SENIOR STATISTICIAN – CENSUS COORDINATION, POPULATION AND SOCIAL STATISTICS



Closing Date: February 28, 2022

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 abovementioned position in the Caribbean Community Secretariat with assigned duty station in Guyana.

2.         FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

The Senior Statistician, Census Coordination, Population and Social Statistics is responsible for coordinating and monitoring of activities and initiatives as part of regional support, to the conduct of the Population and Housing Census activities by Member States/Associate Members, and in accordance with the agreed-to CARICOM Regional Census Strategy. The officer will also be responsible for the management and execution of any donor funded projects that are supporting the Regional Census Strategy and would also monitor and undertake activities in the area of Population and Social Statistics production and dissemination.

3.         QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

A Master’s Degree in Statistics, Demography or any equivalent qualification with a solid quantitative/statistical bias, plus at least ten (10) years of relevant and equivalent level experience working in one or more of the following:

  • National Statistical Office/Agency
  • National/International or Regional Agency engaged in Population and Demographic Analysis and Research
  • The Statistical Unit of an International Organisation 
  • Other related agencies engaged in statistical research

In addition, the candidate should possess specialized training and good working knowledge in:

  • Demography
  • Household Surveys
  • Social Statistics
  • Other related areas of Statistics
  • National, Regional and International development issues.
  • Various IT applications such as SPSS and CSPro for demographic data analysis
  • Project management/management skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Language skills- written and oral/the use of English
  • Peoples Skill/human relations/ability to work as part of a team
  • Research and analytical capabilities
  • Knowledge/acumen with respect to protocols in interfacing with personnel at all levels and at meetings at the national, regional and international levels

4.         DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

KEY RESULT 1: Coordinates and monitors census activities in Member States.

Activities

  1. 1 COORDINATES and MONITORS programme activities and be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Regional Census Coordination Strategy; and
  1. 2 EXECUTES on a daily basis, operational activities to facilitate support to Member States to enable timely execution of the Censuses and the application of best-practices and exchange of support across Member States/Associate Members including in the following areas:
  1. 3 Development of Census Questionnaire, training material and other manuals;
    • Development of and the delivery of training of field personnel in Member States/Associate members as required
    • Provision of support as required in the areas of planning and preparation of activities in Census Mapping, Data processing and Analysis and Data Dissemination required; and
    • Provision of support and advice in other areas as required.

KEY RESULTS 2:  Provides technical assistance for census and population work in Member States.

Activities

2.1       UNDERTAKES technical assistance activities and PROVIDES advice as required to enable the efficient operation of the Census Activities in countries;

2.2       PREPARES and SUBMITS periodic reports on the status of work on the Census activities in countries;

2.3       PLANS and SUPPORTS the organization of Census related Meetings and events within the agreed to regional strategy and relevant budgets;

2.4       PLANS, ORGANISES and COORDINATES all initiatives and processes for the efficient preparation and/or completion of Census Data analysis;

2.5       PLANS and COORDINATES the meetings of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee and DIRECTSand FOLLOWS-UP the work of the Committee with a view to the successful completion of the specific Round of Population and Housing Censuses;

2.6       PROVIDES administrative and technical support to the relevant programme area in the mobilizing of funding from donor agencies, as necessary; and

2.7       ORGANISES, CONDUCTS and FACILITATES workshops, seminars and other meetings to assist Member States in activities pertaining to the development and streamlining of census activities.

KEY RESULTS 3: Plans and coordinates work in the area of population and social statistics.

Activities

3.1       UNDERTAKES developmental work in the area of population and social statistics;

3.2       ORGANISES, CONDUCTS and FACILITATES workshops, seminars and other meetings to assist Member States in activities pertaining to the development and streamlining of activities on population and social statistics;

3.3       PROVIDES methodological support to the development and harmonization of population, social and gender statistics;

3.4       ASSISTS in preparation/delivery of regional publications on, population, and social data/statistics; and

3.5       UNDERTAKES other related activities related to the above.

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

5.         EMOLUMENTS AND BENEFITS

An attractive remuneration package will be offered.

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 years and shall not exceed seventy-five per cent 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 children at any one time. The grant is payable for a maximum of five 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 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 months of service in respect of the Officer, spouse and up to two 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 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 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 Employment Portal.

14.       The deadline for the submission of applications is 28 February 2022.

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