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 17 July 2006  
 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
 
WTO  
 
Geneva  
 
Vacancy Notice No. 581  
 
 
The Secretariat of the WTO is seeking to fill the position of a Statistical Officer in the 
Economic Research and Statistics Division. Serving st aff members interested in this position are also 
invited to apply. The WTO is an Equal Opportun ities Employer and welc omes applications from 
women and men.   
 
TITLE AND GRADE: Statistical Officer – Grade 81 
STARTING SALARY: Approximately Swiss Francs 113,000 net p.a. OTHER CONDITIONS: In accordance with WTO Staff Regulations and Staff Rules and 
WTO Pension Plan Regulations. 
A package of expatriate benefits is available to staff recruited 
internationally. 
TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Fixed-term contract fo r two years, with possibility of extension. 
GENERAL FUNCTIONS: The main functions of this post include contributions to analytical 
and methodological work, technical assistance activities and 
specialized processing tasks relating to both, the Integrated Data Base (IDB) and the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database. 
The incumbent is expected to perform a combination of some or all 
of the following duties: 
a) participating in analytical and statistical research work 
related to trade policy indicators ; in particular, work related 
to non-reciprocal preferences; this requires querying large databases for the processing complex data requests; 
b) undertaking methodological studies on the treatment of 
preferential trade data; 
c) providing expert technical advice on issues related to the 
IDB and CTS, including, in particular, issues related to ad valorem equivalents; 
d) providing input for documentation for WTO Committees 
based on IDB and CTS data; 
e) undertaking IDB and CTS related processing tasks;  
f) undertaking IDB and CTS rela ted technical assistance 
activities in Geneva and in the field;. 
                                                           
 1The position may be offered at the lowe r grade if the selected candidate do es not fully meet all the required 
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REQUIRED 
QUALIFICATIONS: An advanced university degree in the field of statistics,  economics 
or other related disciplines, with a strong focus on statistical methods and applications.   
 A minimum of 5 years' of experi ence in applied economic statistics 
at the national or international level. 
 Experience in handling trade sta tistics and customs tariffs at the 
most detailed national level. G ood understanding of trade policy 
terms and statistical indicators related to trade policy analysis. 
Very good experience in using MS Access, SQL server and SAS; 
experience in using large-scale statistical database systems would 
be an additional advantage. 
LANGUAGES: Excellent knowledge of Eng lish, and a very good knowledge of 
French and/or Spanish. 
APPLICATIONS:
2 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-mail or fax to the Human Resources Division requesting the form.  A 
completed form may also be submitted to the following address: 
 
 Director, Human Resources Division 
WTO 
Centre William Rappard 154, rue de Lausanne 1211 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 of 
qualifications, previous employment contracts, entire publications, 
etc. 
 Candidates must indicate clearly in section 15 of the application 
form the Vacancy Notice No. 581. 
 Applications will not be acknowledged.  Only applicants 
possessing the required qualifica tions 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: 12 September 2006 
No applications will be considered after this date. 
The WTO is a non-smoking environment. 
 
                                                           
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