The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)is a semi-autonomous body established by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act, 1998, to promote the production of reliable official statistics and ensure the development and maintenance of the National Statistical System (NSS). The mandate of the Bureau is the production, coordination and dissemination of official statistics.
The Bureau intends to conduct The Uganda Business Inquiry (UBI). It is therefore seeking to recruit highly competent, motivated, results oriented, dynamic, team players of good character and high integrity to carry out the survey.
Job Title : Office Editor
Job Ref : UBOS/UBI/OE/S/21
Terms of Employment : Temporary Appointment
Duration : Nifle (9) months
Reporting: Senior Statistician Business Register & Inquiry

Key Duties and Responsibility:
• Identify inconsistency in Financial statements
• Validate and clean all data collected
• Read and interpret Financial statements
• Batch, code and manage field returns
• Run tables and check inconsistencies in the data
• Write weekly data quality reports of common errors identified in the data collected
• Update data editing guidelines based on various unique scenarios encountered
• Closely work with the field supervisors to ensure collection of high quality of the data
• Submit duly completed editing reports to the Senior Statistician.
• Any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Academic Qualifications And Other Requirements

• An honours degree in Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Bachelor of Commerce Information Technology or any other Business related courses from a recognized Institution.
• A credit in Mathematics and English at a-level is a MUST
• At least 1 year work experience in managing and analysis of large datasets
• Practical experience of at least one year with a credible organization in data collection, data management and report writing
• • Knowledge and appreciation of statistical techniques including use of statistical software like STATA,R and Excel among others.