Statistician at African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)

Duties / Responsibilities

• Participate in the pre-testing of data collection platforms;
• Data cleaning including conducting all the required consistency checks for project data;
• Document project data sets according to the Center’s guidelines on data documentation, archiving and sharing;
• Extract data and prepare analytical files;
• Develop template syntax files for research staff to use in creating various data sets;
• Perform basic and advanced statistical analysis of data;
• Assist in training other staff members on data analysis;
• Participate in scientific writing;
• Contribute to writing of technical reports; and
• Participate in proposal development including but not limited to sample size estimation and other design consideration.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Master’s degree in statistics or equivalent.
• At least 3 years’ post first-degree experience in high level quantitative skills -managing, analyzing and interpreting data using techniques such as multivariate, multilevel and or longitudinal analysis, preferably using STATA statistical software.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret results with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication (written and spoken) and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office, online communication and referencing applications.
• Experience using Open Data Kit (ODK) software and Survey CTO is highly desirable.

Deadline: 6th September 2022