Internal and external relationships The role-holder will work under the supervision of Prof Andrew Tatem, Dr Carla Pezzulo and Dr Tomas Bird, Geography and Environment, who will provide direction and guidance for the research work to be undertaken. PERSON SPECIFICATION How to be Criteria Essential Desirable assessed Qualifications, Undergraduate degree or equivalent Postgraduate degree or equivalent CV, cover knowledge and with strong skills in household with strong skills in household letter, experience survey data management and survey data management and publications, or relevant industry processing. processing interview experience Knowledge/experience in GIS and familiarity with producing basic Specialization in socio-economic or maps social statistics related areas in low and middle income countries. Computer programming experience Knowledge of socio-economic and Knowledge and experience of spatial indicators derived statistical methods from household survey data. Familiarity with spatial visualization Experience using statistical software tools and methods packages (STATA, SPSS, or similar). Planning and Able to plan and prioritise a range organising of one’s own, and the team’s, standard and non-standard work activities. Ability to successfully plan and deliver technical support of projects over a period of several months. Ability to work under a tight schedule. Flexibility in managing different tasks at the same time. Problem solving Experience of contributing and initiative innovative ideas in order to solve technical problems. Experience of using judgement to find solutions to problems for which no standard procedure exist. Management Experience of providing Successful supervisory experience. and teamwork training/coaching to colleagues and Ability to effectively allocate to, and students in relation to technical check work of staff, coaching/ tasks training and motivating staff as Able to solicit ideas and opinions to required. help form specific work plans. Able to positively influence the way a team works together. Able to ensure staff are clear about changing work priorities and service expectations.
Internal and external relationships The role-holder will work under the supervision of Prof Andrew Tatem, Dr Carla Pezzulo and Dr Tomas Bird, Geography and Environment, who will provide direction and guidance for the research work to be undertaken. PERSON SPECIFICATION Criteria Essential Desirable How to be assessed Qualifications, knowledge and experience Undergraduate degree or equivalent with strong skills in household survey data management and processing or relevant industry experience Specialization in socio-economic or social statistics related areas in low and middle income countries. Knowledge of socio-economic and indicators derived from household survey data. Experience using statistical software packages (STATA, SPSS, or similar). Postgraduate degree or equivalent with strong skills in household survey data management and processing. Knowledge/experience in GIS and familiarity with producing basic maps Computer programming experience Knowledge and experience of spatial statistical methods Familiarity with spatial visualization tools and methods CV, cover letter, publications, interview Planning and organising Able to plan and prioritise a range of one’s own, and the team’s, standard and non-standard work activities. Ability to successfully plan and deliver technical support of projects over a period of several months. Ability to work under a tight schedule. Flexibility in managing different tasks at the same time. Problem solving and initiative Experience of contributing innovative ideas in order to solve technical problems. Experience of using judgement to find solutions to problems for which no standard procedure exist. Management and teamwork Experience of providing training/coaching to colleagues and students in relation to technical tasks Able to solicit ideas and opinions to help form specific work plans. Able to positively influence the way a team works together. Able to ensure staff are clear about changing work priorities and service expectations. Successful supervisory experience. Ability to effectively allocate to, and check work of staff, coaching/ training and motivating staff as required.
0589%20-%20Job%20Description.docx