Associate Project Officer (Data Production)

The Associate Project Officer (P-2) is located within the Administrative Data Unit, which is responsible for the collection, validation, processing and dissemination of education administrative data through the annual UIS Survey of Formal Education, and for maintaining related metadata and alignment with international standards (e.g., ISCED). Under the overall authority of the Director of UIS and the direct supervision of the Head of the Administrative Data Unit, the incumbent will support the operational implementation of administrative data production workflows. The post involves providing day-to-day technical guidance to a small team of statistical assistants responsible for data processing, validation and metadata compilation, ensuring that country data submissions are complete, consistent and processed in a timely manner. The Associate Project Officer will also contribute to quality assurance processes, support data validation and reconciliation with Member States and the Regional Field Network (RFN), assist in preparing datasets for dissemination and respond to internal and external data and methodological queries.