Statistician at Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

Ref: KNBS/NIPFN/1/2022

Terms of Employment: Fixed term contract for a period of 11 Months

Gross Monthly Remuneration: Ksh. 290, 757.00

Job Purpose: Reporting to the Senior Data Analyst, the job holder will undertake the statistical analysis of data to provide information to the Policy Advisory Committee.

Key Responsibilities

1. Collecting, aggregating and merging data sets for multisectoral analysis;
2. Assessing the distribution of variables for application of the most appropriate statistical;
3. Analyzing data using statistical software such as STATA or R by applying the most appropriate and robust statistical methods and sampling weights;
4. Storing and cataloguing the syntax files, the output files and any history file of analysis to create a record of the analysis done;
5. Creating new data sets of summary statistics for presentation in data dashboards;
6. Assisting technical officers/Advisors to interpret the output of statistical analysis;
7. Undertaking any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements for appointmenti.

1. Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Statistics; Mathematics; Economics or any other related qualifications froma recognized institution;
2. Must have a five (5) years’ working experience in organizing and analyzing large datasets, (ideally nutritional/biomedical or agricultural in origin, using statistical software.
3. Must have experience in using Stata statistical software;
4. Must have experience in STATA and R statistical software;
5. Ability to produce reports will be an added advantage.