DEPUTY PROGRAMME MANAGER REGIONAL STATISTICS



Closing Date: March 6, 2023

Type of Vacancy: /

Details of the Post

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community to fill the                 above-mentioned position in the Caribbean Community Secretariat with assigned duty station in Guyana.

2.         FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

The incumbent is responsible for coordinating and directing activities that can assist in the formulation of the plans and procedures of the Regional Statistics Programme; to analyse, interpret statistical data; and to apply statistical methodology for research and analysis for informed decision-making. The officer will have to assist in the undertaking of statistical capacity building activities and in the instilling of best practices in statistical production in the Region. Assisting in the day-to-day administration of the Regional Statistics Programme is also required.

3.         QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Candidates should possess a Master’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Econometrics, Demography, Data Science, Development Studies or related area, plus at least five (5) years of relevant and professional experience at a senior level collecting and compiling economic, social and demographic, or environment and multi-domain statistics in any of the following entities: 

  • National Statistical Office/Agency
  • International Agency – Central Bank, World Bank, IDB (Statistical Department)
  • The Statistical Unit of an International Organisation
  • Other related agencies engaged in statistics/research
  • A Statistics Department of a regional organisations

Specialised training and good working knowledge in:

  • Project Management
  • Communication
  • Knowledge/acumen with respect to protocols in interfacing with personnel of all levels and at meetings at the national, regional and international levels
  • Research Techniques
  • Leadership and Management

4.         DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

4.1       REVIEWS, STRUCTURES and ASSISTS in the delivery of the lists of products that can adequately meet the needs of users;

4.2       ADVISES on the frequency and timeliness of products and on the measures that are required to ensure that the long term and immediate needs of users are met;

4.3       DEVELOPS and ASSISTS in the planning and implementation of procedures that can minimise delays in production of the strategic output of the Regional Statistics Programme;

4.4       DEVELOPS core statistics to be produced by all Member Countries in the Region;

4.5       COORDINATES and REVIEWS the compilation and dissemination of specific areas of statistics;

4.6       ENSURES the application of quality assurance methods and principles in the production and dissemination of statistics;

4.7       ASSISTS in the implementation and monitoring of statistical systems developed to harmonise and in the instilling of best practices in statistical production and dissemination in the region;

4.8       REVIEWS and ASSISTS in the documentation of methodologies, procedures and practices in use in the production of Statistics in the Region

4.9       ASSISTS in the management and execution of statistical capacity-building projects being implemented in the region by the Regional Statistics Programme;

4.10     PARTICIPATES and CONTRIBUTES to the conduct of activities being undertaken in statistics by developmental partners in the region;

4.11     ASSISTS in the conduct of key statistical events that are held to develop and advance statistics in the region;

4.12     ASSISTS in the production and implementation of guidelines, standards of best practices in the development of Statistics in the Region;

4.13     ASSISTS in the training needs of the Regional Statistics Programme and in other programme areas of the Secretariat in areas that include the application of statistical methodology, development of indicator frameworks an analysis of data;

4.14     ASSISTS in other related areas as required such as the monitoring of the day-to-day operations of the Sub-Programme; and

4.15     UNDERTAKES any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Director, Statistics.

In addition to the Activities outlined above, the incumbent is expected to perform other related duties as assigned.

5.         EMOLUMENTS AND BENEFITS

This is an S3 post. The salary range for this position is EC$9,519.00 to EC$12,103.00 per month.

6.         EDUCATION GRANT

The Officer shall be eligible for the payment of an education grant in respect of children (including step-children and legally-adopted children) who require reasonable education facilities that are not available at the assigned duty station or whose education the Officer would not want to disrupt in relocating to take up this appointment.

The grant shall apply to children under the age of twenty-three (23) years and shall not exceed seventy-five per cent (75%) of the cost of tuition (including textbooks), room and board up to a maximum total of EC$16,200.00 per year per child for a maximum of two (2) children at any one time. The grant is payable for a maximum of five (5) years.

7.         SETTLEMENT GRANT

On assumption of duty in Guyana, the Officer shall be paid a settlement grant in respect of the staff member, his or her spouse and each eligible child or other approved dependent.  The number of dependents eligible for Settlement Grant shall not exceed six (6) persons.

8.         RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT

Appointment may be on permanent establishment or on secondment from a Public Service or a statutory body of a Member State or approved regional organisation. It will be subject to such regulations, rules, orders and instructions as exist and as may be introduced from time to time in respect of service with the Secretariat.

An Officer recruited from outside the assigned duty station, on first appointment, will be provided economy class air passages by the most direct route for the Officer, spouse and children (provided they are below the age of eighteen (18) years, unmarried and dependent on the Officer) and for such other dependents not exceeding two as may be approved by the    Secretary-General, provided that the number of children and other dependents does not exceed six (6) in all.

In addition to passages, the Officer will be granted the following transportation allowances:

(i)         ocean freight charges, including insurance, for shipping personal and household effects to Guyana, not exceeding 45.3 cubic meters, plus a motor car (if the Officer already owns one);

(ii)        the cost of transporting baggage, personal and household effects from the home of the Officer to the place of embarkation and from the port of disembarkation to the place of residence in Guyana; and

(iii)       the cost of packing and crating personal and household effects.

9.         LEAVE

The officer will be eligible for the grant of vacation leave at the rate of twenty (20) working days a year and a leave grant after every twelve (12) months of service in respect of the officer, spouse and up to two (2) dependent children.

10.       PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

The officer will be granted the privileges and immunities extended to officials of the Caribbean Community in accordance with Article 8 of the Community’s Headquarters Agreement with the Government of Guyana.

11.       GROUP HEALTH AND LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Subject to your acceptance by the Secretariat’s insurance carrier, Sagicor Life Inc., the Officer will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s group health, life and accident insurance schemes. With respect to the health insurance, the Officer will contribute fifty per cent (50%) of the premium.  The life and accident insurance scheme is non-contributory.

12.       SUPERANNUATION

An Officer appointed to this post will be required to participate in the Secretariat’s Defined Contribution Pension Plan and contribute 7 per cent of basic salary per month, while the Secretariat will contribute 13 percent of the Officer’s basic salary to the pension plan. Where the appointment is on secondment, the Secretariat will pay to the Officer’s substantive employer, over the period of secondment, a contribution not exceeding twenty-five per cent (25%) of the pensionable salary normally payable to the Officer by that employer so as to maintain the pensionable status of the Officer in the substantive employment.

13.       APPLICATIONS

Interested candidates must create a job profile and apply for the position via the CARICOM Secretariat’s Recruitment Portal. The link can be accessed at – https://caricom.org/opportunities_category/caricom-secretariat-vacancies/

14.       The deadline for the submission of applications is 6 March 2023.

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