Prices and Cost of Living Statistics Specialist
Dubai Statistics Center
Total years of experience :9 years, 2 Months
Accomplishments:
• Strove to ensure unparalleled standards of living for the citizens of Dubai, supported the development of national statistics for economic, social, human, and environmental development.
• Registered success in completing the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2019 in the capacity of Group leader of the technical team.
• Contributed to the development of metadata methodology, and metadata process for preparing all DSC reports starting from 2019 as a member of the metadata team.
• Extended support to the ambitious plan towards the national transformation by computing many indices, such as Consumer Price Index, Construction Cost Index, Manufacturing Sector Producer Price Index, Manufacturing Sector Index of Industrial Production for review, policy formulation and decision making.
• Trusted to lead the research and development project and compile Environmental Statistics as a stand-alone section in Dubai Statistics Center Organizational Chart.
• Served as a representative of Dubai Digital Authority for the exhibiting accomplishments in GITEX Global 2022 and was honored to present the achievement of "Web Scrapping Project in Consumer Price Index"
Key Responsibilities:
• Delivering the full vision of the future of the statistical system, and contributing to developing metrics to track the Prices and Costs of Living Section.
• Provided vital inputs on devising the department's operational plan and KPIs.
• Developing a functional yet modern statistical system and adopted to international standards in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistical data.
• Driving project excellence in Digitization of Data Processing and Analysis by providing strategic direction, crafting digital programs (R program) and related methodologies (Hedonic regression) to calculate the indices, and gaining results while managing all associated processes of data cleaning, processing, review, and publication.
• Serving in various leadership roles including
• Vice team leader of the Data Science team, worked on web scraping the prices of goods and services of the consumer price index project
• Product Manager of City Resilience Dashboard
• Head of administrative and technical works of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2019
• Supervisor for production of Real Estate price index 2019
• Member of the SDGs team, to prepare a dashboard tracking tool for the targeted SDGs Indicators across the Emirates of Dubai
• Member of the Global Police Competitiveness Report Team.
• Playing a vital role in designing a structured process for compiling vital indices, analytical reports, and dashboards such as Price Trends and its Effect on Consumer Purchasing Power, 360 Food and Beverages Trends and the impact of Cost of Living on the employees in the government of Emirate of Dubai.
• Representing a decisive step towards a more social Emirate of Dubai by producing a robust Emirati Dashboard, in cooperation with the commissioner of the Society Service Pillar “Community Development Authority”
• Providing planners, policy and decision-makers with needed data and information for formulating appropriate and adequate plans for all vital social and economic segments.
Accomplishments:
• Produced impactful statistical data for the regulation of Ozone depleting substances entering UAE in line with the Vienna convention and Montreal Protocol for the protection of the ozone layer in line with other international conventions such as UNFCCC.
• Key person in preparing, writing, and issuing the Cabinet Resolution No. 26 of 2014 regarding the National System for Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
• Succeeded in managing exhibitions, events, and local and regional meetings spanning the 3rd and 4th Regional Symposium, Main Meeting of West Asia ODS Officers Network 2014.
• Served as an ambassador of the country and represented UAE at different national, regional, and international meetings - offered visibility of the country’s efforts in the environmental fields, and defended the country’s status in the international environmental negotiations.
• Offered vital inputs during the preparation of the first UAE Environmental Performance report 2015 and contributed to preparing detailed summaries and reports on the Social and economic development sector.
Key Responsibilities:
• Instrumental in developing the department’s operational plan, implementing innovative/relevant/new national legislations, projects and policies for chemicals circulation in the country (green chemistry initiative, ban non-refillable refrigerants containers).
• Made pioneering efforts to deploy the benchmarking analysis and suggest the implementation of effective legislations of chemicals and hazardous waste in line with relevant international policies, regulations and standards in liaison with local government.
• Developed credible relations with external stakeholders to gather regulatory information on different types of hazardous materials.
• Designed policies for import/export of chemicals in line with international conventions and agreements through
• Focal points of Montreal Protocol and ozone officer
• Managing HCFCs in the country and setting legislations to protect the ozone layer and phase-out plans and reduction percentages
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
• Standardized processes for pesticide registration and annual update of the import quota based on statistical analysis.
• Collected data and analyzed statistics for the regulation of Ozone depleting substances entering UAE in line with the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol for the protection of the ozone layer in line with other international conventions such as UNFCCC.
• Offered technical inputs for effectively managing chemicals, gasses, waste, and control chemicals in UAE through an electronic integrated hazardous materials management system.
• Evaluated industrial facilities in UAE to measure their commitment to the environmental laws/system of health, safety, and environment (HSE)/ Quality/, waste management/ clean production.
• Oversaw the applicable standards and managed plastic bags/products initiative.
• Utilized internal and external resources, technology, and continuous improvement techniques to report metrics, improve processes, create powerful statistical analysis, and deliver greater value.
Previous Experiences:
• Sept 2010-Apr 2012: Environment Microbiology Analyst, Dubai Central Laboratory, Dubai Municipality
Masters of Science, Big Data & Business Analytics Executive Leadership Program ESCP Business School / Dubai, UAE (Jul 2022 – Mar 2023)
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Health Sciences-Specialization in Environmental Health Zayed University, Dubai, UAE (3.26 / 4 GPA) (Sept 2005 - Jan 2010)