Job Opportunities at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Job Code: 8.2.01
Location: Nigeria

Job Summary

• Within the Support Services Division, the Public Relations & Information Department is responsible for presenting OPEC objectives, decisions and actions in their true and most desirable perspective, disseminating news of general interest regarding the Organization and the Member Countries on energy and related matters and carrying out a central information programme and identifying suitable areas for the promotion of the Organization’s aims and image.

Objective of Position

• To assist the Head of Department in formulating strategies for creating and maintaining a positive public image for the Organization and in the execution of these strategies and related policies and decisions; to provide timely information through the most effective means to targeted audiences as well as the general public about OPEC, its aims and objectives, its activities, its decisions and their rationale, and its positions on topical issues in the industry; and to coordinate the programme of the Public Relations Team.

Main Responsibilities

• Advises and assists the Head of Department in elaborating concepts and approaches for increasing public and institutional awareness about the aims and objectives of OPEC as well as OPEC’s positions on topical issues.
• Advises on and assists the Head of Department in initiating and coordinating programmes aimed at promoting the image of OPEC with its role of stabilizing the international oil market.
• Establishes and maintains good network of media contacts and manages media relations through proactive communications by organizing interviews, inputs to editorial supplements, leveraging of OPEC reports etc.
• Advises on advert placements and, with the support of the Editorial and the Design and Production Services teams, on the appropriate editorial format and art work.
• Monitors public perceptions about OPEC as expressed in the press and at various formal and informal fora and prepares appropriate responses as necessary.
• Conducts briefings for visiting students and groups to the Secretariat.
• Produces, in collaboration with the Editorial and the Design and Production Services teams, special publications (press kits, specialized magazines, flyers, posters etc.) for strategic audiences with the objective of disseminating positive messages about the Organization.
• Produces - with external assistance as appropriate - TV programmes for local, national and international TV channels.
• Identifies and advises on events and activities in which OPEC’s participation could enhance the Organization’s image.
• Coordinates visits of journalists at OPEC events, and provides necessary assistance (including arranging interviews, press kits and gift items).

Required Competencies and Qualifications
Education:

• University Degree in Public Relations, Media Studies, Journalism, Social Sciences or Advertising; Diploma/certificate in Public Relations
• Advanced degree or professional qualification in PR or journalism preferred

Work Experience:

• 10 years in PR, whereof 2 years in supervisory/coordinating position
• 8 years in case of advanced degree or professional qualification

Training/specialization:

• Modern information practice and techniques
• Knowledge of audio-visuals an asset
• Membership of a professional public relations body

Competencies:

• Managerial & leadership skills
• Communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Presentation skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Customer service orientation
• Initiative and integrity

Language:

• English, other major languages are an asset

Status and Benefits

• Members of the Secretariat are international employees whose responsibilities are not national but exclusively international. In carrying out their functions they have to demonstrate the personal qualities expected of international employees such as integrity, independence and impartiality.
• The post is at grade D reporting to the Head of Public Relations & Information Department. The compensation package, including expatriate benefits, is commensurate with the level of the post.

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Job Code: 4.3.02
Location: Nigeria

Summary

• Within the Research Division, the Petroleum Studies Department provides pertinent and reliable information and analyses in support of decision-making and policy-making in Member Countries.
• It carries out research programs and studies on short-term petroleum market developments with the aim of issuing reports on a regular, as well as ad-hoc basis, highlighting important issues for their use and consideration. It conducts regular forecasts, elaborates and analyses oil market scenarios and prepares and publishes reports on these findings.
• It promotes OPEC’s views and technical analysis on short-term oil market developments to the industry at large and the general public via the OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report, as well as other reports, presentations and related pod casts. And it prepares and contributes to reports to be submitted to the Economic Commission Board, the Board of Governors, etc., as well as papers for various OPEC publications.

Objective of Position

• To study and analyse determinants of oil prices and price differentials between grades of crude oil as well as different market crude spreads with potential arbitrage flows and to analyse factors affecting petroleum future markets and their interaction with spot prices; to forecast short- and medium oil price movements and - on the basis of forecasts of oil demand and supply as well as current stock movements - to undertake market assessments under different scenarios and report thereon.

Main Responsibilities

• Consolidates analytical findings and prepares, coordinates and contributes to reports for submission to the Governing Bodies (primarily Economic Commission Board) and for issuance in the Daily, Weekly and Monthly Reports as well as for presentations in various forums.
• Carries out the Market Assessment for submission to the Governing Bodies (Board of Governors, Economic Commission Board, etc.).
• Analyses the price performance of different grades of crudes in the international oil market and identifies significant changes in price differentials.
• Studies and analyses crude oil pricing policies of oil exporting countries.
• Studies and analyses price developments in future markets, identifies prices levels and differentials in relation to spot markets.
• Follows up on the performance of the OPEC Reference Basket in relation to major benchmarks.
• Carries out further in-depth analyses and applies quantitative methods on oil market price movements.
• Analyses key factors which have an impact on oil prices, primarily in major consuming countries.

Required Competencies and Qualifications
Education:

• University degree in Economics, Petroleum Economics, Marketing, Engineering or related fields;
• Advanced degree preferred

Work Experience:

• 8 years in the oil industry sector
• 6 years in case of advanced degree

Training/specializations:

• Physical and future markets
• Supply/demand fundamentals
• Economics in the petroleum industry
• Trading tools
• Oil market and its fundamentals, in particular combination of all key factors influencing the oil market/prices

Competencies:

• Communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Presentation skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Customer service orientation
• Initiative and integrity

Language:

• English

Status and Benefits

• Members of the Secretariat are international employees whose responsibilities are not national but exclusively international. In carrying out their functions they have to demonstrate the personal qualities expected of international employees such as integrity, independence and impartiality.
• The post is at grade E reporting to the Head of Petroleum Studies Department. The compensation package, including expatriate benefits, is commensurate with the level of the post.