Standards Advocacy Coordinator: Statistical Standards at Statistics South Africa

key Performance Areas

• Facilitate training and capacity-building initiatives for Stats SA and NSS statistical units across economic, social and environmental sectors
• Develop standards advocacy materials, campaigns, publications, and messaging on official statistics
• Develop and enhance the digital instruments and tools used for standards advocacy
• Facilitate and implement statistical standards advocacy programmes within Stats SA and within entities of the NSS
• Facilitate communication between standards owners, users, and implementing entities.

Prerequisites

• A National Diploma (NQF 6) in Statistics / Demography / Social Sciences / Economics
• 0-12 months’ experience in the statistical production process or related field
• Training in Official Statistics, MS Office Suite, Survey Methodology, Quality Management, Policy Development, Suite of standards development courses, Training Skills Course 
• Knowledge of Fundamental principles of official statistics, Statistics Act and other legislations, Various statistical standards and classification systems
• Knowledge of statistical processes and statistical value chain
• Knowledge of the development, maintenance and implementation of standards,
• Ensuring buy-in to standards and standards development processes,
• Knowledge of various frameworks governing production of population and social statistics and economic statistics
• A good understanding of government policies and initiatives and the role of statistics in government decision-making
• Knowledge of quality management systems and quality assessment frameworks
• Knowledge of stakeholder management and consultation.