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. This 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 food and agriculture, and the social and economic dimensions that drive them. In 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 includes 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 the 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 scripts. - 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.
Hi Amy,
one key question: can this position work remotely?
Thank you,
Mark LoPresti
From: "Heyman, Amy (ESS)" <Amy.Heyman at fao.org>
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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. This 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 food and
agriculture, and the social and economic dimensions that drive them. In 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 includes 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 the 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 scripts.
- 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.
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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. This > 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 food > and agriculture, and the social and economic dimensions that drive them. In > 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 includes > 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 the > 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 scripts. > - 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. > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-jobs mailing list > R-sig-jobs at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-jobs > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-jobs mailing list > R-sig-jobs at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-jobs >-- Dr. M?rti?? Liberts +371 26 411 543 (mobile) +371 67 366 833 (office) http://home.lu.lv/~pm90015/ [[alternative HTML version deleted]]