Statistician needed at Viable Knowledge Masters Limited

Required job duties are to: 

• Analyze and interpret data to provide actionable insights. 
• Support conceptualization, design, and development of new research projects, including writing study protocols, drafting analysis plans, developing and validating tools for implementation, monitoring and collecting data. 
• Assist in funding acquisition via contributing to proposal writing and preparing study budgets 
• Support ethical approval processes for new studies, including writing, submitting and managing ethics approval requests at national and international levels. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems. 
• Assist the Research Manager 
• Analyze research findings and develop presentations, dashboards, models, infographics and other items to support effective decision-making. 
• Contribute to the development of reports and visualizations. 
• Ensure data integrity by performing rigorous cleaning, error checking and validation 
• Analyze and interpret data to reach insightful conclusions 
• Enter data into computer databases and other software 
• Describe, interpret and summarize conclusions 
• Other duties as deemed necessary

Competencies (Skills, Experience and Knowledge)

• Hold at least a master’s degree in Statistics.
• Have a minimum of one (2) years of relevant experience in the field of official statistics. Working experience should include statistical information system.
• Capability of developing and managing data information system such as ODK, SurveyCTO, etc.
• Strong background in quantitative methods and knowledge of data collection methods and analysis.
• Ability to synthesize the data collected and choose the most relevant modes of representation.
• Effective advisory skills with analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent teamwork skills and ability to interact effectively with staff members at all level
  Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Good working knowledge of Excel and competence in the use of other statistical software applications (Stata and R)
• Good working knowledge of either QGIS or ARCGIS