Public Health Specialist Statistician - CDC Kenya Jobs

The United States Embassy – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Kenya has two vacancies in Nairobi and Kisumu for Public Health Specialist - Statistician.

The statistician will be responsible for all statistical tasks of assigned project or program under the supervision of a more experienced senior statistician but with increasing autonomy.

The statistician will assist in the creation/extraction of datasets for the analysis and in programming, execu
tion, presentation and reporting of analyses.

The statistician will also assist in developing the data analysis plans in collaboration with non-statistical staff team members with the support of the senior statistician.

Requirements:
  • Masters degree in the field of Statistics or Biostatistics/Medical statistics is required.

  • At least two years working experience in a supervisory data management, programming and analysis position in the health related field and advanced analysis using either SPSS, SAS, STATA or any other statistical software is required.
  • Level IV (Fluent) English ability is required.
  • In-depth, comprehensive, and evolving knowledge of statistical and mathematical analysis techniques integrated with computer applications is required.
  • Knowledge of parametric and non-parametric techniques, along with categorical data analysis is required to provide statistical support.
Those fulfilling the requirements of the position should submit their application together with a detailed CV and all relevant attachments via mail before October 22, 2010 to the following address:

Human Resources Office
Public Health Professional Positions
P. O. Box 606
Village Market
00621 Nairobi, Kenya

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