Statistics Assistant, United Nations, Vienna, Austria

Statistics Assistant, United Nations, Vienna, Austria

Application Deadline: 5th May 2020

The post is located in the Precursors Control Section (PRE), Secretariat of the International Narcotics Control Board (SINCB), Division of Treaty Affairs (DTA), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in Vienna, Austria.

The Secretariat of INCB is an administrative entity of UNODC reporting directly to the Board on substantive matters. The incumbent will report to the Senior Programme Coordinator of the INCB Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) Programme, the Project Manager (Project ION - International Operations on New Psychoactive Substances) and work under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Section.

Responsibilities

Within assigned authority, the incumbent will be responsible for the following specific duties:

Assemble original statistical material; adjust reported information from different sources and communicate data into IONICS.
Draft routine correspondence to respond to IONICS users and focal points inquiries in respect to relevant administrative matters.
Perform other administrative duties and coordinate extensively with service units (eg regarding travel; physical space planning; office technology needs including IT and organizing and coordinating seminars, conferences and translations).
Provide guidance / basic training to staff, users and focal points on the appropriate use of IONICS.
Participate in the review and compilation of background materials, eg, IONICS guidance materials, technical guides, system presentation materials.
Generate simple graphs, tables and statistical maps to facilitate further review and analysis of data by users or for reports and official publications.
Assist in the evaluation and examination of data sets for accuracy, clarity and validity.
Update statistical series in established formats. Apply new data and derived statistics, enter data on survey reports, and provide information for publication.
Assist in the development and maintenance of IONICS and other relevant computerized platforms.
Assist in liaising with United Nations system organizations, UNOV / ITS, IONICS users, and INCB focal points to obtain necessary statistical and other relevant information.
Monitor and maintain IONICS users and related focal points contact information and resolve user access issues.
Prepare data sets upon request; respond to queries / requests and maintain / update IONICS-related web pages.
Perform other work related duties as assigned.

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