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Job Title:  Data Scientist

Organisation: National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Integration Specialist

About US:

The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) is an autonomous statutory body established under the NITA-U Act 2009, The Authority is under the general supervision of the Ministry of Information Communications Technology and National Guidance (MOICT&NG). The National Information Technology Authority, Uganda was established with a mandate to coordinate, promote and monitor the development of IT in the context of social and economic development of Uganda.

Job Summary:  The Data Scientist will be responsible for collecting, analysing, and interpreting large amounts of data to identify ways to help Government through NITA-U improve government planning, operations, and systems and in turn transform public service delivery

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop predictive and descriptive models using machine learning, advanced statistical, optimization, and big data techniques including: multivariate, regression, decision trees/classification, and time series
• Assist in identifying critical questions to be answered and contribute to developing analytics-driven solutions and KPIs to enable more effective decision making
• Conduct analysis and data modelling to draw insights that drive critical decision-making and uncover patterns in e-Government services usage and other ICT indicators.
• Create various machine learning-based tools or processes within NITA-U and for MDA entities, such as recommendation engines or automated lead scoring systems.
• Interacting with business stakeholders across departments to define project requirements, test prototypes, and communicate results
• Perform data mining and carry out statistical analysis on data collected from various MDA and NITA-U systems
• Research, evaluate, and recommend systems/equipment/technologies based on client needs for the Data.
• Run reports to be utilized for planning in government
• Utilize practices and tools for data extraction, queries, and data manipulation in accordance with business processes in government
• Work with Government integration platform to produce data for analytics, dashboard and reports
• Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
• Work with the Data Centre team to set up big data processing platforms and data pipelines for both batch and online data analysis.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or a similar field from a recognized university;
• At least three years of experience in data science/analytics in a large organization.
• Excellent understanding of  machine  learning  techniques  and  algorithms  for  both supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning.
• Experience with common data science tools such as Python, NumPy, MATLAB, R, or
• Experience with data visualization tools, such as D3.js, ggplot, Seaborn, etc.
• Ability to develop models on amazon web services or other cloud platforms using the above tools or frameworks such as TensorFlow is an added advantage.
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse software technologies and techniques.
• Interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written) and presentation skills.

How to Apply:

All interested applicants who meet the job requirements/specifications and with the right personal attributes are invited to complete and submit their application for, Download Here, with a cover letter, supported by curriculum vitae, copies of certificates and testimonials, and must specify day time telephone contact and email addresses of both the applicant and three referees, to the address below.

The Executive Director,

National Information Technology Authority – UGANDA (NITA-U),

Palm Courts, Plot 7A, Rotary Avenue (former lugogo bypass)

P.O. Box 33151, Kampala-Uganda

Tel: 0417 801 038

via email: hr@nita.go.ug

Deadline: 20th February 2023 by 5:00pm

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