Osun State Government Recruitment- Statistician Needed apply here

Applications are invited for the position below:

Job Title: Statistician – General

Reference Number: Osun SG 2020
Location: Osun

Background

• The State Government of Osun, as part of its efforts to improve its statistical system for informed decision-making, research and collaboration with other agencies of government and the private sector, invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the post of Statistician-General in the State Bureau of Statistics, which is equivalent to the position of a Permanent Secretary in the Public Service of the State of Osun.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Statistician-General will be the Accounting Officer / Chief Executive Officer of the State Bureau of Statistics, which shall be a Parastatal under the State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget.

The Specific Duties required of the Statistician-General include the following:

1. Coordinating the State’s entire Statistical System;
2. Advising Federal, State and LGA Agencies as well as Tertiary Institutions in the State on issues relating to their Statistical Activities;
3. Decision making on the appropriate methods of collecting, processing and analyzing State’s data for Statistical purposes;
4. Representing the State in International, National and Local Statistical meetings;
5. Organization, development, support and promotion of the bureau of statistics’ organizational culture;
6. Supervision and discipline of Bureau of Statistics staff;
7. Presentations to Government for approval, annual budget, work programmes, and other programmes to develop the State Statistics;
8. Authority to obtain statistical information across the State Agencies, Local Governments, Federal and Tertiary institutions in the State;
9. Authority to produce statistical publications in the State;
10. Authority to redeploy and redistribute Statisticians and Statistical Officers within the State Ministries, Departments and Agencies;
11. Authority to conduct Statistical Surveys, private institutions wishing to conduct statistical surveys shall obtain approval from the Statistician- General.

Job/recruitment Requirements
The candidate should possess:

• A minimum of B.Sc Statistics (not less than 2nd Class Lower Division),
• At least 20 years’ post-qualification experience in the rudiments of the Public Service within or outside the State of Osun
• Relevant Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills
• Applicants within the Public Service should not be below the post of a Deputy Director, GL.16

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Job/recruitment Application Closing Date
25th September, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit and address their Applications as follows:
The Head of Service,
Office of the Head of Service,
Office of the Governor,
State Secretariat,
Osogbo, Osun State.

The following conditions must be met before applications can be processed:

• Applications must be typewritten, accompanied by ten (10) clear copies of Curriculum Vitae (CV) and all relevant documents, including certificate (s) and letters relating to background and employment history;
• Applicants within the Public Service should route their applications through their Accounting Officers;
• The completed application should be sealed and marked “OSUN SG 2020” on the left top corner of the envelope containing it.

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