Statistician-Data Scientist at University of Nairobi

Duties and Resposnbilites

• Overseeing database management and maintenance
• Developing M&E guidelines, data collection, management and analysis protocols
• Statistical analysis of routine project and study data
• Actively interrogating data for discrepancies, errors, and missing data, to verify the accuracy and validity
• Liaising with study investigators on study design, sampling, data quality and resolving any errors according to the study protocol and good clinical practice standards
• Ensuring source documents are safeguarded and that optimal data quality is maintained
• Ensuring a clean log frame of data queries and how they have been resolved
• Participating in the development of project reports, abstracts, manususcripts, and presentations for dissemination and learning
• Developing standard operating procedures for data management
• Discussing and interpreting results with the research team and collaborators
• Ensuring deadlines and project milestones relating to data and analyses are met

Job Specifications, Applicants shall have

• Masters degree in Biostatistics PLUS a Bachelor of Science degree in any of the following areas: Statistics, Mathematics or Biometry.
• At least five (5) years working experience in handling research health information systems
• Experience in writing scientific manuscripts and writing grants
• Excellent computer skills and competence in either R, Stata or other statistical package for quantitative analysis.
• At least one (1) year of experience working with donor-funded projects in a similar position or related field
• Posess the following: skills in database development, good analytical and presentation skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and also be able to work under pressure ad meeti deadlines.