Data Analyst Job in Kenya

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization that carries out high quality, policy-relevant research on population, health and education issues facing sub- Saharan Africa. 

Our goal is to generate evidence for meaningful action to improve the lives of all Africans.

 

APHRC seeks to recruit a Data Analyst to manage and analyze secondary and primary data for some of its programs.
 

Key Responsibilities
·                     Participate in the development, review and translation of research tools;
·                     Participate in the pre-testing of data collection platforms;
·                     Data cleaning including doing all required consistency checks for project data;
·                     Document project data sets according to the Center’s guidelines on data documentation, archiving and sharing;
·                     Extract data and prepare analytical files;
·                     Develop template syntax files for research staff to use in creating various data sets;
·                     Perform basic and advanced statistical analysis of data;
·                     Assist in training other staff members on data analysis;
·                     Participate in scientific writing;
·                     Write technical reports on data issues; and
·                     Participate in proposal development and literature review.
Key Competencies
·                     Strong conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to analyze and interpret large data sets;
·                     Proactive and self-motivated; and
·                     Strong verbal and written communications skills.
Qualifications and Experience
·                     Master’s degree in statistics or equivalent;
·                     A minimum of 5 years relevant post-qualification experience;
·                     High level quantitative skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting data), such as multivariate and multilevel / longitudinal analyses (preferably with STATA);
·                     Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel); and
·                     Experience using Open Data Kit (ODK) software and Nesstar is highly desirable.
How to Apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply through our recruitment portal http://hrs.aphrc.org by November 13, 2017.
 
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Cover letters should be addressed to:
 
The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center
P.O. Box 10787 – 00100
Nairobi
 
Website: www.aphrc.org
 
APHRC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the protection of children