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14 May 2002
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Geneva
Vacancy Notice No. 468
The Secretariat of WTO is seeking to fill a post of Statistical Officer in the Trade Policies
Review Division.  Applications from men and wome n are equally welcome.  Serving staff members
interested in this position are also invited to apply.
TITLE AND LEVEL: Statistical Officer – Grade 71
STARTING SALARY: Approximately Swiss francs 81,600 net p.a.
OTHER CONDITIONS:In accordance with WTO Staff Regulations and Staff Rules and
WTO Pension Plan Regulations as applicable to fixed-term
contracts
A package of expatriate benefits is available to staff recruited
internationally.
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Fixed-term for two years, with possibility of extension.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS: Under the general supervisio n of a senior professional officer, the
incumbent will be involved in the analysis and presentation of
statistical data for Trade Policy Review reports.  Specific dutieswould include:
a) analysing and presenting in tabular or graphic form:
- information on tariffs and other trade policy instruments;
- trade flows using COMTRADE and other data bases;
- macroeconomic data, including national accounts and 
balance-of-payments statistics.
b) assessing the accuracy of the work undertaken against sources;
c) help carrying out comparative analyses of data sources and 
draft explanatory notes when required;
d) discussing research projects and identifying the nature and 
availability of national and international data for Members 
under review;
e) liaising with the Division's statistical and secretarial teams as 
well as with other statistical officers in the WTO and other 
organizations;
f) other tasks as required.
                                                     
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REQUIRED
QUALIFICATIONS:a) A university degree in statistics or economics and at least two
years' relevant practical experience in the statistical analysis of
trade and economic data;
b) solid knowledge of statistical methods and economic statistics;
c) understanding of tariff, trade and industrial classifications, as 
well as national and international practices in this area;
d) good knowledge of PC software tools (particularly Excel and 
Access) and their application to statistical work, and ability to 
programme in Visual Basic;
e) ability to work with a minimum of supervision, and to exercise
initiative and judgement.
LANGUAGES: Fluency in English;  working knowledge of French would be an
asset.
APPLICATIONS2: Please use the online application form which may be downloaded
from the WTO website – www.wto.org - under "vacancies".  If you
are unable to download the application form, please send an e-mailor fax to the Human Resources Section requesting the form.  A
completed form may also be submitted to the following address:
Director, Administration and General Services Division
(Human Resources Section)
WTO
Centre William Rappard
154, rue de Lausanne1211 Geneva 21
Switzerland
E-mail:  humanresources@wto.org             Fax::  +41-22-739 5772
Please do not send your application via multiple routes.  It is not
necessary to follow your application up with copies ofqualifications, previous employment contracts, entire publications
etc.
Candidates must  indicate clearly in section 15 of the application
form the Vacancy Notice No. 468.
Applications will not be acknowledged. Only applicants possessing
the required qualifications will be taken into consideration.  Only
the successful candidate will be notified of the outcome of the
competition.
Candidates are kindly requested to refrain from enquiring about
progress of their application.
CLOSING DATE OF THIS
VACANCY NOTICE:9 July 2002
No applications will be considered after this date.
                                                     
2 Only applications from nationals of WTO Members will be accepted.
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