Qualification and Experience

PhD in biostatistics, mathematics, or a similar quantitative discipline with epidemiological knowhow.
Expertise in Bayesian modelling using Gaussian processes with demonstrable understanding of the issues arising from scaling these models to a global scale, validation, assessing performance and sensitivity analysis.
Experience of multi-metric analysis and covariate selection in the context of modelling large and complex data with spatial correlations.
Experience of state-of-the-art statistical software libraries such as INLA, TMB or similar packages.

The Senior Human Resources and Administration Manager

IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE

Plot 463 Mikocheni

P.O. Box 78,373

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Email: recruitment@ihi.or.tz