ECA Fellowship in Statistical Development
 

The programme of work of the African Centre for Statistics (ACS) is aimed at increasing the capability of African statistical systems in development, dissemination, maintenance of database, and use of key demographic, social, economic and environmental statistics in compliance with internationally standards and good practices, including the  SNA93 and related manuals, the Principles and Recommendations for populations and housing censuses (P&R), etc..

Through technical assistance and meetings, the ACS collects considerable data for the update of African Statistical Yearbook and database.

 I. Conditions

• The fellowship is for a period of three months

• The fellow will receive a lump sum payment of USD 3,000  per month and a round trip ticket to Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia

II.Responsibilities

• Develop and review manuals on statistics including census planning and enumeration, censuses data processing, informal sector statistics, statistical harmonization and trade statistics;

• Contribute to data collection and review the data area of expertise for the compilation of African Statistical Yearbook (ASYB) and the maintenance of the ECA database;

• Participate in the organization of a technical workshop on population censuses, household surveys, labor force, employment, national accounts, trade statistics or environment for African countries;

• Contribute to the substantive servicing and development of report to the upcoming subsidiary meetings such as the Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom-Africa) and the African Statistical Development (FASDEV) ;

• Contribute to the development of promotional materials and celebration for the African Statistical Day (ASD).

Competencies

Professionalism - Demonstrate professional competence and mastery of statistics; sound analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to determine suitability, validity and accuracy of data provided by others;

Technological Awareness – Demonstrate initiative in keeping abreast with technology and actively seeks to apply it to appropriate tasks.

Teamwork - Comfortable working in a collaborative style and with good interpersonal skills; ability to work in a multicultural environment and ability to establish effective working relationships with a team.

Communication - Demonstrate openness to sharing information and keeping people informed; strong communications skills, both oral and written, especially ability to draft/edit a variety of written reports and studies in a clear, concise style.

IV Qualifications

Education

Advanced University Degree (MA or MSc) in statistics, demographic statistics or computer science is required.

Work Experience

Experience at the national level, in the African context, in some of the following areas: social statistics, population censuses, harmonized price statistics, national accounts and trade statistics.

Languages

Fluency in written and oral English or French and knowledge of the other language is an advantage.

Other desirable Skills

Demonstrated in-depth technical knowledge of statistical packages (SPSS, SAS or STATA) is required.

Ability to use special statistical software for data analysis is an asset, such as EUROTRACE, ERE-TES and REDATAM.

VI. Deadline for application

10 August 2009
(Any applications received after this deadline will not be reviewed)

For more information and to apply, send fax or email a pdf copy of ypour personal history profile (PHP) from the UN jobs website to:

Ms Susan Mokoyana, Chief
Human Resources Services Section
P.O. BX 3001 Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia
E-mail: RecruitmentPPsot@uneca.org
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