Statistician

Job Posting: 17/Apr/2025

Closure Date: 08/May/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: ESS

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional

Grade Level: P-2

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

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

Post Number: 1046675

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, 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 the Crops, Livestock and Food Statistics (CLFS) team within the Statistics Division, which compiles, validates and disseminates global annual statistics on the FAOSTAT digital platform, covering the three domains of crops and livestock: production of primary and processed crops and livestock commodities, trade of agricultural products, and supply utilization accounts/food balance sheets. The team provides capacity development and technical support to countries relating to the food balance sheets methodology and data validation and engages in interinstitutional cooperation with national statistics offices on streamlining their data collection and reconciliation processes.

The position is located in ESS at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

**Reporting Lines**
The Statistician reports to the Senior Statistician/Team Leader of the CLFS team under the overall guidance of the Director of ESS.

**Technical Focus**

Updates and provides contribution to the improvement of statistics on crops, livestock and food supplies, i.e. the Production, Trade and Food Balance Sheets (FBS) domains published in FAOSTAT. Contribution to the implementation of methodological innovations in these data domains. Contribution to the implementation of new methods within the Statistical Working System (SWS). Availability and updates of related capacity development material. Involvement in capacity development programmes.

**Key Results**

Collection, analysis and review of information, data and statistics, and project/meeting services to support programme products, projects, publications and services.

**Key Functions**
- Participates in the development of improved and/or updated technical, statistical and/or analytical tools, systems, databases; participates in the collection, review, processing and/or analysis of 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.
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