Number of Applicants
:000+
Organization: UNDP Saudi Arabia, through Stars Orbit Consultants and Management Development (SOC).
VA No. VA24-87
Position Title: International Trade Statistics Expert
Consultancy Type: International Expert
Duty Station: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 3 months
Vacancy Date of Issue: 6 June 2024
Vacancy Closure Date: 12 June 2024
Expected Starting Date: As soon as possible
Office/Unit/Project Description
Saudi Arabia has realized and sustained, for the last four decades, remarkable progress along the socio- economic development path. As a result of this, the Kingdom has been able to move to a high-income country. The GDP, for instance, increased from SAR 156 billion in 1969 to SAR 4,160 billion in 2022, putting the economy among the top 20 global economies in terms of size. Based on the annual ranking of the Human Development Index (HDI) of the Human Development Report, Saudi Arabia has steadily moved from the medium human development category in the 1990s to the very high human development category in 2021 at 0.875 value of HDI. The Saudi Vision 2030 represents an ambitious resolve with long- term goals and expectations founded on the strengths and capabilities of the Kingdom. It covers the three themes of a vibrant society, a thriving economy and an ambitious nation. A thorough review of the three themes and their underlying issues of national concern would reveal a holistic approach to development that encompasses the three dimensions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the social, the economic and the environmental. Saudi Arabia recognizes that achieving the SDGs requires rigorous, real- time and continuous monitoring for which quality statistics is a must. The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) has gone through a major revision of its corporate strategy and vision in alignment with the Saudi Vision 2030 and the SDGs. The revised strategy revolves around five pillars:
Under the framework of the Institutional Support to Statistics project, UNDP provides technical support to the GASTAT to strengthen the institutional and human capacities of the national statistical system (NSS) to support evidence-based development planning and policy-making , and to implement the National Strategy for Statistical Development (NSSD) successfully, and modernize the national statistical system.
Scope of Work
In order to support the General Authority of Statistics (GASTAT) and National statistical system (NSS) in monitoring and reporting the sustainable development goals (SDGs), producing official statistics and data with quality and in the context of the technical cooperation framework with the GASTAT -Institutional Support to Statistics Project - the UNDP is seeking a International trade Statistics Expert to provide technical support to the Business, investment , and international trade statistics Department . The international trade Statistics Expert will provide technical assistance related to international trade in goods statistics which include Import/Export (Volume / Price) Statistics, in terms of processing, calculating, and publishing statistics for certain products, including Import and Export index, Raw materials price index and Capital goods price index to support the establishment of robust economic statistics.
The responsibilities under this assignment include the following:
The business statistics expert will provide technical assistance on SBR and the Business demography statics methodology, and indicators. In addition to evaluating validating and analyzing the collected data.
The Expert will also implement capacity strengthening activities, including training and mentoring the staff. Specifically, the responsibilities under this assignment include the following:
Technical support:
Capacity Development
Institutional Arrangement
Duration of the Work
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