Please see the attached job vacancy for the Food and Agriculture Organisation
of the
United Nations.

Vacancy No. ES/94/04

This vacancy announcement supersedes vacancy announcement No. ES/76/04.
Candidates who applied to
VA ES/76/04 need not to reapply to the present VA as they will be taken
automatically into consideration.

Title   Chief, Basic Food and Agriculture Statistics Service (ESSB)
Department/Division     Economic and Social Department/Statistics Division
(ESS)
Grade   D-1
Number  0092762
Duty Station/ Location  Rome/Italy
General Requirements    Post graduate qualifications or advanced university
degree in statistics, economics or a related field.

Twelve years of progressively responsible experience in national or
international statistical organizations.

Demonstrated professional competence and mastery of the major subject matters
of the Service.

Management and technical leadership of a high order in the area of food and
agriculture statistics, including statistical databases.

Fluency in English, French or Spanish and a limited knowledge of any of the
other two or Arabic or Chinese, the official languages of the Organization.

Ability to lead and work effectively with a diverse team of people of
different national and cultural backgrounds in an international setting.

Summary of Duties and Functions


        Under the general guidance of the Director of the Statistics Division
(ESS), the Chief, ESSB is responsible for the delivery of the programme of
work of the Service, ensuring effective work planning, programming and
budgeting of staff and non-staff resources.  The Service Chief recommends
selections of staff for vacant positions and consultancies, and guides,
supervises and evaluates the work of the staff of the Service.  Specifically,
the incumbent will:

Provide overall supervision and guidance relating to the compilation and
processing of food and agriculture statistics as well as the construction of
supply utilisation accounts and food balance sheets and index numbers.

Provide overall supervision and guidance relating to the updating of the
trade flows by origin and destination and international agricultural
merchandise trade matrices, including their dissemination.

Provide overall supervision and guidance relating to the development of
statistical concepts, definitions, standards and classification of food and
agriculture commodities.

Supervise the development, organisation and implementation of data/metadata
quality standards for food and agriculture commodities.

Provide technical assistance to member countries relating to the development
of their food and agricultural databases and participate in training
activities for the improvement of national data series.

Participate in meetings and seminars of inter-governmental bodies,
international non-governmental organizations, particularly those concerned
with agricultural statistics.

Provide leadership, coordination and supervision of the staff of the Service.


Additional information can be found at the ESS Division website at
http://www.fao.org/es/ess

Remuneration
        Without dependents: From US$ 111 385 to 124 973
With dependents: From US$ 120 503 to 136 199
FAO adheres to the UN common system of salaries, allowances and benefits.
General information regarding salaries allowances can be found at the
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (http://icsc.un.org/) Web site.
How to Apply    Applications, including a full curriculum vitae and Personal
History Form (available in MS Word (A4 <http://www.fao.org/VA/adm11e.dot>
and letter <http://www.fao.org/va/adm11use.dot>  formats), should be
submitted by 20 December 2004 to Office of the Director, Human Resources
Management Division (AFH), FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100, Rome,
Italy or sent by e-mail to  [log in to unmask] or faxed to Italy
06-5705 5131
For further information contact:        Mr. Haluk Kasnakoglu, Director,
Statistics Division (ESS).
Fax:  +39 06 5705 5614; E-mail: [log in to unmask]