Position: Data Scientist
Location: Nairobi
Job description
Do you want your work to matter? Do you want to use your
skills to make a difference, not just a living? Do you want to improve millions
of lives, including your own?
The mobile health (mHealth) trend, offers an unprecedented
opportunity to transform the health services available to people across the
globe. In particular, the mHealth transformation can be most disruptive in the
developing countries, which is often characterized by a dysfunctional public
health system with a severe scarcity of health infrastructure and resources.
Despite this opportunity, the growth of mHealth in developing countries is
rather slow to achieve its full potential. Various factors are hindering the
growth of mHealth in low-income countries.
mHealth is at the heart of how Living Goods drives impact.
We believe that reliable data, consistent diagnostics and analytics are crucial
for delivering high quality and cost-effective community healthcare at scale.
We want to utilise our experience to enable other implementers and governments
to adopt mHealth solutions which drive the performance and therefore impact of
CHWs. The technology plays important role in achieving our long-term goals. We
are an innovative in rolling out new solutions and ideas to empower CHWs and
management. Living Goods has broad experience of technical solutions relevant
to healthcare sector in the developing world and we are continuously shaping
our platform to meet our customers’ current and future requirements.
The Data Scientist will represent the foundation of a data
driven culture that has made Living Goods a successful organization delivering
health services via the community health worker. The successful candidate in
this role will use a wealth of internal data streamed for different physical
sources, and external data available to understand beneficiaries’ behaviour,
improve operational efficiencies and provide actionable insights to
stakeholders so they can make smarter, data-driven decisions.
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the ideal candidate will have an
established background in solving complex problems, a strong technical ability,
excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and the
motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. Our team is small,
creative, diligent, highly entrepreneurial and business-focused.
Responsibilities
- Use
various data mining techniques to uncover trends and derive insights
- Analyse
forecasting metrics, perform exploratory data analysis with the goal to
uncover trends, find root causes of forecast inaccuracies and develop
innovative features that can drive additional value
- Solve
complex data science problems using the breadth of open source tools
available including problem framing, data preparation, model building,
model deployment and output consumption in the form of dashboards
- Manage
stakeholder expectations and design data science solutions which align
with our pillars of maximizing impact and scale, reducing operational
costs and improve beneficiaries’ experience
- Perform
ad-hoc analysis and present results concisely and persuasively to various
stakeholders
- Deliver
successful high-profile data science projects within the organisation
Qualifications
- A
university degree in Big Data, Mathematics, Statistics or Computer Science
- At
least 3 years work experience as a data scientist within a business
environment
- Practical
experience building and implementing predictive models using machine
learning algorithms and knowledge of building time-series models by taking
into account dynamic variables
- Working
knowledge of relational databases, data manipulation, business and/or
enterprise intelligence, and applied statistics
- Experience
with data science programming languages, specifically Python/Java or R
- A
deep understanding of AI, ML, NLP and deep learning tools and libraries
and familiarity with big data technologies and data frameworks like
Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, nifi or other
- Superior
written and verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly explain
technical concepts and implications of analyses (tell a data story) to a
wide audience.
- Proven
ability to translate business problems into actionable analyses
- Excellent
general IT skills and the aptitude to learn new packages and processes
- Strong
project management skills
- Experience
in health or a related field will be an added advantage
- Passionate
about science and data. Our drive is to bring advanced technology and
robust scientific techniques into the research and operation.
- Highly
driven, results-oriented, creative and a problem solver with an ability to
prioritize and set direction in a fast-moving environmen
- Curious attitude
with collaborative and resourceful working style
- Team
Player. Act as an ambassador for Data Science within Living Goods and
enable others in the organization to utilize your work
- You
are accountable. We take responsibility for our own successes and
failures.
- You
are disciplined. We do things the right way, we do not cut corners,
we do not rely on smoke and mirrors; we are the real deal.
How to Apply
Position: Dashboards Engineer
Location: Nairobi
Job description
We are looking for an experienced Dashboards
Engineer to lead the development of data systems (Data,
dashboards and analytics) with proven experience in creating enterprise level
systems dashboards using various technology and data sources. Besides You
will discover efficient ways to organize, store and analyse data with attention
to security and confidentiality.
A great dashboards engineer is able to fully grasp the
complexity of data management. The ideal candidate will have a strong
understanding of databases and data analysis procedures. The goal is to ensure
that informative dashboards that drive action are available to various
stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Create
dashboards, automated reports, report templates and presentations by
analyzing Living Goods and Partner data using platforms such Klipfolio,
Superset, Tableau etc.
- Influence
organization decisions through state-of-the-art analytics and helping our
partners to identify understandable, actionable, data-driven insights and
quickly identify key themes from their data.
- Work
with other health teams and designers to understand, clarify and document
partner data analysis and reporting needs. Provide guidance and insight on
data visualization options for dashboard design.
- Work
with the support and M&E teams to enhance data collection structures
and procedures to include information that is relevant for building
analytic systems
- Building/developing
component-based web apps to integrate multiple sources of metrics / tools
- Devise
and implement efficient and secure procedures for data handling and
analysis with attention to all technical aspects
- Monitor
and analyse information and data systems and evaluate their performance to
discover ways of enhancing them (new technologies, upgrades etc.)
- Ensure
digital databases and archives are protected from security breaches and data
losses
- Troubleshoot
data-related problems and authorize maintenance or modifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree (or equivalent) in Software Engineering, IT, computer science ,Data
science or related field.
- Proven
experience and strong knowledge with modern dashboard design and creation
using Superset, Tableau, PowerBI etc.
- Strong
proficiency in query and reporting tools as well as MSSQL, PostgreSQL,
MySQL, and CouchDB database technologies
- Comfortable
with advanced analytics tools such as Advanced SQL, Pandas, R etc.
- Scripting
proficiency in python etc. an added advantage.
- Some
Linux skills
- An
analytical mindset with problem-solving skills
- Excellent
communication and collaboration skills
How to Apply