Data Analyst at 54gene Nigeria

54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market; Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research is Caucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Data Analyst

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Research, Ethics & Governance
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Reports to: Research Data Insight Lead
Industry: Biotechnology

Job Description

• We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about data to join our team at 54gene.
• This role is responsible for developing and maintaining our database, developing reports, and troubleshooting data quality issues.
• Required are an eye for detail, experience in data analysis and statistics, and a deep understanding of the popular data analysis and data management, Programming language tools such as Excel, Tableau, SPSS, STATA, SQL, Phyton, and R.

Requirements
Essential Functions:

• Develop and implement databases, data analytics and assist in creating Electronic Data Capture.
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources.
• Develop scripts and queries to import, clean, and transform data in order to enhance data quality.
• Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Prepare detailed reports that help the team identify areas of opportunity and provide insight to guide future studies.
• Drive best practices in visual technologies for building project dashboards that provide essential data for project monitoring.
• Supervising and implementing data quality control processes. 
• Identify and define new processes, improvements, and opportunities.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

Qualifications
Education & Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics/Biostatistics.
• 1 - 3 years of work experience.
• Master’s degree Preferred
• Certifications for statistical software’s will be excellent.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• You have proven working experience as a Data Analyst or Business Data Analyst working with large spreadsheets.
• Proven Proficiency in spreadsheet applications (google sheet and Excel) with knowledge of REGEX, INDEX MATCH, lookups, and formulas to find hidden patterns, data outliers and exceptions.
• Adequate Knowledge of both descriptive and inferential statistics and working experience in statistical packages (SPSS, STATA, EPI-INFO, GraphPad Prism etc.) for analysing datasets.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages and automated dashboards: Tableau and Power BI; Database design and management systems: MySQL, PostgreSQL; and programming language for data models, data mining: R, Python.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings
• Great communication skills are required.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Equal Opportunity Employer

• 54gene celebrates diversity and is proud to be an inclusive employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, marital status, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a mental or physical disability, or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristics.