Data Science Research Assistant at University of Nairobi

The Position

The position is domiciled in the Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics in the Faculty of Health Sciencies, under the Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA) at the University of Nairobi.

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Contribute to the design of studies, implementation and reporting of epidemiological data
•  Extract, organize, store and catalogue large health datasets from multiple sources
•  Conduct data wrangling processes on large and complex health and healthrelated datasets
•  Develop dashboards to visualize trends in health data
•  Implement applied epidemiological modelling techniques (statistical, geospatial) to help provide insights in disease transmission and interventions to control and eliminate diseases
•  Mentor undergraduate students and recent graduates taking internships at CEMA

Job Specifications

•  Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Geographical Information Systems, Economics, or Actuarial Science
•  Demonstrated experience developing high quality dashboards in R (provide links to deployed apps)
•  Demonstrated experience working with health and health related data (provide links to GitHub accounts showing completed projects)
•  Demonstrated possession of quantitative skills (statistical analysis and/or modelling)
•  Experience working within academic settings and linked to addressing policyrelevant analytical questions
•  Excellent computer skills and familiarity with R statistical software
•  Excellent communication (written and spoken) and interpersonal skills

Tenure and Terms of Appointment

• The tenure of this job is one (1) year; appointment is on contract which can renewed based on performance, mutual agreement and the project period.