Fresher Junior Data Scientist NGO Jobs – Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

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Job Title:   Junior Data Scientist (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Project Coordinator

 

About US:

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

 

Job Summary:   The Academy for Health Innovation, Uganda (the Academy) is implementing a variety of projects related to AI and machine learning. We are seeking a junior data scientist to work across these projects and support development of AI within the Academy and wider IDI eco-system.

 

Work will include: Working across project data held in the Academy for Health Innovation to understand and collate the data sets using analytical, statistical and programming skills. To support data visualization within the Academy to enhance our program activities and support partner understanding of project data. To provide technical support and guidance on AI and data science projects at the Academy.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Interrogate, understand and manage different datasets at the Academy to support layering of AI methods onto the existing projects.
  • Testing, validating and evaluating algorithms for CFL, ARTAccess and other health applications.
  • Assist with feature selection and algorithm optimization.
  • Curate annotated datasets for Supervised Learning methods
  • To provide technical support to the Hub for AI in Maternal and Sexual Reproductive Health (HASH Project activities under the lead of project coordinator).
  • Support monitoring, evaluation and capacity building of HASH subgrantees.
  • To support stakeholder engagement with current and potential partners for the Academy’s AI projects.
  • Supporting data visualization of complex health datasets
  • Devise data representation and visualization protocols.
  • Compilation and writing of project reports
  • Attend Academy AI project meetings and other relevant meetings.
  • Remain updated in the rapidly changing field of Artificial Intelligence.




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Understanding of various AI techniques, particularly Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing.
  • Deep understanding of health data representation techniques, statistics and classification algorithms
  • Able to work in a team environment
  • Strong writing and communication skills
  • An analytical mind with problem-solving abilities

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 7th February 2024

 

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Date Posted 2024-01-30
Valid Through 2024-02-07
Employment Type FULL_TIME
Hiring Organization Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Job Location Kampala, Kampala, Kampala , 0256, Uganda

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