Data analyst/scientist - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The National Veterinary Institute, SVA, is a Swedish national authority that strives for good animal and human health, a good environment and sustainable food production. SVA is located in Uppsala and has approximately 350 employees with expertise in disease control, preparedness, surveillance, diagnostic investigations, research, and communication.

As part of our commitment within the One Health European Joint Programme, and other projects/tasks coordinated by the Department of Disease Control and Epidemiology, we are now looking for a data analyst/scientist, or equivalent. Our group is nationally responsible for surveillance design and evaluation, provides advise in the management of notifiable and exotic disease suspicions and outbreak investigations, preparedness, risk assessment, and epidemiological research relevant for the authority's responsibilities.

Work tasks

· Programming and development of methods for visualisation and statistical/epidemiological analysis of disease surveillance data.

· Contribute to ongoing research in the field of health surveillance with, within already designed research projects which aim at strengthening SVA’s current surveillance capabilities in general, and syndromic and One Health surveillance in particular. The person is expected to work with the support of senior researchers.

· Work in research teams to fulfil obligations in EU-funded research projects, including data analysis, international communication, preparation and delivery of reports, publishing of scientific articles, and presentations in conferences.

· Support outbreak preparedness and other duties at the department and SVA.

Required criteria

· University degree in programming and data analysis, preferably with an interest for quantitative epidemiology, machine learning, data visualisation and spatial analysis.

· Proficiency in English, both spoken and written language.

· Drive to develop and continuously improve the quality assurance of the data analysis processes.

· We put a strong emphasis on the personal traits such as ability to collaborate, flexibility, self-drive, and quality awareness. It is very important that the candidate is team oriented and is willing to share their knowledge and support other co-workers in our team.

Desirable criteria

· Experience in managing large datasets and work with ontologies.

· Experience from work or research within the field of animal health surveillance and scientific reporting.

· Previous work in international and/or multidisciplinary research projects/environments.

· Competence in statistical programming in several different languages, such as R, JavaScript and Python.

Other information

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Type of employment: 2 years full time temporary employment