Industry: NGO 

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Tanzania or Kenya 

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree 

Required Experience: 5+ years 

Job Purpose

As the Data Scientist (DS), you will utilize your analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets from various sources to deliver and automate actionable insights across the organization. We are a cloud-first data-driven organization. Our data stack includes AWS big data managed services, PowerBI, and CommCare. 

The position is responsible for building, maintaining, and automating our entire data ecosystem. You will implement a robust and agile data pipeline to improve data reliability and quality across the organization. You will monitor and ensure the consistency of our data from end to end, implementing a data architecture that enables seamless data extraction and transformation for predictive and prescriptive modeling

Job Qualifications / Experience 

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or similar role 
• Experience designing and implementing big-data architectures on AWS 
• Knowledge of a variety of AI/ML techniques, advanced statistical techniques, and concepts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams.
• Ability to travel extensively Solid understanding of AWS big-data managed services.
• Excellent knowledge of self-service portals and mobile app technology.
• Exceptional data visualization skills using QuickSight and PowerBI
• Strong understanding of statistical and data mining techniques
• Proficient in querying databases and using statistical languages such as R and Python 

*Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted* 

Please share your CV to jobs@favoritegroup.co.tz