Investigating Officers-Economic Statistics

The Department of Statistics has vacancies for persons interested in Economic Statistics

These are research appointments connected with the Department's programme of national accounting. It is suggested that the work should suit graduates who wish to specialise in economics. Enquiries are also invited from people who expect to graduate at the end of the current academic year.

The positions are for graduates in economics or commerce and administration, majoring in economics.

The Department of Statistics plays a significant role as an economic informant and adviser of the Government and is developing a comprehensive framework of statistics covering all aspects of New Zealand's growth economy, both macro and micro. New developments are placing an increasing burden on the Department of Statistics, which has a need for a greater number of professional economists with a knowledge of economic statistics, and their compliation and analysis.

The Department has a modern electronic computer for data processing and computation. Those staff with the required aptitude are given training in programming so as to make the computational facilities of the computer as widely available as possible.

For Details Of Appointment And Salary, Please Write Or Contact Mr. W. J. Spears, Administration Officer, Department Of Statistics, Private Bag, Wellington.

Telephone 70-599.