Deputy Director: Standards Development: Statistical Standards at Statistics South Africa

key Performance Areas

• Monitor and coordinate the alignment of standards development initiatives with organisational and national priorities
• Monitor and coordinate the development, review, and updating of statistical standards, classifications, concepts and definitions in Stats SA and statistical units within entities of the NSS (economics, social and environmental sectors)
• Monitor the development and maintenance of statistical standards-related policies, technical documentation, guidelines, and metadata templates
• Monitor and coordinate environmental scanning activities to ensure informed development of national, regional, and international standards
• Develop and review frameworks
• Manage staff and other resources

Prerequisites

• A Bachelor’s degree/ NQF 7 in Statistics/ Demography/ Data Science/ Economics/ Econometrics;
• Training in Project Management, writing skills course, Suite of standards development courses, Advanced Management Course, Policy Development, Quality Management, Survey Methodology, Official Statistics,
• 3- 4 years’ experience at Assistant Director level in the statistical or related field; 
• Knowledge of the following is required: Fundamental principles of official statistics, Statistics Act and other legislations, Various statistical standards and classification systems,
• Knowledge of statistical processes and the statistical value chain, Survey Methodology, Various frameworks governing production of population and social statistics, and economics statistics, Government legislation/policies and how the Public Sector operates,
• Understanding of the role of statistics in government, Quality management systems and quality assessment frameworks, Interpretation of international guidelines and methodologies as applicable to the field of population and social statistics, and economic statistics.