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CHIEF OF SECTION, STATISTICS

Job Opening
Job Opening ID: 230934
Job Network : Economic, Social and Development
Job Family : Statistics
Category and Level : Professional and Higher Categories, P-5
Duty Station : ADDIS ABABA
Department/Office : Economic Commission for Africa
Date Posted : Apr 8, 2024
Deadline : Jun 6, 2024
Org. Setting and Reporting
ECA's mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 SDGs and Agenda 2063. The mission is guided by ECA's five new strategic directions which are: advancing ECA's position as a premier knowledge institution that builds on its unique position and privilege to bring global solutions to the continent's problems and take local solutions to the continent; developing macroeconomic and structural policy options to accelerate economic diversification and job creation; designing and implementing innovative financing models for infrastructure, and for human, physical and social assets for a transforming Africa; contributing solutions to regional and transboundary challenges, with a focus on peace security and social inclusion as an important development nexus; advocating Africa's position at the global level and developing regional responses as a contribution to global governance issues. The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) is headed by a Director and reports to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme). The Centre is responsible for improving production, dissemination and use of quality data and comparable data and statistics in Africa to support evidence-based policymaking, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 The Africa We Want. It is divided into four main sections: Economic, Infrastructure and Agriculture Statistics; Demographic and Social Statistics; Statistical Development, Data Innovation and Outreach; and Geospatial Information Management Systems. This position is located in the African Centre for Statistics of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). The incumbent heads the Economic, Infrastructure, and, Agriculture Statistics section and reports to the Director of the African Centre for Statistics.