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The post is located in the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch (DSSB), Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The incumbent of the post supports the project’s overall efforts to enhance the availability of quality disability statistics in the post-2015 development era and reports to the Senior Statistician/Project Manager. The UN Statistics Division has launched in June 2015 a project to enhance the capacity of national statistical offices to produce and disseminate good quality and fit-for-purpose statistics on disability for evidence-based policy making and monitoring. The project will be implemented from June 2015 to March 2019. The project activities include: 1) the formulation of international guidelines for the measurement of disability, taking into account existing measurement instruments, good national practices and country experiences; 2) the development of a database on disability statistics and the preparation of a compendium using the data gathered; 3) the enhancement of capacity of national statistical systems to collect and generate relevant and quality disability statistics based on international guidelines. Read on & apply: http://bit.ly/1uf0QVE You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.