Statistician job at Makerere University School of Public Health
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Vacancy title:
Statistician

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Health Science , Category: Science & Engineering ]

Jobs at:

Makerere University School of Public Health

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, March 31 2023 

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 31 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Reporting to: Study Coordinator
Period: Short-term contract

Summary of Responsibilities:
• In liaison with the TREAT CAUD project Coordinator and other key relevant experts,design and establish a comprehensive and centralized statistical analysis plan.
• Complete the data cleaning process including merging the variables from the household listing with the current dataset of those that were sampled to participate in the survey.
• Establish and lead the operationalization of standard operating procedures for data compilation and production of official statistics in consultation with the PI and the Project coordinator.
• Address data analysis requests from PhD and Master students and the project team and work with all the PhD students to produce tangible results.
• Translate analysis requests into a list of required datasets and schedule for their acquisition, processing, describing and cataloguing.
• Ensure that data sharing agreements are adhered to between data users on the project.
• Formulate and implement techniques to assess the accuracy and validity of data.
• Enforce policies for ensuring data security to prevent security breaches and data
• cleaning and analysis teams with the assistance from project leads per the requirement.
• Develop syntax files in STATA/or SPSS to prepare and edit data ready for analysis as per the analysis plan.

Minimum qualification and experience
• Bachelors’ degree in Statistics. A master’s degree in a related field and training in quantitative
• data analysis will be an added advantage. Must have prior experience in statistical data analysis.
• Establish and lead the operationalization of standard operating procedures for data compilation and production of official statistics in consultation with the PI and the Project coordinator.
• Address data analysis requests from PhD and Master students and the project team and work with all the PhD students to produce tangible results.
• Translate analysis requests into a list of required datasets and schedule for their acquisition, processing, describing and cataloguing.
• Ensure that data sharing agreements are adhered to between data users on the project.
• Formulate and implement techniques to assess the accuracy and validity of data.
• Enforce policies for ensuring data security to prevent security breaches and data
• cleaning and analysis teams with the assistance from project leads per the requirement.
• Develop syntax files in STATA/or SPSS to prepare and edit data ready for analysis as per the analysis plan.
 

Job Experience:No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested persons should send their applications with the current CV to
mkyabanabwe@musph.ac.ug  , stating two referees and their contacts not later than Friday,
March 24th, 2023, 5.00 pm.
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted



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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 24 March 2023
Duty Station: Kampala
Posted: 20-03-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 20-03-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 20-03-2056
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