Senior Research Consultant – Department of Statistics
| Location | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Date Posted | June 27, 2022 |
| Category |
Education / Teaching
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| Job Type |
Full-time
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| Currency | ZAR |
Description
FACULTY OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
SENIOR RESEARCH CONSULTANT (ONE POST)
PEROMNES POST LEVEL 6
Duties & Responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITIES:
It will be expected of the successful candidate to:
- conduct independent statistical analysis and to assist doctoral, master’s degree students and UP staff with the statistical aspects of their academic research;
- do consultations and implementation with respect to experimental design, questionnaire design, statistical software, analysis methodology, advanced analytics, results interpretation;
- present innovative, creative thinking ability, especially within modern statistical practice, proactively present new ideas on expanding industry partnerships, and provide modern statistical and data science solutions to partners.
CLOSING DATE: 25 August 2021
No application will be considered after the closing date, or if it does not comply with at least the minimum requirements.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
A Master’s degree in Statistics or Mathematical Statistics, that include a credit bearing research dissertation and credit bearing course work consisting of core components which aligns with the required responsibilities of the incumbent.
At least three years’ advanced experience with:
- Statistical consultation and practice.
- Software programming and data management across different operating system platforms;
- Data aggregation, manipulation and analysis of data;
- The application of (an array of) statistical techniques (supervised and unsupervised learning modelling).
MINIMUM/ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES, (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE) IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
- Presenting of workshops on Statistics practice, including topics on statistical research methods and design;
- Mentor and guide inexperience statisticians with statistical consultation practices
- Managing and guiding master students/team members in completing statistical consultation projects; Demonstrate advanced knowledge of at least one of the statistical software programming language SAS, R, Python or SPSS
- Demonstrate ability to automate and streamline the workflow of consultation projects
- Experience in building client specific solutions using relevant statistical techniques.
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE) SPECIFIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE OR EXPERIENCE:
- The ability to work accurately under pressure
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good time management, planning and organising skills
- The ability to work concurrently on multiple projects
- The ability to think analytically and laterally.
SALARY DETAILS:
The annual remuneration package will be commensurate with the incumbent’s level of appointment, as determined by UP policy guidelines. UP subscribes to the BESTMED and UMVUZO medical aid scheme and contributes 50% of the applicable monthly premium.