Director: Economic Statistics Assessment: Independent Quality Assessment at Statistics South Africa

key Performance Areas

• Manage data quality assessment for economic statistics products
• Ensure the development of independent quality assessment reports for economic statistics products
• Manage and coordinate the process of certifying statistics as official
• Ensure the development and review of data quality instruments and tools
• Ensure the development of policies and procedures processes and plans
• Manage staff and other resources of the Directorate.

Prerequisites

• A Bachelor’s degree/ NQF 7 in Statistics/ Accounting/ Economics/ Econometrics
• Training in official statistics, data quality including the use of SASQAF
• MS Office suite and MS Project 
• 5 years of experience at a middle/ senior managerial level and exposure of the following
• Statistical production process in the field of economic surveys and data quality assessment using SASQAF
• Knowledge of the Fundamental principles of official statistics, Statistics Act and legislations, Various statistical standards and classification systems
• Knowledge of statistical processes and the statistical value chain/generic statistical business process model
• Knowledge of international guidelines and methodologies as applicable to the field of economic statistics such as national accounts price statistics, Labour market statistics and government finance statistics etc.