CHIEF STATISTICIAN (SPPS-II)

Job Descriptions and functions of the Chief Statistician. –

• The Chief Statistician shall be the chief executive officer of the Bureau and shall perform the following functions, namely: –

• to advise the appropriate Government and other authorities or persons on statistical programmes at national level;

• to supervise the administration of this Act under the guidance of the Governing Council and control operations and staff of the Bureau;

• to decide in the manner in which data for statistical purposes are collected, transmitted, processed and compiled and published;

• to supervise the taking of census throughout Pakistan through Provincial Census Commissioners and assign such tasks to them as may be deemed necessary to conduct and supervise the census;

• to appraise the quality of all statistics at national level;

• to ensure coordination with all the other statistical agencies, authorities and bodies;

• to ensure a high level of professionalism of the staff of the Bureau through ensuring a continuous and high quality training programme;

• to promote, develop and maintain a strong analytical and research capacity within the Bureau;

• to review periodically the statistical progress on the basis of reports obtained from the relevant officers of the Bureau and the statistical agents and duly inform the Governing Council;

• to advise the appropriate Government and other authorities or persons on the use and relevance of available statistics in relation to specific policy issues;

• to appraise and allocate technical resources for statistical projects;

• to ask for any information or call for the statistical record from any Federal Ministry or Provincial Department, statutory body, corporation or association pertaining to statistical data subject to the constitutional and legal requirements, for review, if necessary;

• to delegate all or such powers, duties or functions to member of the staff or officer of the Bureau including census officer for the efficient performance of functions under this Act;

• to provide for the welfare or incentives of employees of the Bureau and compensation packages for employees;

• to prepare annual work plans and five year work plans, progress reports and budgets for the Bureau;

• to enter into all such negotiations, agreements and contracts and rescind or vary all such agreements or contracts, and to execute all such documents and do all acts, deeds and things, in the name and on behalf of the Bureau as may be considered necessary, expedient or proper or in relation to any of the matters aforesaid or otherwise with the approval of the Federal Government;

• to develop national statistical standards and promote standardization of concepts and definitions conforming to international standards and to ensure observance by Government departments, both Federal and Provincial, research and statutory bodies; and

• to employ experts and consultants for the Bureau and lay down such terms and conditions of their employment in the regulations and to undertake human resource development and restructure and modernize personnel policy and review their performance from time to time, and in such manner as may be prescribed in the regulations.

• The Chief Statistician shall comply with such other directions as the Governing Council may give from time to time.