness; plus resolving outstanding issues with data providers.
• Prepare the data for publication on both the Fiscal Relations Network and the OECD Statistics websites.

3. Provide information and advice as required on data and processing issues relating to both the Revenue Statistics and the Fiscal Network to other OECD Directorates and external organizations.

Candidate Profile
Academic Background

• A university degree or equivalent in applied statistics, mathematics or economics.

Professional Background

• Experience and demonstrated knowledge of applied statistics, the management and development of statistical databases and information technology.
• Extensive experience in the use of economic statistics including documentation on its sources, definitions, coverage, methodology, reliability and comparability. Experience in the production of such statistics would be an additional advantage.

Tools

• Excellent command of Excel and Visual Basic programming is essential.
• Knowledge of other computer software, data presentation packages, computerized databanks and internet technology would be an advantage.

Language

• Excellent knowledge of one of the official languages of the OECD (English and French) and good knowledge of the other.

Key competencies

• Very good analytical skills and adaptability together with a determined approach to problem solving.
• A well-developed sense of accuracy when working with complex datasets and a proven capacity to identify implausible looking data or results.
• Ability to quickly grasp the essential issues of a task and to keep to tight deadlines
• Ability to prepare first drafts of technical reports.
• The ability to explain statistical other work-related issues clearly to colleagues and propose workable solutions to problems
• The ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with staff in different parts of OECD
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to deal simultaneously and accurately with a variety of tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to work reliably under pressure with a minimum of supervision in a multicultural team environment.

N.B. Please note that applicants must have been successful in the OECD's test for Statisticians.

Contract Duration: 13 months fixed term (renewable)

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