Company Description

Company Description

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation comprised of 38 member countries, that works to build better policies for better lives. Our mission is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. Together with governments, policy makers and citizens, we work on establishing evidence-based international standards, and finding solutions to a range of social, economic and environmental challenges. From improving economic performance and creating jobs to fostering strong education and fighting international tax evasion, we provide a unique forum and knowledge hub for data and analysis, exchange of experiences, best-practice sharing, and advice on public policies and international standard-setting.

The OECD has earned a leading role in international tax issues. The Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) is the focal point for the OECD’s work on all taxation issues, both international and domestic, and it works to advance the Strategic Orientations of the Secretary-General, ensuring impact of the OECD tax work in the international governance architecture. The CTPA collaborates with other parts of the Organisation on issues such as the digitalisation of the global economy, tax and climate change, tax and inclusive growth, and the impact of taxation on labour markets and several other multidisciplinary projects. The CTPA also provides the analytical support to the OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs, which consists of senior tax policy and administration officials from OECD countries, Associate and Partner countries and other international and regional tax organisations. It supports the work of the Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), with more than 145 member countries and jurisdictions, and the Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches. It also has a comprehensive outreach and capacity building programme supporting the development of tax systems in developing countries. Through its work, the CTPA enhances the OECD’s global role in standard-setting, building knowledge, communicating with the world and interacting with governments and stakeholders from around the world to inform and influence policy making in the tax area.

The CTPA is looking for an Adviser to work in the Tax Administration and VAT Division (CTPA/TAV). The OECD Forum on Tax Administation (FTA), is a unique body, bringing together the leaders of tax administrations from over 50 advanced and emerging economies. The Forum enables member administrations to work together on projects and through a wide range of informal knowledge sharing and collaborative networks to enhance domestic and international tax administration, deepen cooperation between tax administrations, and share and develop knowledge on common challenges.

S/he will support the work of the Forum on Tax Administration (FTA), especially the collaborative work streams being undertaken to support tax administrations in their digital transformation journeys. The background to this work can be found in the Tax Administration 3.0 reports of the FTA. In short, the Tax Administration 3.0 vision of future tax administration, developed by the OECD, involves a transformation of the way tax administrations operate, with taxation processes moved out of the tax administration and into the systems used by taxpayers to conduct their business, transact and communicate. This transformation can bring huge benefits – many hundreds of billions of euros globally – through making compliance more automated and real-time and through significant reductions in compliance burdens. This work is equally important for developed and developing economies as the rapidly digitalizing global economy makes such a transformation possible in more circumstances. S/he will also take on responsibility for one or more of the FTA’s informal knowledge sharing and collaborative networks, helping them to get the most out of international collaboration and support the wider work of the FTA as necessary, including liaising with other parts of CTPA and the OECD.

The selected candidate will work under the supervision of the Senior Advisor.

Job Description

Main Responsibilities:

Project management analysis and drafting

• Contribute to the development of the project plans for the Tax Administration 3.0 (TA 3.0) project portfolio agreed as priorities for supporting administrations in their digital transformation journeys by the senior-level Tax Administration 3.0 Working Group.
• Coordinate and support the country leads/project teams in their programme of work to ensure that the TA 3.0 projects meet their goals and objectives to an agreed timetable.
• Undertake research and analysis as required on topics relevant for the wider work of the FTA and CTPA.
• Draft and contribute to substantive documents, including reports, policy briefs, presentations and other documents covering tax administration topics, including in preparation for the annual FTA Plenary meeting.

Co-ordination, liaison and representation

• Assist in the governance of the TA 3.0 projects, establishing timelines, milestones and lists of deliverables for the various reports and tracking progress, resolving any emerging issues where possible and escalating, as necessary.
• Build robust networks with relevant stakeholders and rapidly become a credible and trusted interlocutor.
• Liaise, where necessary, with other relevant CTPA and OECD Divisions to ensure co-ordination as necessary, for example in the analysis of legal underpinnings, possible use cases for early pilots or the development of standards.
• Present, discuss and explain the FTA’s work on digital transformation at official meetings, seminars and conferences, including through missions as required.

Other duties

• Provide the Secretariat support for the work of selected informal administration-led groups, helping them to obtain the most value from their virtual and in-person meetings and collaborative outputs. (These groups bring together subject matter experts in particular tax administration functions, such as tax debt and risk management, or in cross-cutting areas such as HR and analytics).
• Contribute to other work of the Forum on Tax Administration as well as other Units within the Tax Administration and VAT Division.

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate profile

Academic background

• An advanced university degree preferably in a field related to administration, management, government and public sector.

Professional background

• At least five years’ experience in a tax administration, government ministry or agency, financial institution, consultancy organisation, academic or research institute or other similar organisation or business.
• Solid experience in coordinating complex and multifaceted projects, ideally involving the integration of different workstreams and the implementation/design of technology-enabled solutions.
• Excellent drafting and communication skills.

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 2); Enable People (Level 1); Ethics and Integrity (Level 2); Collaboration and Horizontality (Level 2); Achieve Results (Level 2); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 2).
• 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.
• Knowledge of other languages would be an asset.

Additional Information

Closing Date:

• This vacancy will be filled as soon as possible, and applications should reach us no later than Monday 10 November 2025, 23h59 (Paris time).

Contract Duration

• Eighteen-month fixed term appointment, with the possibility of renewal to a maximum of 36 months.

What the OECD offers

• Monthly salary starts at 7955 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

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.

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