Dear Amy,
I have the same question as Mark. Is it possible to work from abroad -
remotely?
Best regards,
Martins
On 6 January 2015 at 19:32, Mark LoPresti <marklopresti at yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Amy,
one key question: can this position work remotely?
Thank you,
Mark LoPresti
From: "Heyman, Amy (ESS)" <Amy.Heyman at fao.org>
To: "r-sig-jobs at r-project.org" <r-sig-jobs at r-project.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 10:49 AM
Subject: [R-jobs] FAO Statistical Yearbook consultant
FAO Statistical Yearbook consultant
The Food and Agriculture Organization (www.fao.org) is a United Nations
agency that leads international efforts to reduce hunger in the world.
is achieved through three main goals: the eradication of hunger, food
insecurity and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving
forward of economic and social progress for all; and, the sustainable
management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water,
air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future
generations.
The Statistical Yearbook is a corporate publication that is data driven.
It presents a visual synthesis of the major trends and factors shaping
and agriculture, and the social and economic dimensions that drive them.
doing so, it strives to serve as a unique reference point on the state of
world food and agriculture for policy-makers, donor agencies, researchers
and analysts as well as the general public. The suite of products
yearbooks and pocketbooks at both the global and regional levels (
www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-publications/ess-yearbook/en/).
The publication is generated with the statistical software R in
combination with the typesetting program LaTeX. R downloads and imports
data, constructs new variables, computes aggregations, and produces the
visualizations (charts, tables, maps, etc.), while LaTeX typesets the
product. The two programs therefore work together to provide a seamless
process in generating data publications and therefore more efficient
dissemination tools. We have a current opportunity for someone to lead
this work.
Responsibilities include:
- Downloading the publication-specific indicators (data & metadata).
- Conduct some data analysis and provide key messages associated with the
visualizations.
- Produce charts, maps, tables using a combination of R and LaTeX
- Guarantee the consistency among data, visualizations, and text.
- Make any changes to definitions, bibliography and other metadata in the
book.
- Any other ad hoc activities that may be required in the production
process.
The incumbent will need an intermediate level of R and a
beginner/intermediate level of LaTeX.
The length of the consultancy is initially six months but could be
extended with satisfactory performance.
Please send CV, some sample code, and a description of prior use of R and
LaTeX to Amy Heyman, Dissemination Team Leader amy.heyman at fao.org.