Statistician - General at Osun State Government

Reference Number: Osun SG 2020

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:

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

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