Officer: Statistics at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Contribute to institutional research projects in support of planning, quality assurance, decision-making, and assessment across the University.
• Contribute towards internal discussions to anticipate management information needs.
• Coordinate the analysis of institutional data for university rankings.
• Coordinate trend analysis for internal survey data sets.
• Coordinate cross-departmental statistical data analysis projects.
• Contribute towards the institutional dissemination of research reports.
• Contribute towards promoting the Cascade Reporting Platform across the University.
• Coordinate Cascade as the University's strategic reporting platform.
• Participate in departmental planning.

Inherent requirements:

• Honours degree on NQF Level 8 in Statistics.
• A minimum of one (1) year of working experience related to the duties and responsibilities.

Recommendations:

• A minimum of four (4) years’ work experience in the South African higher education environment.
• Knowledge of university systems, policies, procedures.

Closing Date

15/4/2026