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 Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) is a dynamic network of 21 members who fund multilateral organisations and together share a common interest in strengthening the effectiveness of the multilateral system. Together, MOPAN members provide over USD 100 billion in annual contributions to and through the multilateral system – the majority of the system’s ODA funding. The network is supported by a Secretariat, hosted by the OECD, that carries out regularly and systematically, assessments of the effectiveness of multilateral organisations and cross-cutting insights. MOPAN assessments are used to meet accountability and due diligence requirements of governments, to inform strategic dialogue with multilateral organisations, and to generate knowledge to strengthen both the effectiveness of organisations and the overall effectiveness of the multilateral system.

How well do multilateral organisations understand, communicate and deliver on their value proposition? How well do they position themselves strategically to navigate rapidly evolving and unpredictably changing contexts, while fulfilling their core mandate? How well are they governed and managed? To what extent are they acting sustainably? How well are organizations engaging among themselves and with stakeholders, to address global issues in coordinated and meaningful fashion? These are some of the key questions that MOPAN engages on.

Job Description

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Advisor with strong conceptual knowledge and significant hands-on experience of measuring and improving organisational performance in an international and/or national public and/or private sector context.

Under the supervision of the head of Secretariat, the selected candidate will play a key role in finalising and coordinating the implementation a revised MOPAN methodology (MOPAN 4) to support the delivery of MOPAN’s Mid-Term Strategy 2025-32 in line with our new vision and mission statement.

As the MOPAN Secretariat focal point for methods and standards, the Senior Advisor will work to ensure that MOPAN's institutional assessments, Mid-Term-Reviews, analytical insights and published data provide high quality and are timely, useful and reliable, and provide impartial evidence on multilateral performance. This will include continuously improving performance benchmarks, methods, including through the use of artificial intelligence and other innovative technology.

The Senior Advisor will work to ensure the use of a common approach through further strengthening the internal standards and procedures and through coordinating and managing the relationship with MOPAN’s Service Providers. Work will also include to act as the Secretariat focal point for the network’s Technical Working Group, to engage in drafting and implementing the workplan with the group and support the member Chair in her/his role.

The role calls for strong research, methodological and analytical skills and experience, ideally in corporate evaluation environments. Thorough understanding of and experience from the multilateral context is also needed in this role. The candidate will also need excellent organisational and coordination skills and experience in designing and managing complex processes as well as establishing and maintaining productive and collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders. Strong communications skills will be essential in this role.

Previous experience of engaging with multilateral organisations on behalf of their member states or shareholders, measuring the performance of multilateral organisations and/or analysing the effectiveness of the multilateral system will be an asset.

Main Responsibilities

Methods and Standards Focal Point

• Oversee and coordinate the timely finalisation and implementation of MOPAN 4, the revised MOPAN assessment framework and methodology.
• Convene and hold consultations with technical experts and multilateral stakeholders as relevant in finalising and implementing MOPAN 4.
• Convene MOPAN’s Technical Working Group (TWG), coordinate work and provide strategic guidance.
• Work collaboratively to strengthen the standards and procedures used by the assessment managers and the Insights unit, and the application of a common approach internally and externally.
• Oversee the work of External Quality Assurance mechanism and update guidance and tools as needed.
• Coordinate and manage the framework agreements and the relationships with Service Providers. This includes the onboarding of new Service Providers, induction to the MOPAN 4 methodology, regularly exchanging on lessons learnt, and to monitor the implementation of the agreements overall.

• Work collaboratively with the assessment and insights units to ensure lessons learned are passed on from one assessment cycle to the next and inform MOPAN’s cross-cutting analyses.
• Provide analysis of organisational good practices and benchmarks in collaboration with MOPAN’s assessment and insights teams to promote the relevance of MOPAN’s methodology and our impact on multilateral performance.

Oversee MOPAN’s digital approach including AI

• • Oversee the design, development, testing and training for corporate AI-powered tools for use in producing MOPAN’s assessments and insight products in collaboration with MOPAN staff and service providers.
  • Promote the use of AI in a transparent and risk-aware way, including through MOPAN’s SOPs, templates, guidance and training.
  • Engage with MOPAN members to raise awareness and provide training and guidance on using MOPAN’s data hub. Identify new queries to align to members’ needs and priorities.
  • Contribute to the governance of MOPAN’s AI use, including maintenance of MOPAN’s datahub and AI policy and strategy, monitoring and reporting on use, engagement with MOPAN staff and service providers and planning for future development.
• Line manage the junior data scientist to develop MOPAN datahub, encompassing the deployment of AI approaches and interfaces to respond to member queries.

Contribute to corporate communications and engagement

• Participate to MOPAN’s communications efforts, including actively communicate and disseminate MOPAN’s work, internally and externally.
• Contribute to positioning MOPAN as a global go-to-source for credible and professional source of information on multilateral organisational effectiveness and reforms.
• Represent the MOPAN Secretariat in relevant international fora, as required and establish a network of professional contacts.
• Assist the Head of Secretariat in contributing to corporate processes when needed and conduct other tasks as directed by the head of Secretariat.

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• An advanced university degree in business administration, management, public administration or public policy or a discipline relevant to the requirements of the position.

Professional Background

• At least 10 years’ relevant experience in a national or multilateral development agency or in a relevant public or private sector institution, preferably both at headquarters and in the field.
• Demonstrated knowledge of organisational development and reforms, results based and financial management.
• Good command of organisational performance concepts and evaluation methods ideally in the context of bilateral and/or multilateral organisations.
• Proven ability to draft high-quality analysis and ability to present complex issues clearly and succinctly.
• Proven ability to conduct analytical research and draft concise, high-quality reports.
• Proven experience from having coordinating roles and of managing complex highly collaborative processes.
• Strong communication skills.
• Awareness and demonstrated experience working with AI tools for research purposes.
• Demonstrated understanding of the broader multilateral policy environment.
• Experience in managing multilateral programmes or board support/participation will be advantage.

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 3); Enable People (Level 2); Ethics and Integrity (Level 2); Collaboration and Horizontality (Level 3); Achieve Results (Level 3); Innovate and Embrace Change (Level 3).
• 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 official languages of the Organisation (English or French) and knowledge of the other, with a commitment to reaching a good working level.
• Knowledge of other languages would be an asset.

Additional Information

Closing Date

• This vacancy should be filled as soon as possible, and applications should reach us no later than midnight 15 January 2026 (Paris time).

Contract Duration

• Twelve month fixed-term appointment, starting in May 2026, with possibility of renewal to a maximum of 36 months.

What the OECD offers

• Monthly salary starts at 9,610.74 EUR, plus allowances based on eligibility, exempt of French income tax.
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• 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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