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 financial and business issues. The core mission of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF) is to assist markets to fund inclusive economic growth, and in turn Better Lives, through setting and implementing standards, providing capacity building and technical assistance, acting as a forum for co-operation and collaboration across the OECD Directorates, external stakeholders and International Organisations. DAF's mission is pursued through five substantive divisions whose teams provide member and partner countries with policy guidance, analysis and support in the areas of competition, anti-corruption, corporate governance, financial markets, insurance and pensions, consumer finance, responsible business conduct, state-owned enterprises, and international investment. DAF currently employs about 250 staff members (economists, lawyers, statisticians, support staff, consultants, and trainees), who support work across a broad range of policy areas.

The Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) provides the Secretariat for the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) and its 47 members. It supports the monitoring of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, which is a cornerstone of global efforts to tackle corruption and promote fair competition. The Division also advances the Convention and related instruments, such as the OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation, through global, regional, and country-level partnerships. To engage non-member countries and align them with OECD anti-bribery standards, the WGB implements a Global Relations Strategy that fosters peer learning and knowledge exchange between members and non-members through the WGB’s Global Dialogue, Law Enforcement Networks that strengthen international cooperation on transnational corruption cases, Business Integrity Networks that engage with the private sector, and country-specific technical assistance.

Job Description

ACD is seeking staff with excellent analytical, writing, and organisational skills to join a highly skilled and dynamic team of legal and policy analysts specialising in the anti-corruption field.

Main Responsibilities

Coordination of country monitoring assignments

• Lead the coordination of and participate in the preparation of country monitoring reports to support the implementation of the Convention and the related legal instruments. Responsibilities include:
  • Coordinating with evaluated country’s authorities, lead examiners and other internal and external stakeholders;
  • Overseeing members of the country monitoring team, under the supervision of the Anticorruption Division Head of Division and management team;
  • Conduct legal research and analysis of laws, regulations, policies and efforts to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute the bribery of foreign public officials in international business.
  • Prepare briefings, in-country evaluation missions, and facilitate the adoption of the evaluation report at WGB meetings;
  • Ensure effective follow-up of the WGB recommendations following adoption of the country monitoring report.
  • Contribute to ACD management reflections on ways to strengthen and update the WGB country monitoring process.

Implement the WGB’s Global Relations Strategy through anti-bribery partnerships and capacity-building initiatives

• Implement the Working Group on Bribery’s Global Relations Strategic Directions (GRSD) by advancing anti-bribery partnerships in the areas of law enforcement and business integrity at the country, regional, and global levels, as well as through tailored country-specific assistance. Responsibilities include:
  • Coordinate global outreach events with non-WGB members, non-governmental stakeholders and partner organisations, including the WGB’s Global Dialogue, the Anti-Corruption Leaders Hub, and/or the Global Law Enforcement Network against Transnational Bribery.
  • Develop analytical and knowledge products, such as studies, reports and practical guidelines, to promote the exchange of good practices amongst WGB and non-members in the areas of business integrity and/or law enforcement.
  • Lead and contribute to capacity-building activities, such as workshops, trainings, and peer-learning events of the regional Law Enforcement Networks and/or Business Integrity Networks, in cooperation with relevant partner organisations.
  • Contribute to or lead the drafting of assessments of non-WGB countries’ frameworks and practices against OECD anti-corruption standards, including in the context of WGB accession processes and regional mechanisms such as the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan.
  • Manage and implement technical assistance projects, including country-specific initiatives to strengthen anti-bribery legislation, enforcement, and business integrity measures.

Liaison, representation and communication

• Maintain contact with WGB delegations, officials from national administrations, internal OECD stakeholders and other international organisations active in the field of anti-corruption.
• Report on the implementation of voluntary contributions to development partners and provide inputs in the development of fund-raising proposals.
• Work with civil society including non-governmental organisations, private sector, labour, and media.
• Represent the OECD in international conferences, and prepare briefings, presentations and speeches for senior management.

Other duties

Carry out other related duties to support the implementation of the WGB work programme and ACD’s strategic priorities, including horizontal studies on anti-corruption themes and transversal WGB tasks (e.g. Matrix/tour de table, data, enforcement dashboard).

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

Academic Background

• An advanced university degree in law, preferably with a specialisation in criminal or anti-corruption law. An advanced university degree in international relations will also be considered.

Professional Background

• A minimum of five years' experience with legal analysis relating to areas covered by the WGB’s work programme, preferably in a public prosecutors’ office, court, ministry, government agency, private practice, or international organisation.

• Demonstrated ability to carry out independent research on new and challenging subjects and to draft clear and concise legal and policy-oriented reports.

• Sound knowledge of legal system and anti-corruption standards in one or more Parties to the Convention, Participants in the WGB, accession candidates, ACN members, or other non-member closely involved in ACD’s work, as well as knowledge of business integrity trends and/or law enforcement practices in OECD and/or non-member countries.

• Experience in the management and delivery of technical assistance projects.

• Experience in dialogue with governments and other stakeholders.

• Ability to write clearly, accurately, and in a timely manner about highly technical subjects accessible to senior government officials and other stakeholders.

• Experience with comparative data collection and analysis would be a plus.

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).
• 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 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.

Additional Information

Closing Date

• This vacancy should be filled as soon as possible, and applications should reach us no later than midnight 26 February 2026 (Paris time).

Contract Duration

• Open-ended appointment, with no foreseen end date.

Please note that our Rules and Regulations stipulate that the mandatory retirement age is 67.

What the OECD offers

• Monthly salary starts at 6 975.54 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 or nationals from OECD non-Member countries to the Secretariat of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (open to all countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan), irrespective of their racial or ethnic origin, opinions or beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, health or disabilities.

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