Young Statistician - 10 Posts at Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

Ref: KNBS/YS-2025/1/2024

• Job Purpose: A Young Statistician at this level will work under Supervisors and Mentors to guide him/her in the performance of duties and responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities

• Learning and improving on statistical programming skills including as R and Python to enhance production of statistical data;
• Assisting in the development of statistical and machine learning models in support of various domains of statistics;
• Participating in the development of new approaches of getting insights and managing data within various real-time and open-source data, such as social media, incident tracking databases, geospatial data, etc;
• Working in collaboration with stakeholders on projects to develop applications to address emerging areas of official statistics 
• Performing other related duties as may be assigned.

 Requirements for Appointment

• Must be a Kenyan citizen;
• Must have attained a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Geospatial/ Geographic Information Systems or related qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in using R or Python programming languages ;
• The opportunities are in four categories namely: Software Engineering, Data Science, Data Management and Geospatial Technology.
• Added Advantage
• Applicants with the following additional qualifications will have an added advantage: 

For Software Engineering Category

• Full Stack Development experience with focus on Web Applications / Web Development;
• Front-End Development expertise:
  • HTML
  • JavaScript and/or TypeScript
• Experience with at least one of the following frameworks/libraries:
  • NextJS
  • D3JS
  • ThreeJS

For Data Science Category

• Proficiency in artificial intelligent (AI) and Machine Learning
• Experience with data manipulation and analysis libraries:
  • Pandas
  • NumPy
  • Scikit-learn 
• Proficiency in SQL for data querying and manipulation
• Experience with at least one of the following data visualization tools:
  • Matplotlib
  • Seaborn
  • Plotly

 For Data Management Category

• Proficiency in data management;
• Experience with at least two of the following database systems:
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server 
• Familiarity with data management tools:
  • Database administration tools
  • Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) tools
  • Data quality tools

For Geospatial Technology Category

• Familiarity with Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing tools to generate data specific to a location or geography;
• Familiarity with QGIS software;
• Experience in geospatial programming using Python programming language;