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Principal Statistics Officer – AOSTI

African Union

African Union is recruiting a Principal Statistics Officer - AOSTI, to be based in Luanda, Angola.

Duties
  • Clean and validate research data according to the client’s specifications and within time constraints
  • Manage datasets and provide customised statistical results to clients
  • Produce customized tables, statistics and graphs
  • Develop mathematical/statistical models to inform science, technology and innovation policies
  • Participate in project teams to ensure that all statistical analyses are in line with the requirement of a project
  • Participate in proposal development activities to earn external funding
  • Provide mentorship in statistical skills to researchers and external clients
  • Oversee and coordinate S&T and related surveys in participating countries
  • Advise AU member states on the reliability of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) indicators and on the improvement of the data collating processes
  • Design, roll out and monitor standardised templates and metadata, reports and project tools to support STI and related surveys
  • Serve as a resource person for the AOSTI publications especially the production of STI statistics in the African Innovation Outlook Series
  • Provide mentorship in statistical skills to researchers and external clients
  • Maintain the reputation of the AOSTI by the relevance, quality, completeness timeliness, and accessibility of the STI information
  • Perform any other related tasks as delegated by the Executive Secretary of AOSTI
Requisites
  • A minimum of Master’s degree in mathematical Statistics, Economics or other related field
  • A minimum of eight (8) years of working experience in the field of statistics
  • Knowledge of statistical techniques
  • Communication skills, including oral and written presentation and the interpreting of statistical matters for lay audiences
  • Strong analytical, research, technical and organizational skills; Ability to undertake and manage a variety of research projects for a range of audiences
  • The ability to contribute to the preparation of project bids for research and consultancy activities
  • IT skills, familiarity with MS Office and statistical software such as SPSS, SAS
  • Familiarity with other computational software is desirable
  • Team working skills, the ability to work effectively with other professionals in general
  • Demonstrated ability to contribute to an effective team environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • A thorough background and experience in statistics and education research with an appropriate professional qualification
  • Experience of research and application of quantitative meth
Notes
  • Only short listed applicants will be contacted
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  • Publicado 06.07.2017
  • Expira 20.07.2017
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