Result of Service

Under supervision/guidance of a Statistician or more senior Statistical Assistant, provides effective statistical assistance to an essential function of the unit in an efficient and timely manner.

Work Location

UN-House ESCWA

Expected duration

6 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

Resilient and agile national statistical systems: Improving Production and Communication of SDG Data to Leave No One Behind through modernization and improved coordination. Within delegated authority, the Statistical Assistant will be responsible for the following duties: • Assists in data collection, compilation, and dissemination, including the use of web scraping and APIs for automated data capturing. • Assembles original statistical material; adjusts reported data from different sources and loads data into a computerized database system. • Produces estimates and aggregates based on processing large microdata. Ensures disclosure protection and confidentiality of individual micro data sets. • Generates advanced graphs, tables, and statistical maps to facilitate further review and analysis of data by colleagues or for reports and official publications. • Participates in the review and compilation of background materials, e.g., previous survey material and results. • Assists in the evaluation and examination of data sets for accuracy, clarity, and validity. • Compiles statistical series for comparison against estimates. • Updates statistical series in established electronic formats. Applies new data and derived statistics. • Assists in the maintenance of relevant computerized databases and data dissemination portals and dashboards. • Assists in liaising with United Nations system organizations to obtain necessary statistical and other relevant information. • Prepares data sets upon request; responds to queries/requests and maintains/updates web pages. • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/special skills

A high school diploma is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of 6 years of experience in statistics, finance, accounting, economics or related area is required. Experience in using modern statistical and data processing tools (Stata, Python, R) is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

Additional Information

Recruitment for this position is on a local basis. The incumbent is required to have the legal right to live and work in the specified working location.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.