Statistician

Job Description

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Job Posting

02/Oct/2026

Closure Date

23/Oct/2026, 9:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : ESS

Job Type

Staff position

Type of Requisition : Professional

Primary Location

Italy-Rome

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

Post Number : 2002755

CCOG Code : 1M02

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FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.

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 countries. 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 Food Security and Nutrition Statistics team within the Statistics Division and will contribute to the production and dissemination of all statistics reported in the Food Security and Nutrition, Food and Diet, and Cost and Affordability of Healthy Diets data domains of FAOSTAT.

The position is located in the Statistics Division (ESS) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Lines

The Statistician reports to the Senior Statistician and team leader of the Food Security and Nutrition Statistics Team, under the overall guidance of the Director of ESS.

Technical Focus

The S tatistician will provide statistical expertise in the improvement of existing methods and development of new methods for the generation of food security and nutrition statistics, and in the compilation, processing, validation, analysis, storage and dissemination of data, microdata and metadata, with a special emphasis on data from experience-based food security scales. The role includes: ensuring the correct application of methods to estimate the Prevalence of food insecurity based on Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU), and the Prevalence of Unaffordability of a hea