6 Job Positions at National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR): (Deadline 21 January 2025)
3 Job Positions of Economic Statistics Deadline 21 January 2025
Job responsibilities
• Identify, scope and deliver data science and big Data projects complementing economic statistics. • Follow appropriate quality assurance processes and contribute to good practice guidelines to ensure that data science deliverables are of good quality and meet customer needs. • Ensure projects are documented appropriately and transfer skills so that users know how to use and maintain the developed solutions. • Use appropriate agile management techniques to plan, manage and deliver data science projects complementing economic statistics. • Maintain productive relationships with other teams and departments and take time to understand the priorities and areas where data science tools and alternative data sources can add value to economic statistics. • Keep updating your knowledge by identifying gaps in your knowledge and learning new data science techniques that you think will be useful for NISR. • Support the development of others by delivering training and mentor others including professional interns on techniques you are familiar with. • Support NISR to manage data effectively and facilitate data- sharing by following good practice for data management/cleaning and developing data standards to ensure interoperability. • Support the data science community across the National Statistical System (NSS). • Promote NISR’s data science work both within and outside of the organization. • Be the agent for innovation to foster modernisation in economic statistics.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
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Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics
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Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics
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Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science
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Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering
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Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematical Sciences
Required competencies and key technical skills
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Resource management skills
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Problem solving skills
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Time management skills
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Digital literacy skills
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High integrity and professional ethical standards
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Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
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Result oriented
2 Job Positions of Social & Demographics Statistics Deadline 21 January 2025
Job responsibilities
* Identify, scope and deliver data science and big Data projects complementing economic statistics. * Follow appropriate quality assurance processes and contribute to good practice guidelines to ensure that data science deliverables are of good quality and meet customer needs. * Ensure projects are documented appropriately and transfer skills so that users know how to use and maintain the developed solutions. * Use appropriate agile management techniques to plan, manage and deliver data science projects complementing economic statistics. * Maintain productive relationships with other teams and departments and take time to understand the priorities and areas where data science tools and alternative data sources can add value to economic statistics. * Keep updating your knowledge by identifying gaps in your knowledge and learning new data science techniques that you think will be useful for NISR. * Support the development of others by delivering training and mentor others including professional interns on techniques you are familiar with. * Support NISR to manage data effectively and facilitate data- sharing by following good practice for data management/cleaning and developing data standards to ensure interoperability. * Support the data science community across the National Statistical System (NSS). * Promote NISR’s data science work both within and outside of the organization. * Be the agent for innovation to foster modernisation in economic statistics.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics
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Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics
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Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science
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Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering
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Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
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Bachelor’s Degree in Demography
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Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematical Sciences
Required competencies and key technical skills
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Professionalism
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Analytical skills
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Problem solving skills
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Time management skills
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Results oriented
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Digital literacy skills
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Fluency in English, Kinyarwanda and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
Infrastructure, Systems and Data Security Team Leader Deadline 21 January 2025
Job responsibilities
• Implement technology (hardware and software) for fulfilling the Data Revolution in NISR, and support other institutions in the development of big data ICT infrastructure. • Develop and support the security and data management environment in the NISR Big Data Lab, ensuring that up to data security software is employed at all times. • Assist in the design of institutional policies and strategies for data management and capacity building throughout the NSS, particularly in areas that require expertise in areas concerning ICT. • Construct MySQL and NoSQL based databases with intuitive designs in order to best manage data within NISR and the NSS, while ensuring interoperability of these databases throughout the NSS. Ensure the effective translation of data management policy to the everyday practice of these databases. • Promote best practices in data access and privacy by constructing, supporting and promoting effective user access control systems within the NISR and the NSS. • Communicate with ICT specialists within the NSS in order to ensure collaboration and harmonization of ICT infrastructure concerning data management and data collation, with a particular emphasis on the development of a national data portal. • Assist proactively in the classification and secure storage of data within NISR and throughout the NSS. • Take time to understand the priorities of NISR and the NSS within the ICT context and communicate and shape ICT infrastructure to best realize these priorities.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering
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Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
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Bachelor’s Degree in Information and Communication Technology
Required competencies and key technical skills
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Team work and team building skills;
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Database command of SQL and SQL server tools
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Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Python and/or R;
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High level of integrity, confidentiality and professional ethics;
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Demonstrated strong ability to convey ideas in a clear and precise manner;
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Demonstrate professionalism and integrity
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Coaching and leadership skills
