Job Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this role is to provide team leadership within the Information Section of the Economic Statistics Department (ESD), to ensure effective dissemination of economic statistics and adherence to international dissemination standards.

Detailed description

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


Plan, allocate and supervise work of team members, ensuring outputs are delivered according to relevant policies. Facilitate and supervise delivery of the sectional outputs (dissemination of economic statistics to domestic and international stakeholders in accordance with international dissemination standards; the timely dissemination of publications on behalf of ESD) and flow of information. Authorise payments of related invoices. Ensure consistent and accurate reporting of the section's outputs to senior management of the department. Lead and participate in stakeholder engagements (internal and external) and display the ability to deliver a coherent and convincing message. Oversee team leadership responsibilities related to on-the-job training, staff development and performance management, while ensuring optimal utilisation and effective management of section resources. Represent ESD as an information subject matter expert at databank and meta-data international group meetings and contribute to developments in the information management area. Supervise the implementation of information technology (IT) solutions that will enable the dissemination of data and meta data. Develop and supervise the implementation of guidelines/frameworks for the compilation and dissemination of economic data. Coordinate and monitor the implementation of relevant policies within the section. * Identify process inefficiencies, risks as well as internal control deficiencies within the section.