UN Habitat Statistician Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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UN Habitat Statistician Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Statistician”.

Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 06 April 2024.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. UN-Habitat maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1996.

The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 26 February 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Statistician to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2024

Responsibilities:

Initiates and co-ordinates the development of appropriate methods for obtaining relevant data.
Ensure the quality of collected data for accuracy, consistency and comparability.
Plans and conducts analytical programmes of work in relevant areas of statistics.
Supervises and contributes to the development of relevant databases, web publishing tools and other software for collection, storage and distribution of statistical data.
Undertakes methodological research with regard to standards on concepts, definitions and classifications to assist countries and other constituents in strengthening their statistical development.

Qualification & Experience:

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in statistics, mathematics, economics, sociology, demography or related field is required. A first level university degree in combination with two (2) years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.
A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in data collection and analysis or related area is required.
Experience with the design and use of urban indicators, the development of monitoring capacity building projects, and conducting workshops for training and developing and promoting indicators for policy formulation is desirable.

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