Statistician
Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
Date Posted | February 22, 2023 |
Category |
Banking
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | KES |
Description
Ref: KNBS/NIPFN/1/2022
Terms of Employment: Fixed term contract for a period of 11 Months
Gross Monthly Remuneration: Ksh. 290, 757.00
Job Purpose: Reporting to the Senior Data Analyst, the job holder will undertake the statistical analysis of data to provide information to the Policy Advisory Committee.
Key Responsibilities
- Collecting, aggregating and merging data sets for multisectoral analysis;
- Assessing the distribution of variables for application of the most appropriate statistical;
- Analyzing data using statistical software such as STATA or R by applying the most appropriate and robust statistical methods and sampling weights;
- Storing and cataloguing the syntax files, the output files and any history file of analysis to create a record of the analysis done;
- Creating new data sets of summary statistics for presentation in data dashboards;
- Assisting technical officers/Advisors to interpret the output of statistical analysis;
- Undertaking any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Requirements for appointmenti.
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Statistics; Mathematics; Economics or any other related qualifications froma recognized institution;
- Must have a five (5) years’ working experience in organizing and analyzing large datasets, (ideally nutritional/biomedical or agricultural in origin, using statistical software.
- Must have experience in using Stata statistical software;
- Must have experience in STATA and R statistical software;
- Ability to produce reports will be an added advantage.
Applying Instructions
Interested and qualified individuals are required to fill and submit a copy of the Employment Application form Ref. KNBS/F/93/29 which is available on the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics website; www.knbs.or.ke accompanied by copies of academic, professional and other relevant certificates, transcripts, testimonials and National ID/Passport. Scanned applications can be sent to careers@knbs.or.ke
The reference number for the post applied for should be clearly marked and addressed to:-
The Director General;
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics;
P. O. Box 30266 – 00100;
Real Towers, Upper Hill;
4th Floor, Human Resource office
NAIROBI
.