Job Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to coordinate South Africa's participation in the Group of Twenty (G20) Data Gaps Initiative (DGI) and lead the Economic Statistics Department's (ESD) climate statistics framework development, ensuring alignment with international standards and integration into South Africa's macroeconomic statistical systems.

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:


Serve as country coordinator for South Africa in the G20 DGI, representing national interests and ensuring alignment with global objectives. Chair the South African G20 DGI Secretariat, facilitating inter-agency collaboration and ensuring timely delivery of commitments. Engage and manage collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, acting as liaison with the global G20 DGI Secretariat to align national reporting and implementation. Coordinate the South African project team, ensuring effective implementation of recommendations across agencies. Provide technical input on G20 DGI recommendations, ensuring methodological soundness and relevance to South Africa's statistical landscape. Link G20 DGI recommendations to the Integrated Economic Accounts (IEA) and other relevant statistical domains to enhance coherence and usability. Conduct research on G20 DGI themes to inform policy, improve implementation and contribute to international statistical discourse. Lead the development of ESD's climate statistics framework, ensuring alignment with national priorities and international best practices. Assess and integrate relevant climate frameworks into macroeconomic statistics, including the IEA, to support climate-related analysis and policy recommendations. Develop an integration framework between the IEA and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), including conceptual design and implementation planning. * Represent ESD and South Africa in national and international climate statistics engagements, contributing to global discussions and ensuring South Africa's view is communicated.