Responsibilities or duties

Duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Supervising collection, collation, compilation and analysis and dissemination of statistics
• Conducting field operations for data collection, ensuring adherence to methodology and timelines
• Supervising and mentoring junior statisticians and data staff
• Overseeing the design and maintenance of institutional statistical databases
• Collaborate with policy analysts and researchers to generate evidence-based outputs
• Preparing and review statistical reports, publications, and technical briefs
• Responding to data requests from data users and researchers

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Qualifications

Person specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Cumulative service period of six (6) years, three (3) of which must have been at the grade of Statistician I or a comparable position
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Data Science, Economics and Statistics, Biostatistics, Geo-Information System (GIS), Computer Science or related field from a recognized university
• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Data Science, Economics and Statistics, Biostatistics, Geo-Information System (GIS), Computer Science or related field from a recognized university
• Proficiency in data analysis using statistical packages e.g. SPSS, Stata, MS Excel, Fox Pro, CS Pro or related qualification

Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies and Attributes:

• supervisory skills
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Presentation skills
• Team building skills

• Supervising collection, collation, compilation and analysis and dissemination of statistics
• Conducting field operations for data collection, ensuring adherence to methodology and timelines
• Supervising and mentoring junior statisticians and data staff
• Overseeing the design and maintenance of institutional statistical databases
• Collaborate with policy analysts and researchers to generate evidence-based outputs
• Preparing and review statistical reports, publications, and technical briefs
• Responding to data requests from data users and researchers

• supervisory skills
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Presentation skills
• Team building skills
• Proficiency in data analysis using statistical packages e.g. SPSS, Stata, MS Excel, Fox Pro, CS Pro or related qualification

• Cumulative service period of six (6) years, three (3) of which must have been at the grade of Statistician I or a comparable position
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Data Science, Economics and Statistics, Biostatistics, Geo-Information System (GIS), Computer Science or related field from a recognized university
• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Data Science, Economics and Statistics, Biostatistics, Geo-Information System (GIS), Computer Science or related field from a recognized university