Bioinformaticist (12 Months Ftc) Wits Nicd

4 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa AJ Personnel Full time

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To develop and conduct bioinformatics analysis for pathogens under surveillance in both routine and research activities of wastewater-based epidemiology

**Location**:

- **NICD Sandringham - Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Perform advanced bioinformatics analysis and interpretation of data produced from next-generation sequencing systems as well as develop and operate data analysis pipelines
- Develop appropriate tools and pipelines and improve existing tools to optimize and enhance the provision of surveillance services, including troubleshooting problems encountered during sequence analysis
- Design, conduct, and publish relevant bioinformatics research related to vaccine-preventable diseases and wastewater surveillance activities
- Work closely within existing national and international collaborations, and also create new collaborations, to generate and/or provide data analysis reports, project reports and perform custom analysis as requested
- Contribute to the formal teaching, supervision, and assessment of students and interns to ensure that their knowledge and understanding of bioinformatics meet academic and/or degree requirements
- Liaise with the Senior Scientist on the team to plan and implement total quality management of the research laboratory to ensure accurate and reliable sequencing results
- Take responsibility for overseeing and monitoring software tools and bioinformatics data resources in liaison with the Data Manager on the project

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics or related field of study**:

- **PhD in Bioinformatics or a related field of study is desirable**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 3 years experience in a diagnostic, public health, or research laboratory**

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

- Experience in working independently with next-generation sequencing data analysis for infectious diseases
- Proven project leadership with a record of attracting grant funding
- Research methodology understanding evidenced by a portfolio of project protocols
- Good Laboratory Practice training and quality assurance experience
- A minimum of three publications or abstracts presented at conferences

**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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