Description
The Pacific Group(SPC) is the principal scientific and technical organisation within the Pacific area, supporting improvement since 1947. We’re a world improvement organisation owned and ruled by our 27 nation and territory members. In pursuit of sustainable improvement to learn Pacific folks, our distinctive organisation works throughout greater than 25 sectors. We’re identified for our information and innovation in such areas as fisheries science, public well being surveillance, geoscience, and conservation of plant genetic assets for meals and agriculture.
The Statistics for Growth Division (SDD) relies in SPC’s headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia. The division employs roughly 30-45 employees, all of whom are all based mostly in Noumea. SDD’s purpose is to assist the Pacific Island Nations and Territories obtain “extremely competent and sustainable nationwide statistics methods that meet nationwide and worldwide statistics wants for evidence-based coverage, planning and monitoring.” SDD has a regional statistical system management and coordination position; and in addition helps the area instantly in information infrastructure, assortment, statistical methodology, evaluation and dissemination.
The position – the Statistics Officer /Adviser – Social (Gender, Equality, Incapacity and Social Inclusion) will form and lead SDD’s work program to strengthen the manufacturing, availability, evaluation and use of statistics on gender, equality, incapacity and social inclusion (GEDSI) and associated social statistics for Pacific Island international locations and territories, together with guiding statistical manufacturing, and offering statistical technical assist and coaching.
The important thing obligations of the position embody the next:
Methods of working
- Contribute as a person and team-member to the organisational or ‘methods of working’ goals within the division marketing strategy.
- Coordinate assist for gender, equality, incapacity and social inclusion (GEDSI) statistics with the remainder of the group and division’s actions and methods of working in addition to with regional frameworks and priorities.
- Guarantee different divisional employees are actively engaged on this position’s actions via peer evaluate, shared tasks and code, coordinated missions and duties, and joint authorship.
Growth and enchancment of Pacific gender, equality, incapacity and social inclusion (GEDSI) and associated social statistics and indicators
- Guarantee effectively designed and run packages of labor are applied to enhance Pacific Gender Statistics and Pacific Incapacity Statistics via concrete actions in partnership with member international locations and improvement companions.
- Work in shut collaboration with different SPC Divisions, together with Human Rights and Social Growth (HRSD) to make sure GEDSI statistics and information wants are recognized and addressed.
- Assessment and report periodically progress within the improvement of GEDSI statistics and indicators throughout international locations.
- Signify professionally SDD and area in worldwide technical working teams.
- Foster and preserve common liaison and technical collaboration with key technical companions (together with UNW, UNICEF, ABS, ADB, UNESCAP, UN Stats, Stats NZ, PIFS, MSG, SIAP, USP).
Assortment, evaluation, dissemination and communication of GEDSI and associated social statistics and indicators
- Accumulate, compile, analyse and classify gender, human rights and associated social statistics in collaboration with member international locations utilizing census, survey and administrative information as the first information sources.
- Produce statistics and indicators utilizing applicable statistical strategies with respect to worldwide greatest practices and requirements.
- Guarantee statistics and indicators are compiled into nationwide, sub-regional and regional statistics tables and indicators are repeatedly up to date and disseminated via the Pacific Knowledge Hub in collaboration with different SDD group members.
- Develop analytical reviews, truth sheets and different information merchandise for the Pacific area and international locations utilizing GEDSI statistics and indicators in collaboration with PICTs and different SDD group members.
- Produce technical papers and steering on gender, human rights and associated social statistics and indicators within the Pacific.
Technical help, coaching and assist
- Present well timed and helpful responses to member nation and different person requests for help with the sourcing and evaluation of gender, human rights and associated social statistics and indicators.
- Guarantee formal coaching is offered, together with workshops, on-the-job-training and supervising skilled attachments within the assortment, evaluation and reporting of gender, human rights and associated social statistics.
- Assist HRSD in figuring out and assembly GEDSI information wants via official statistics and indicators.
- Guarantee assist is offered to enhance and innovate information assortment methodologies in GEDSI and in addressing dangers and moral challenges in delicate subjects, with a purpose to increase the knowledge wanted to fill analysis and information gaps.
- Preserve partnership and collaboration with different businesses concerned in monitoring GEDSI points within the area, together with UN Ladies, HRMI and different associated businesses and ministries.
For a extra detailed account of the important thing obligations, please confer with the web job description.
Key choice standards
{Qualifications}
- Grasp’s Diploma in statistics, information science, gender, improvement research or different educational self-discipline associated to the position.
Technical experience
- Related expertise in official statistics or associated areas. 10 years’ expertise is fascinating for the Statistics Adviser stage and 5 years’ expertise is fascinating for the Statistics Officer stage.
- Sturdy understanding of Pacific and/or worldwide GEDSI statistics and points.
- Sturdy expertise and demonstrated expertise with the manufacturing, evaluation and interpretation of census, survey and administrative information associated to gender, incapacity and human rights.
- moreover, for appointment on the Statistics Adviser stage, understanding of the significance of statistics and information for coverage improvement and planning, together with for sustainable improvement targets.
- Good understanding of the challenges creating international locations (significantly small island states) face within the assortment, manufacturing, evaluation and use of official statistics.
Language expertise
- Glorious oral and written English language communication, and competence in writing and delivering technical reviews and displays.
Interpersonal expertise and cultural consciousness
- Demonstrated potential to work with folks from completely different nationwide and cultural backgrounds.
Wage, phrases and situations
Contract Length – This vacant place is budgeted for 3 years and is topic to renewal relying on efficiency and funding.
Remuneration – Appointment will probably be made at both the **Statistics Adviser – Social (Gender, Equality, Incapacity and Social Inclusion)**stage band 11 place in SPC’s 2024 wage scale, with a beginning wage vary of SDR (particular drawing rights) 4,206-5,161 per 30 days, which converts to roughly XPF 622,159-763,470 (USD 5,594-6,865; EUR 5,214-6,398); or the **Statistics Officer – Social (Gender, Equality, Incapacity and Social Inclusion)**stage band 9 place in SPC’s 2024 wage scale, with a beginning wage vary of SDR (particular drawing rights) 3,209 – 3,915 per 30 days, which converts to roughly XPF 474,675 – 579,141 (USD 4,268-5,207; EUR 3,978-4,853) . A suggestion of appointment for an preliminary contract will probably be made within the decrease half of this vary, with due consideration being given to expertise and {qualifications}. Development throughout the wage scale will probably be based mostly on annual efficiency opinions. SPC salaries should not presently topic to earnings tax in New Caledonia.
Advantages for worldwide employees staff based mostly in New Caledonia – SPC gives subsidised housing in Noumea. Institution and repatriation grant, removing bills, airfares, dwelling depart journey, well being and life and incapacity insurances and training allowances can be found for eligible staff and their eligible dependents. Workers are entitled to 25 working days of annual depart every year and different kinds of depart, and entry to SPC’s Provident Fund (contributing 8% of wage, to which SPC provides an identical contribution).
Languages – SPC’s working languages are English and French.
Recruitment ideas – SPC’s recruitment relies on benefit and equity, and candidates are competing in a range course of that’s honest, clear and non-discriminatory. SPC is an equal-opportunity employer, and is dedicated to cultural and gender variety, together with bilinguism, and can search to draw and appoint candidates who respect these values. Due consideration is given to gender fairness and the upkeep of sturdy illustration from Pacific Island professionals. If two interviewed candidates are ranked equal by the choice panel, desire will begiven to the Pacific Islander. Candidates will probably be assured of full confidentiality in keeping with SPC’s non-public coverage.
The way to apply
Software process
Cut-off date: 12 Could 2024 – 11:00 pm (Noumea time)
Job Reference: CR000218
Candidates should apply on-line at http://careers.spc.int/
Laborious copies of purposes is not going to be accepted.
To your utility to be thought-about, it’s essential to present us with:
- an up to date resume with contact particulars for 3 skilled referees
- a canopy letter detailing your expertise, expertise and curiosity on this place
- responses to all screening questions
Your utility will probably be thought-about incomplete and won’t be reviewed at shortlisting stage if all of the above paperwork should not offered. Candidates mustn’t connect copies of {qualifications} or letters of reference.
Please guarantee your paperwork are in Microsoft Phrase or Adobe PDF format.
SPC doesn’t cost a charge to contemplate your utility and can by no means ask in your banking or monetary info through the recruitment course of.
Screening questions (most of two,000 characters per query):
- Please share your expertise within the assortment, processing, evaluation and/or dissemination of statistics on gender equality, incapacity and social inclusion (GEDSI).
- Which space(s) of GEDSI statistics are you specialised in? Present examples of the way you present your thought management on this space.
- Present an instance of your expertise in constructing functionality for statistics manufacturing and use. What methods did you utilize, what challenges did you face, and the way did you overcome these challenges?