Research Associate

2 weeks ago

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Aga Khan University Full time 300,000 - 600,000 per year

Introduction:

The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to analyse and interpret data from research projects; prepare descriptive tables; check data for inaccuracies; data cleaning and management and report results of statistical analyses. Specific responsibilities will be to:

  • provide statistical and analytical support to the research team

  • coordinate with the project teams and independently manage all complex statistical aspects of research

  • projects.

  • analyze and evaluate statistical results, prepare derived datasets for the analysis using statistical

  • packages like Stata, R and python

  • provide Expertise in data management, data mining and prepare statistical reports with interpretation 

    for manuscript publications.

  • collaborate with funding agencies such as WHO and BMGF on analysis of multi-site studies

  • prepare statistical contribution to Integrated Study Report;

  • develop project analysis plan, including computer-generated table specifications, statistical analysis

  • plan, and research report format;

  • use statistical techniques and models to forecast results, trends and needs;

  • prepare project summaries for weekly/monthly status meetings;

  • prepare any other official assignments given by the supervisor(s)

  • analyse and interpret data from research projects and prepare descriptive tables;

  • check data for inaccuracies, Data Cleaning & Management;

  • report results of statistical analyses, including information in the form of graphs, charts, and tables;Requirements.

Requirements:

You should have:

  • minimum 1-2 years of experience;

  • experience in the field of Research & public health will be an added advantage

  • 4  years graduation or Masters in Statistics

  • excellent Command on SPSS/Stata and other Statistical Packages;

  • proficient in Spread sheets and power point presentation;

  • sound knowledge of Databases and programming;

  • strong verbal and written communication skills.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

Disclaimer:

The Aga Khan University is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment which is free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at AKU are based on business needs, job requirements and individual's qualifications and experience, without regard to race, colour, caste or creed, national, social or ethnic origin, gender (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification). AKU does not discriminate among the job candidates on account of any of these characteristics.

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