Statistician (Quality Assurance)

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: 2006271

CCOG Code: 1M02

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for _better production_, _better nutrition_, _a _better environment,_ and _a better life_, leaving no one behind.

**Organizational Setting**
The Statistics Division (ESS) develops and advocates for the implementation of methodologies and standards for data collection, validation, processing and analysis, in the food and agriculture statistics domains. In these statistical domains, it also plays a key role in the compilation, processing and dissemination of internationally comparable data, and provides essential capacity building in support of Member Nations. The Division also disseminates publications, working papers and statistical yearbooks, that cover agriculture and food security statistics, including prices, investments, production, trade and agri-environmental statistical data. Finally, as the ESS Director also plays the role of FAO Chief Statistician, the Division supports the various functions of the Chief Statistician, that is to ensure stronger governance of FAO's data and statistical system, foster consistency of FAO's Data and Statistical programme within the Strategic Framework, ensure statistical excellence through the implementation of statistical standards and quality assurance mechanisms, and position FAO's presence in data and statistical discussions at global level.

The incumbent will work in Data Quality Unit within the Statistics Division, which aims to ensure that the Organization produces and disseminates high-quality data and statistics related to its mandate. The unit develops, updates and implements corporate quality frameworks, policies, standards, procedures and tools to ensure that statistical processes are sound and disseminated data and statistics are of the highest possible quality. It also monitors the quality of FAO data and statistics and supports FAO technical units in improving their compliance to internal quality policies, standards and procedures. Finally, it provides quality assurance support and tools to countries to improve the quality of food and agriculture data and statistics produced at the national level.

The post is located in in the Statistics Division, ESS, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**
The Statistician (Quality Assurance) reports to the Senior Statistician, Team Leader of the ESS Data Quality Unit.

**Technical Focus**
Supports the quality assurance and management efforts of the Division. In particular:

- The enhancement of the quality of data produced and disseminated by FAO;
- Data and statistical quality assurance, management and monitoring;
- Development and implementation of statistical standards, policies, tools, procedures and methods to improve quality of FAO statistical processes and data assets;
- Technical clearances of data collection, data platforms and other data-related/statistical activities performed by FAO;
- Quality assessments and audits of FAO statistical processes and data assets;
- Capacity development on statistical and data quality-related matters.

**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 unstru