Deadline: 21 November 2021

Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Principal Statistician.

AfDB’s mission is to spur sustainable economic development and social progress in its regional member countries (RMCs), thus contributing to poverty reduction.

Responsibilities

• Provide statistical and analytical support to the bank and member countries
• Lead and develop initiatives to enhance the production of socio-economic statistics and analyses in support of the activities and ensure accuracy and consistency in the use of statistical data throughout the bank; and provide guidance on statistical analysis and interpretation
• Develop and maintain a knowledge base of socio-economic and cross-sectoral statistics relating to the concepts, methods, classifications, best practices in such areas as demography, employment, health, education, poverty and living conditions, housing, environment, gender, governance, infrastructures, etc
• Define and recommend appropriate statistical methods to be used to improve socio-economic data production in RMCs and contribute to the bank’s statistics and publications in the area
• Review and advise on concepts, methods, classifications, best practices in the domain of socio-economic statistics, including demography, employment, health, education, poverty and living conditions, environment, gender, governance, infrastructures and the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• Lead the preparation of statistical publications for dissemination within the bank and to officials and institutions in member countries; and review data used in bank reports for consistency, accuracy and reliability
• Provide technical assistance to RMCs in the areas of SDGs tracking and monitoring and improving data sources for socio-economic statistics
• Contribute to the technical assistance to RMCs in order to ensure production of statistical indicators in compliance with international statistical standards and norms
• Improve capacities of statistical training centres to meet the needs of national statistics systems
• Initiate, build and maintain partnerships and technical cooperation with regional and international institutions
• Promote the use of the African Information Highway (AIH) in the bank, RNCs and regional economic communities (RECs) and assist in providing trainings on innovations in data collection and dissemination
• Support the implementation of the Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in Africa (SHaSA), the African Charter on Statistics and other regional statistical strategies and principles, as well as agreed quality assurance standards across Africa
• Contribute to the enhancement and maintenance of the bank’s statistical databases, including access, interface and utilisation
• Participate in activities within the bank and in RMCs for streamlining data management and dissemination through the Africa Information Highway initiative
• Represent the department/division in country teams and interdepartmental working groups within the bank
• Review operations documents, provide statistical inputs to bank group’s annual report and other reports
• Represent the bank at international and regional platforms, technical working groups and meetings pertaining to statistics

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics or a related quantitative area
• Six years, minimum, of relevant experience in statistical production, with sound experience in analysis of socio-economic statistics and statistical strategies
• Additional experience in statistical coordination will be a plus
• Solid experience in statistical operations and data management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities coupled with the ability to manage innovation and change
• Familiarity with AfDB’s AIH and Country Open Data Platforms (ODPs)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in French or English

To apply and for more information, click here.

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