Job: Senior Private Pensions Expert

Location: Paris
Deadline: Thursday, 02 January 2014

The OECD's mission - Better Policies for Better Lives - promotes policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. It provides a unique forum in which governments work together to share experiences on what drives economic, social and environmental change, seeking solutions to common problems

The Financial Affairs Division of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF/FIN) is looking for a dynamic Senior Private Pensions Expert with leadership qualities to advance the work of the Insurance and Private Pensions Committee (IPPC) and its Working Party on Private Pensions (WPPP). S/he will report to the Head of the Financial Affairs Division of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and will work in close co-ordination with the Head of the Private Pensions Unit.

The IPPC and its Working Party establish international standards and good practices in private pension regulation and provide a leading source of analysis and monitoring of private pension systems for OECD member countries. They also co-operate closely with key non-member economies and assist policy-making through expert meetings and international conferences. Further information can be found at www.oecd.org/daf/pensions

Main Responsibilities

• Manage the work on pension regulation as well as G20/OECD related work on institutional investors and long-term investment financing.
• Support the work of the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions (WPPP), working in close collaboration with the Head of the Private Pension Unit.
• Prepare in-depth analytical reports on cutting-edge issues related to private pensions and institutional investors for intergovernmental discussion.
• Present OECD work at meetings, and to expert and laymen audiences.
• Liaise with other OECD directorates on issues of common interest and prepare briefings and background notes for DAF Directors and the Office of the Secretary-General.
• Liaise with other international organisations and relevant stakeholders to ensure synergies with OECD projects and advance international work on private pensions, pension regulation and long-term investment.
• Contribute as requested, to other areas of the Division's work and carry out other duties as required.

Ideal candidate profile

Academic Background

• An advanced university degree in finance and/or economics, or equivalent qualification in pensions and/or the insurance field.
• Professional Background
• At least 8 years' experience in finance, pensions and/or insurance regulation, research or practice, or related fields (e.g. asset management, long-term investment financing).
• Experience in a pension or insurance regulatory or supervisory body (or other relevant government policymaking authority) or in an international organisation would be an advantage.

Languages

• An excellent written and oral command of one of the two official languages of the OECD (English and French) and working knowledge of, or willingness to learn, the other.
• Knowledge of other languages would be an asset.

Core competencies

please refer to the OECD Core Competencies and the level 4 indicators.

The OECD is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all qualified candidates to apply.

Contract Duration

Fixed term for two years with the possibility of renewal

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