The mission of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is to “Strengthen Health Systems in Africa with strong emphasis on Infectious Diseases through Research and Capacity Development”. IDI has six operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment, Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CAP-certified IDI Core Lab & Translational Lab), Global Health Security and Health System Strengthening Programmes.
In order to contribute to achievement of the above objectives, IDI wishes to recruit a motivated and competent individual to fill the vacancy below:

General summary
The Statistician shall be responsible for compiling and analyzing research/general clinic data at the IDI. He/she must be a diverse individual, showing broad technical, organizational, and communication skills and be capable of working individually and in a team environment.

Key Responsibilities
• Ability to operate in a multi-disciplinary team comprising clinical and basic scientists with the support of senior statisticians and epidemiologists based at IDI and partner institutions worldwide.
• Ability to contribute to the design of trials and quality observational studies, support the development and deployment of statistical tools applicable to a broad range of clinical and laboratory-based research and conduct analyses of data.
Advise and assist the research team on study design and data analysis
Perform independent statistical analyses on data generated by the project and assist in communicating the findings in peer-reviewed publications or reports.
• Carry out independent statistical analyses of clinical trials, under the supervision of the senior statistician; generate regular data safety monitoring committee reports and produce statistical reports.
• Advise and assist the research teams on study design and sample size in preparation of grant applications
• Manage the introduction and updating of Standard Operating Procedures for data processing and statistical matters as necessary.
Contribute to the development of trial protocols, the design of the case report forms and databases in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Contribute to the development of grant proposals
• Advise and support non-statistical researchers with regard to basic statistics and statistical analyses
• Follow STROBE and CONSORT statements for analyses of observational and clinical trial data respectively.

Person Specification
Education Requirements
• Relevant university education, with the minimum of a master’s degree in statistics.
• Ability to produce statistics for clinical management and research
• Ability to process, analyze, and present study results in a quality publishable format
• Experience in database design and data management
• Proficient in statistical analysis software eg. STATA, R, SAS, etc.

Required experience and skills
• Ability to contribute to IDI research with an emphasis on the provision of statistical expertise to clinical, epidemiological, and biomedical research projects.
• Experience in writing papers for high impact international journals
Keep up to date with major developments in clinical trials design and analyses
• Undertake any other work considered appropriate by the Head of statistics Unit.
• Adherence to GCP, Data Protection Act and IDI standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Continue to strengthen your professional development