AI / Data Science Officer
AAU - College of Health Science - AI Project • Addis Ababa
Experience
Junior Level(1-3 years)
Salary
Not specified
Posted
about 9 hours ago
Deadline
in about 1 month
Job Description
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH AI-Based Childhood Pneumonia, Malaria, and Diarrhea Case Surge Prediction System in Ethiopia Project
EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position: AI / Data Science Officer
Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Number of Positions: One (1)
Employment Type: Full-time, Contract
Contract Duration: 6 Month contract with possibility Extension.
Salary: Negotiable
Role summary: Leads the technical, hands-on development and validation of the forecasting models, working closely with our partners and technical team and reporting to the PI.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain the data pipelines that ingest and harmonize DHIS2, EPHI weekly surveillance, meteorological (ERA5/CHIRPS/EMI), and 952 call-center data into an analytical environment.
- Develop, train, and validate the forecasting and anomaly-detection models (e.g., SARIMAX, Prophet, Random Forest, XGBoost, LSTM) using the open-source Python stack, applying walk-forward temporal validation.
- Implement data cleaning, feature engineering, and missing-data handling per the protocol, in a version-controlled and reproducible manner.
- Work in close coordination with partner organizations on data access, cleaning, integration, modeling, and testing.
- Support development of dashboards and alert outputs aligned with Ministry of Health workflows.
- Document all code, pipelines, and model versions, and support the transition/handover of the open-source system to Ministry-managed infrastructure.
- Present technical progress during the weekly virtual meetings and report to the Principal Investigator.
Reporting line: Principal Investigator, with close technical coordination with partner organizations.
Requirements
Qualifications: Degree in data science, computer science, biostatistics, or related field; demonstrated experience in machine learning / time-series modeling in Python; experience with health or surveillance data an advantage.
Required Skills
Level
Junior Level(1-3 years)
Location
Addis Ababa
How to Apply
Interested and Qualified Applicants are requested to submit their application letter specifying for AI / Data Science Officer position they are applying and the date he/she will be available if selected for the post; update CV and their relevant Credentials such as educational documents and experience to The Human Resource Administration Office of Addis Ababa University College Of Health Sciences , Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital ( TASH), located around Artificial intelligence or in front of Fana Broadcasting Corporation first floor Room # 118 within 10 working days, from the date of announcement.