Statistics Specialist

Responsibilities
• Establish working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Collect feedback from internal and external stakeholders on issues being faced and other requirements
• Contribute to the preparation of progress reports directed to all relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress
• Actively gain exposure and insights to local market development, business opportunities and the existing regulatory landscape
• Actively participate in on-the-job training, mentoring, and coaching of subordinates
• Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility and monitor the workflow
• Develop guidelines and methodologies for the production of statistics leveraging previous experience and international best practices
• Conduct detailed feasibility assessments and develop briefs and business cases for relevant initiatives/projects
• Develop technical proposals for relevant initiatives/projects including detailed description of the proposed work, objectives and resources required
• Guide workshops with concerned stakeholders to ensure alignment on statistical requirements and expectations, and review developed plans
• Oversee the design of variables to be collected, variables to be derived and/or collection methods while ensuring alignment with requirements and expectations
• Follow up on data gathering to ensure data accuracy and completeness in a timely manner and according to pre-defined guidelines and plans
• Identify optimal methods for input data classification and coding based on pre-defined guidelines and objectives
• Assess finalized data files to validate completion and accuracy, and recommend areas for improvement
• Evaluate drafted statistical outputs and oversee validation activities to recommend improvements as needed
• Ensure completeness of statistical reports in a timely manner and assess validity
• Oversee continuous evaluation outcomes to recommend needed changes and resolve escalated issues
• Review post-process evaluation reports to develop action plan and associated monitoring mechanism

Qualifications
• 6+ years of experience in a Statistics field
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics/Statistics or equivalent is required