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Job Summary

Job Title:
Scientist, Data – Personalization
Employer:
FHI 360
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Information Technology Jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Tuesday, 21 October 2025

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Scientist, Data – Personalization job at FHI 360 | Apply Now

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About the Organisation

​FHI 360, established in 1971 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions across health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research, and technology sectors.

Operating in more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories, FHI 360 has earned a reputation for its comprehensive, data-driven approach to addressing global challenges, collaborating with governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, and communities to expand access to opportunities that promote health and well-being. The organization fosters a work culture that emphasizes innovation, mutual respect, accountability, excellence, and teamwork, offering employees opportunities to engage in meaningful work that drives positive change worldwide.

FHI 360's business model integrates research, resources, and relationships to deliver sustainable solutions tailored to local contexts, guided by core values that prioritize ethical standards and measurable impact. With a diverse team of over 4,000 experts, FHI 360 continues to expand its reach and influence, striving to create a world where opportunity is within reach for all people. For more information, visit their website at www.fhi360.org

Kampala, Uganda

Full Time

Deadline: 

21 Oct 2025

Job Title

Scientist, Data – Personalization job at FHI 360

FHI 360

Job Description

Job Title:   Scientist, Data – Personalization

Organisation: FHI 360

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Assist in applying data mining techniques and conduct statistical analysis to large, structured and unstructured data sets to understand and analyse phenomena. Model business problems, discovering insights and opportunities through statistical, algorithmic, machine learning and visualisation techniques, working closely with clients, data and technology teams to turn data into critical information used to make sound business decisions.

  • Assists in building machine learning models from and utilises distributed data processing and analysis methodologies. Competent in Machine Learning programming in R or Python, with supplementary still in Matlab, Java, etc. Familiar with the Hadoop distributed computational platform, including broader ecosystem of tools such as HDFS / Spark / Kafka.

  • Codes, tests and maintains scientific models and algorithms and identifies trends, patterns, and discrepancies in data and determines additional data needed to support insight. Processes, cleanses, and verifies the integrity of data used for analysis.

  • Liaise and collaborate with the Data Science Guild providing support to stakeholders in the department for its data centric needs. Collaborate with subject matter experts to select the relevant sources of information and translates the business requirements into data mining/science outcomes. Presents findings and observations to team for development of recommendations.

  • Supports business integration through integrating model outputs into end-point production systems, incorporating business requirements and knowledge of best practices.

  • Supports various mathematical, statistical, and simulation techniques to answer business questions within specific areas of focus. Develops modelling solutions that enable the forecast of quality data outcomes. Ensures that volumetric predictions are modelled so that resource requirements are optimally considered. Supporting reporting production ensuring sustainable and effective modelling solutions.

  • Use data profiling and visualisation techniques using tools to understand and explain data characteristics that will inform modelling approaches. Communicate data information to business with respective stakeholders, presenting trends, correlations and patterns found in complicated datasets in a manner that clearly and concisely conveys meaningful insights and defend recommendations under the supervision of data scientists.

Scientist, Data – Personalization job at FHI 360

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Qualifications, Education and Competencies

  • First Degree in Information Studies, Information Technology or related

  • 3-4 years of experience in working with unstructured data (e.g. Streams, images) Understanding of data flows, data architecture, ETL and processing of structured and unstructured data. Using data mining to discover new patterns from large datasets. Implement standard and proprietary algorithms for handling and processing data.

  • Experience with common data science toolkits, such as SAS, R, SPSS, etc.

  • Experience with data visualisation tools, such as Power BI, Tableau, etc.

  • 3-4 years proven development experience in  software and software engineering. Understanding of financial services data processes, systems, and products. Experience in technical  business intelligence. Knowledge of IT infrastructure and data principles. Project management experience. Experience in building models (credit scoring, propensity models, churn, etc.)

  • Additional Information


Technical Competencies:

  • Data Analysis

  • Database Administration

  • Data Integrity

  • Knowledge Classification

  • Research & Information Gathering


Behavioural Competencies:

  • Adopting Practical Approaches

  • Articulating Information

  • Challenging Ideas

  • Checking Things

  • Examining Information

  • Exploring Possibilities

  • Interacting with People

  • Interpreting Data

  • Meeting Timescales

How to Apply

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