Statistician (Price Statistics)

Job Posting: 30/Sep/2024

Closure Date: 21/Oct/2024, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: ESS

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional

Grade Level: P-3

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: two years with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2002662

CCOG Code: 1M02

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**Organizational Setting**
The Statistics Division (ESS) develops and advocates for the implementation of methodologies and standards for data collection, validation, processing and analysis of food and agriculture statistics. In these statistical domains, it also plays a vital role in the compilation, processing and dissemination of internationally comparable data and provides essential capacity building support to Member Nations. In addition, the Division disseminates many publications, working papers and statistical yearbooks, that cover agricultural and food security relevant statistics (including prices, investments, production, trade and agri-environmental statistical data).
The work of the Division on social and economic statistics focuses on the contribution of agriculture to economic growth and food production, as well as rural livelihoods, poverty and resilience to disasters. Among other activities, the Social and Economic Statistics Team of the Division is responsible for collecting, compiling and disseminating statistics on prices of agricultural commodities and food products along the value chain which includes agriculture producer prices (APP), agriculture producer price indexes (APPI), consumer price indexes (CPI) and food CPIs. At the same time, it is in charge of the development of methodologies to analyse price data and provides capacity development and training at country level for the development of producer price and APPI statistical programs.
The position is located in the Social and Economic Statistics Team of the Statistics Division at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**
Under the general supervision of the Director of ESS, the Statistician (Price Statistics) reports to the Statistician/Team Leader of the Social and Economic Statistics Team.

**Technical Focus**
Updates and improvements of economic statistics published in FAOSTAT (FAO database) and other data platforms of FAO, in particular statistics on prices of agricultural commodities and food products. Methodological innovations in these data domains. Implementation of new methods within the Statistical Working System (SWS). Availability and updates of related capacity development materials. Involvement in capacity development programmes.

**Key Results**
Research and analysis of information, data and statistics, statistical methods, statistical and econometric modelling. Development and maintenance of specialized tools, methodologies, systems and/or databases and the technical assistance services to support the implementation/delivery and monitoring of the programme of work and related products, projects, publications and services.

**Key Functions**
- Collects, reviews, processes and/or analyses key social/economic/environmental/indicators, based on both traditional statistical methods/sources or on unstructured sources and data science methods, to support the delivery of economic and social development programmes of work, which can be focused on products, projects, publications or services.
- Develops improved/updated technical, statistical and/or analytical tools, systems, databases.
- Conducts research, data collection, validation, analysis and/or reporting in support of the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovative tools and methodologies to be used within the Organization or by external stakeholders.
- Produces a variety of technical reports and provides input in technical do