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- Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply;
- Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
- FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
- All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
- All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
FAO’s commitment to environmental sustainability is integral to our strategic objectives and operations.
Organizational Setting
In close coordination with the Statistics Division (ESS), and the Office of Chief Statistician (OCS) in FAO headquarters in Rome, the Regional Statistician for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC) and Subregional Office for the Caribbean (SLC) coordinate the delivery and implementation of statistical support to member countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
The portfolio of work can be primarily divided into 4 areas. The first area is on technical assistance to build capacity to monitor the 21 SDG indicators under FAO custodianship. This work entails reviewing statistical operations, making recommendations for modifying questionnaires and sampling approaches, implementing pilots, and training country counterparts on data analysis and results interpretation. The second area is assistance on agricultural surveys and census. In this area work, FAO assists countries in every step of the design and implementation of agricultural surveys and censuses. The third area of work is supporting countries on the use of earth observation data for producing agricultural statistics. More specifically, FAO trains countries on the best ways of collecting in situ data, crop cover and mapping classification methodologies, and generating estimates and forecasts of key agricultural variables by combining in situ and earth observation data. Finally, FAO plays a key role in international coordination through organizing the regional technical commission for agricultural statistics, and participating in regional and subregional for a which promote agricultural statistics.
Reporting Lines
Consultants and PSA subscribers will work under the immediate supervision of either the Regional Statistician or Sub regional Statistician. They are also required to work in close collaboration with FAO Divisions and Teams in country offices, regional and sub regional offices, as well as Headquarters.
Technical Focus
Consultants and PSA subscribers will work in one or more of the following statistical domains\:
• Sustainable Development Goals indicators;
• Postharvest losses, food losses and food waste statistics;
• Food security and nutrition statistics;
• Crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and forestry statistics;
• Prices, costs of production, investment and public expenditure statistics;
• National Accounts Statistics and System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) on crop, livestock, fishing and forestry sub-sector including capital formation;
• Agro-environmental statistics including Fertilizers, Pesticides and Land Use;
• Climate Change relevant statistics and indicators, including GHG emissions;
• Poverty and rural poverty statistics, rural livelihoods statistics;
• Agricultural surveys and censuses;
• Agricultural and rural labour and decent work statistics, social protection statistics;
• Territorial statistics, including rural and rural livelihoods statistics;
• Geo-spatial statistical applications; Land cover/land use statistics;
• Statistics on resilience, damage and losses from hazardous events;
• Corporate statistical planning and corporate statistical policies;
• Quality assurance of statistical processes;
• International Definitions, Classifications and statistical standards;
• Monitoring and Evaluation of corporate results frameworks.
Tasks and responsibilities
In one or more of the above-mentioned statistical domains, Consultants and PSA subscribers will contribute to and/or take responsibility for one or more of the following tasks\:
• Support methodological development (for data processing, analysis, imputation of missing data, validation and quality control)
• Advise sampling design on farm or household survey
• Process micro-data and computation of indicators from household surveys and farm surveys
• Apply statistical software such as R and Stata to manage, analyze, and visualize data.Apply technologies for data collection (CAPI, Remote Sensing, Crowdsourcing, Web scrapping)
• Design and adapt questionnaires for surveys in agricultural statistics.
• Analyze data using item response theory to enhance measurement and assessment quality
• Develop statistical capacity, including needs assessments
• Advocate for, communicate, and implement statistical policies
• Devolop and support strategic planning in agricultural and rural statistics
• Integrate and utilize administrative data in agricultural and rural statistics
• Archive, communicate, and disseminate statistical products
• Design, prepare, and manage statistical projects
• They will perform other related duties as required.
FAO Standards and guidelines\:
• Liaison with OCC will be maintained, either directly or through an agreed focal point/coordinator, to ensure compliance with OCC standards, aligned messaging, and appropriate review and clearance processes.
• All communication materials will follow FAO clearance processes and comply with FAO standards, including\:
FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31\: https\://www.fao.org/strategic-framework/en
FAO social media policy and guidelines\: https\://www.fao.org/2/socialmedia
Social Media Branding Guidelines\: https\://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cb5044en
FAOSTYLE https\://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cb8081en
FAO terminology http\://www.fao.org/faoterm
FAO Names of Countries https\://www.fao.org/nocs/en
Story guidelines, Story template, UN map standards, FAO logo policy and related branding guidelines (available to staff).
• Further guidance regarding FAO communications, policies and procedures can be found through the FAO intranet, OCC section.
• Statistical activities and data outputs will comply with the principle outlined in the FAO Statistics and Data Quality Assurance Framework\: https\://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/467e9cc0-0b77-4741-99d5-7f044bac7f13/content
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• University degree in statistics, economics, social sciences, environmental sciences, or a related and relevant field.
• Minimum of 1 year (for PSAs) / 3 years (for Consultants) of experience for Level C, 5 years (for PSAs) / 7 years (for Consultants) for Level B, and 10 years (for PSAs) / 12 years (for Consultants) of experience for Level A in data, statistics, survey sampling, use of earth observation data, or geospatial analysis.
• Working knowledge of either English or Spanish (level C)
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- FAO does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, processing)
- Please note that FAO will only consider academic credentials or degrees obtained from an educational institution recognized in the IAU/UNESCO list
- Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http\://www.whed.net/
- For more information, visit the FAO employment website
- Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
HOW TO APPLY
• To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills
• Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
• Candidates may be requested to provide performance assessments and authorization to conduct verification checks of past and present work, character, education, military and police records to ascertain any and all information which may be pertinent to the employment qualifications
• Incomplete applications will not be considered
• Personal information provided on your application may be shared within FAO and with other companies acting on FAO’s behalf to provide employment support services such as pre-screening of applications, assessment tests, background checks and other related services. You will be asked to provide your consent before submitting your application. You may withdraw consent at any time, by withdrawing your application, in such case FAO will no longer be able to consider your application
• Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered
• Your application will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile
• We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.
If you need help or have queries, please create a one-time registration with FAO’s client support team for further assistance\: https\://fao.service-now.com/csp
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