Agriculture Statistical Officer II, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise
Full-time
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Job Apply : 27
Job Salary Range
$ GOB Pay Scale 17 - Fixed Per Year
Gender
Does not matter
Managerial Level
Supervisory
Job Category
Agricultural
Minimum Experience
5 Year
Degree Title
Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related field
Overview
Department :
Department of Agriculture
Sub Category :
Agriculture Statistical Officer II
Job Type :
Full-time
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
A. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. PREPARES survey plan for each survey carried out by the Ministry.
2. DESIGNS sampling strategies.
3. GENERATES weights for samples.
4. DEVELOPS tabulation plans and report formats for each survey.
5. PREPARES a ‘Key Finding Report’ and draft press release for each survey.
6. LEADS in the development and maintenance of sound statistics and indicators database.
7. EVALUATES sources of information to determine any limitations in terms of reliability or usability.
8. ENSURES that the international standards, guidelines, or good practices are observed in the collection and compilation of statistics and indicators.
9. MAINTAINS standardized documentation of concepts, scope, classification,
methodologies, and procedures used in the collection and compilation of statistics and indicators.
10. ENHANCES the Belize Agriculture Information System and use it to create analysis
reports.
11. ANALYSES economic statistics, write technical reports in required format and present statistics at various public forums.
12. WORKS in collaboration with Statistician II and Data Analyst to compile quarterly and annual commodity reports according to established methodologies.
13. ASSISTS with capacity building and training of the Ministries staff (Extension and Policy Unit).
14. FOSTERS effective statistical coordination and exchange between the Ministry and
relevant agencies and partners.
15. REPRESENTS the Ministry on committees, and at meetings, workshops and conferences locally and abroad.
16. ASSUMES responsibility for the Ministry’s assets assigned for the execution of the duties of the substantive post.
17. ENSURES that human resource management duties for all persons under direct supervision are dealt with.
18. ASSUMES responsibility of the department in the absence of the Agriculture Policy Analyst.
19. PERFORMS any other duties required for the effective functioning of the Unit.
Reporting Responsibility :
The Agriculture Statistical Officer II will report to the Agriculture Policy Analyst.
Accountable for :
Support Staff
Employment Type :
Permanent Establish
Required Travel :
Not required
Comments :
SALARY
Government Pay Scale 17 of $32,186 x 1,360 -$58,026.
Interested persons in possession of the required qualification and who have the aptitude for the post are requested to submit a complete application package through the Job Search and Employment Application Website https://www.publicservice.gov.bz/ or directly at https://jobs.publicservice.gov.bz/ no later than Friday, 10th July 2023.
Posted :
2023-06-27
Requirements
Minimum Education :
Bachelors Degree
Managerial Level :
Supervisory
Status
No of Jobs :
1
Start Publishing :
2023-06-27
Stop Publishing :
2023-07-11
Basic Purpose of Position
The Agriculture Statistical Officer II is responsible for collecting and analyzing national
agriculture data and present results for the purpose of decision making, data storage and
preservation, analysis/queries, visualization, and transfer/sharing; to maintain national agricultural statistics and market information database system; to develop and maintain profiles for commodities and trends in Agriculture
Conditions of Service
Conditions of service will be in accordance with the Belize Constitution (Public Service) Regulations, 2014, Financial and Stores Orders, Finance and Audit (Reform) Act and any other instructions issued from time to time.
Qualifications/Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related field, five (5) years’ experience working in the statistics field and experience in Statistical Analysis and Report Writing.
Competencies/Skills
COMPETENCIES/SKILLS
Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Access and SPSS and
other relevant statistical software.
Strong knowledge of supervisory principles and practices.
Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Strong analytical, quantitative and critical thinking skills.
Highly disciplined and effective team player.
Ability to handle multiple and complex tasks and meet strict deadlines.
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Application ends in 2023-07-11
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