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Working at INSEE

Personnel categories

Administrateurs (Echelon A)

Administrateurs are responsible for designing, managing, and coordinating the official statistical information system. Most Administrateurs work at the INSEE Head Office, but also in the Institute's Regional Offices as well as in the statistical and economic-analysis offices of French government ministries. Many other Administrateurs hold management-level positions in: branches of government units in charge of economic-affairs administration; public agencies; leading public- and private-sector enterprises; and banks.

Training for Administrateurs is provided in a three-year program at the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique: ENSAE). The school is located in Malakoff, just outside Paris.

Attachés (Echelon A)

Attachés are in charge of such tasks as: designing statistical-production projects; supervising project implementation; analysis; and dissemination of results at INSEE.

They are employed at INSEE's Head Office in Paris, its Regional Offices, and its national computing centers. Other Attachés work in statistical offices of other ministries at central or regional level. Attachés may also be assigned abroad as economic-cooperation experts. Such postings are typically reserved for experienced staff.

Training for Attachés is provided in a two-year program at the National School of Statistics and Information Analysis (École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information: ENSAI). The school is located on the Ker Lann campus in Rennes (Brittany).

INSEE Contrôleurs (Echelon B)

Contrôleurs are employed in all INSEE units. Their positions involve statistical, administrative, or computing tasks, depending on unit specialization:

  • gathering, initial processing, analysis, and dissemination of information
  • administrative management
  • automated information processing.

Training for Contrôleurs is provided in a twelve-month program that includes:

  • six months at the Libourne training center (CEFIL)
  • three-month "hands-on" internship in the INSEE directorate to which the applicant is to be assigned
  • three-months "adjustment" training in the actual position.

Adjoints administratifs (Echelon C)

Adjoints administratifs and Adjoints administratifs principaux help perform the administrative and technical tasks assigned to INSEE's regional and central units. They work under the authority of Echelon A and B staff.

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For further information

If you would like to register for one or more of these examinations and receive a detailed information brochure, please mail your request, together with a 22 cm x 32 cm envelope stamped at EUR 2 [for postage within the European Union], to the following address:

INSEE
Section Concours et Examens
Timbre C 269
18, bd Adolphe Pinard
75675 Paris cedex 14
Information: 01 41 17 52 21

The schools group

The Grouping of National Economics and Statistics Schools comprises:

  • ENSAE which trains INSEE administrateurs
  • ENSAI which trains INSEE attachés
  • CEPE (Center for the Study of Economic Programs), a training center for the public and private sectors (in French)
  • CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics), INSEE's research center

See also