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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Statistician
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
1. Collecting, aggregating and merging data sets for multisectoral analysis;
2. Assessing the distribution of variables for application of the most appropriate statistical;
3. Analyzing data using statistical software such as STATA or R by applying the most appropriate and robust statistical methods and sampling weights;
4. Storing and cataloguing the syntax files, the output files and any history file of analysis to create a record of the analysis done;
5. Creating new data sets of summary statistics for presentation in data dashboards;
6. Assisting technical officers/Advisors to interpret the output of statistical analysis;
7. Undertaking any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements for appointmenti.
1. Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Statistics; Mathematics; Economics or any other related qualifications froma recognized institution;
2. Must have a five (5) years’ working experience in organizing and analyzing large datasets, (ideally nutritional/biomedical or agricultural in origin, using statistical software.
3. Must have experience in using Stata statistical software;
4. Must have experience in STATA and R statistical software;
5. Ability to produce reports will be an added advantage.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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
Applications must be received not later than 15th February, 2022, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
KNBS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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