Data Scientist

7 days ago

Parktown, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

**Additional information**:

- The MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt) is an exceptional health and population research center in the Wits School of Public Health
- The Unit supports a major research infrastructure underpinned by a health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS), a form of longitudinal population registration, covering the Agincourt sub-district of rural Mpumalanga Province adjacent to Mozambique that has been in operation since 1992 coupled with observational and intervention studies along the life course
- As part of the Unit’s participation in the MADIVA Research Hub of the NIH’s Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Initiative, there is an exciting opportunity for a Data Scientist with excellent computational and analytical skills

**About the position**:

- **T**_his position will be based at the Wits/MRC Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit of the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, but there will be some requirements for travel_**:

- **_The incumbent will be expected to contribute to the development and implementation of analytic and data visualization techniques and tools to support investigations into the burden of multimorbidity, demand for care, and evidence-informed management working with a dedicated interdisciplinary team of researchers_**:

- **_Wits AGINCOURT offers an intellectually rich working environment with excellent opportunities for academic and professional growth_**

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To contribute to the development and implementation of analytic and data visualization techniques and tools to support investigations into the burden of multimorbidity, demand for care, and evidence-informed management

**Location**:

- **Wits/MRC Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit of the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Strengthen a dedicated, high-performing MADIVA Research Hub’s Analytics team
- Assess, manipulate, clean, validate, and analyze integrated datasets from diverse research studies
- Contribute to peer-reviewed publications and technical reports, including as lead author

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **A Master’s Degree in Computational Science, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Epidemiology, Data Analytics, Bioinformatics, or a related field**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum of 2 years of data analysis experience in a low or middle-income country**

**Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities**:

- Experience in processing and analysing large complex longitudinal datasets
- Demonstrated knowledge and track record of statistics and proficiency using a statistical software package (STATA, SAS, R), particularly for import, manipulation, and analysis of large datasets
- Working knowledge of SQL (i.e., ability to write queries that involve joining tables, aggregating functions, updating, and inserting into existing tables)
- Excellent programming skills in Python or similar languages
- Ability to work independently and collegially in a high-performing collaborative environment and support scientific investigations across disciplines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Ability to prioritize and work under pressure on a variety of tasks concurrently

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.
- Note WHC, in accordance with their Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

**Please note**:

- **AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.**:

- **AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.

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