Statistician at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital

Job description 
To provide statistical support for ongoing projects related to demography and field epidemiology.
 
Duties and Responsibilities 

• Developing study analysis plan.
• Providing advice on randomization and frequently observing randomization.
• Liaising with trial and data analyst and data officer about data quality and missing data, verifying data accuracy and validity.
• Scheduling and preparing reports of analyses for independent Data Monitoring Committees, Steering Committees, and publications.
• Actively interrogating the data for discrepancies, errors, and missing data, to verify the accuracy and 
• validity of the data. Reporting and liaising with trial investigators, on the quality of the data and resolving any errors according to the study protocol.
• Discussing and interpreting results with research team and collaborators in the trial/study.
• Ensuring deadlines and project milestones relating to data and analyses are met, coordinating with other members of staff and external collaborators as necessary.

Qualifications 

• A Bachelor’s degree in mathematics or statistics 
• At least three (3) years’ experience in a similar position with demonstrated research experience, preferably in the health sciences.
• Excellent computer skills and familiarity with one or more statistical packages (including Stata, R, 
• SPSS or SAS) plus knowledge of any SQL-compliant DBMS (e.g., MS-Access, MS-SQL, MySQL Postgres, Oracle, DB2 etc.