Manager (Data Analytics), Paediatrics & Child Health -MC

Manager (Data Analytics), Paediatrics & Child Health -MC  - (25000257)

 

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 for overall supervision of statistical aspects of research projects, including study design, protocol development, sample size estimation, subject randomization, statistical analyses, and presentation of data. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

•  study design, protocol development, sample size estimation, subject randomization, statistical analyses, and presentation of data
• interpret results of analyses for research studies
• maintain consistent analytical approaches and reporting formats within and across studies
• assist and provide support to various collaborators and stakeholders;
• write programs to select, retrieve, manipulate, edit, and analyse data;
• review all project protocols and data collection tools to ensure that collected data meet project’s needs, statistical and scientific requirements
• provides support for data presentation for publication of research studies results
• keep close liaison with project supervisors, principal investigators and departmental head
• ensures the integrity of research projects data and provide supervision for data quality assurance;
• assist data management staff in the design of study databases. As needed, review study database structures to ensure quality and consistency of data
• provide support in statistical workshops/seminars.
 

 

 

Requirements: 

You should have:

• M.Sc. in Statistics
• 8 to 10 years of experience, preferably in the field of Statistics /Bio-Statistics/Research
• understanding and experience of using advanced statistical techniques for the analysis of cluster randomized studies, longitudinal studies, multistage surveys, and clinical trials
• excellent Command of Statistical Package,s including STATA/R/SPSS etc
• strong problem-solving, quantitative and analytical abilities
• proficient in Spread sheets and power point presentation
• sound knowledge of Databases and programming
• strong verbal and written communication skills
• strong management / supervision skills
• exposure to Manuscript preparation. Preferably having contributed to 5 or more research publications in reputable journals. 
 

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

 

Primary Location

: Pakistan

Organisation

: Aga Khan University Pakistan

Employee Status

: Contractual

Job Type

: Experienced

Job Posting

: 22/07/2025, 12:05:22 PM

Closing Date

: 31/07/2025, 6:59:00 PM