Responsibilities:
- To organize all phases of conducting surveys among local and international tourists, including planning, fieldwork monitoring, arranging permissions for surveys, data gathering and reporting.
- To respond to requests for information in tourism statistics to the Tourism Research and Statistics Unit
- To help prepare statistical material for marketing, PR and promotion and where appropriate, to support the production of marketing or promotional publications
- T produce press releases (monthly, quarterly and annually) on the development of tourism in Azerbaijan
- To conduct analyses of tourism statistics and research in cooperation with other units of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board and publish corresponding reports within and outside of the Board
- To help collate tourism statistics and to improve the quality and availability of tourism statistics
- To regularly monitor the updating of the statistical database of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board and of the statistical information provided on the website
- To establish and promote contacts and cooperation with stakeholders in tourism statistics and representatives of the Tourism Industry
- To establish and promote contacts and cooperation with academics and researchers
- To complete all other ad-hoc tasks given by division head and department director
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience on empirical research, preferably in tourism or hospitality fields
- Good education in statistics at the tertiary education level, or demonstrably equivalent abilities
- Experience in working within an empirical research environment
- Excel (advanced level) is a must, SPSS is an advantage
- Experience in cooperation with experts from other disciplines; experience in tourism are an advantage
- Good communication skills with all team members
- Ability of teamwork and working under pressure
- Advanced English and Russian oral and written communication skills
- Punctual and solution-oriented person
- Being strict with deadlines
Candidates are requested to send their CVs to job@tourismboard.az until 19th March, 2020.
Please indicate the name of the position (Senior Research Specialist) you are applying for in the subject line of the email.
Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be invited to the further stages of the recruitment process.