Job Details
- Expires 28 July 0 days left to apply
- Reference number: EBW12/178/0623
- Province: Western Cape
- Type of engagement: Permanent appointment
- Posted: June 30th
Background to Position
Stellenbosch University
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Centre for Statistical Consultation
Director: Support Services (Job Level 5)
Ref. EBW12/178/0623
The aim of the Centre for Statistical Consultation (CSC) is to enhance the quality of research at Stellenbosch University. This is effected through rendering a statistical consultation service to researchers, staff and postgraduate students.
This service entails providing assistance in the planning of experiments and surveys, advice regarding the compilation of questionnaires and related electronic data capturing, as well as the execution of relevant data analysis and subsequent interpretation of results. In addition, the consultation service entails conducting research on statistical subject problems that may arise from, inter alia, the consultation work, presenting statistical training courses as well as consultation to institutions outside the University.
The CSC is also currently establishing a working relationship with the newly established School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University, and it is anticipated that the CSC could in future be involved in data science related projects.
Financially, the Centre is supported by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies, but the staff are situated in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in order to facilitate efficient communication with fellow statisticians. Approximately half of the Centre's budget is centrally financed, while the remainder is financed through user-fees to various faculties, individual researchers, external clients and the presentation of short courses.
The Centre's full-time staff currently comprise the Director and the Chief Statistician.
Job Description
Duties:
- Managing the day-to-day activities of the Centre;
- Ensuring financial sustainability of the Centre;
- Rendering consultation to researchers;
- Undertaking statistical research;
- Participating in activities to augment the Centre's income e.g. presentation of short courses.
Inherent Criteria
Requirements:
- MSc in Statistics;
- At least ten years' consultation experience;
- In-depth knowledge of a variety of techniques used in Statistics, as well as the underlying theory thereof;
- The ability to consult across a wide variety of academic disciplines;
- The ability to cooperate and communicate easily with postgraduate students/junior researchers, as well as senior researchers;
- Sound knowledge of statistical software mainly used by researchers at Stellenbosch University, including SAS, Statistica, SPSS, R;
- The ability to work independently.
Recommendations:
- Consultation and research experience in Biometry, time series analysis;
- Knowledge of data science;
- Experience in programming with Python;
- Good programming ability;
- Doctorate in Statistics.
Application Requirement
Enquiries regarding this post: Prof. Ingrid Woolard on 021 808 2248, or at deanems@sun.ac.za
Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits, as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on 021 808 2753, or at sun-e-hr@sun.ac.za
Commencement Date: 1 January 2024
Closing Date: 28 July 2023
Stellenbosch University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the EE plan for the specific environment as well as the institutional EE Plan of the University.
Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.
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