Junior Statistician at The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Responsibilities:

• Advise researchers on the design and analysis of clinical research studies under the guidance supervisor
• Undertake appropriate statistical analysis of research data and prepare routine and adhoc study reports
• Writing of program syntax, and code for statistical reports
• Contribute to scientific presentations and publications

Core Requirements:

• Honours degree in Statistics
• Competent in at least one of the following software packages: R, STATA, SAS or SPSS

Advantageous:

One year’s experience with

• Data management and record linking
• Data system development and appropriate software
• Data quality appraisal and assurance
• Statistical data analysis and relevant software
• Statistical programing/mathematics
• Writing of technical reports, manuscripts and codebooks