Terms of Service: Permanent & Pensionable, upon successful completion of six (6) months probationary period.
Remuneration: As per KRA salary structure
Job Highlights
The jobholder shall be responsible for leading analytics initiatives, designing data-driven solutions, and providing insights to enhance business performance. The person shall work with large datasets, apply statistical models, develop dashboards, and engage with cross-functional teams to drive data-driven decision-making.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Analyse data to uncover trends, patterns, and insights that inform decision-making.
- Generate routine and ad hoc reports to meet stakeholder requirements.
- Validate the accuracy and completeness of data before analysis and reporting.
- Develop dashboards, reports, and visualizations using tools like OAS, Apache Superset, Power BI, Tableau, and QlikView.
- Update dashboards and reports regularly to meet stakeholder requirements.
- Liaise with business units to gather requirements for analytics and BI solutions.
- Monitor data quality and integrity, identify and resolve inconsistencies.
- Work with data engineering teams to improve data collection, storage, and processing systems.
- Automate recurring reports and workflows to improve efficiency.
- Address technical issues related to BI tools, data systems, and dashboards.
- Ensure data analytics and BI processes comply with organizational and regulatory standards.
- Optimize emerging technologies and best practices in data analytics and BI.
- Recommend and implement innovations to improve analytics capabilities.
Person Specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Business Information technology, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
- Professional qualification in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience.
- Membership to any relevant professional body with a valid practicing certificate/license.
Demonstrate Technical proficiency in the following knowledge areas:-
- BI platforms such as Power BI, OAS, Tableau, Apache Superset, QlikView, or Looker for visualization and reporting.
- SQL for querying databases and manipulating data.
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
- Creation and management of dashboards and interactive reports.
- working with structured and unstructured data to uncover meaningful insights.
- Data analysis techniques and statistical tools such as R, Python, or SAS.
- Diagnosis and resolution data-related challenges.
- Data governance frameworks, security protocols, and privacy regulations.
- Metadata management and data cataloging.
- Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure) and big data technologies.
Key Competencies
- Supervisory skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactive and results-oriented mindset.
- Attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Adaptability and openness to learning new technologies.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams effectively.
Job Application Guidelines
Registration:
- Go to https://erecruitment.kra.go.ke/login and then click on the ‘Register’ button to start the application process.
- After registration, you will receive an email enabling you to confirm your email address and complete your registration.
Log on:
- After registration go to https://erecruitment.kra.go.ke/login
- Key in your username and password then click on ‘Log in’ to access your account.
- After successful log in, the system will open the ‘Applicant Cockpit’.
Candidate Profile (To create or update applicant detail):
- On the ‘Applicant Cockpit’ page, go to the tab ‘Candidate Profile’.
- Click on ‘My Profile’ to create and update your profile.
- Follow the instructions to complete your profile.
- The process will end by clicking the tab “Overview and Release”.
- Ensure you click the check box on the page to complete the profile.
Application process:
- To view the open job postings, click on the tab ‘Employment Opportunities’ on the ‘Applicant Cockpit’ page.
- Under the heading ‘Job Search’ click the ‘Start’ button to view all available vacancies.
- Click on the Job posting to display the details of the position.
- To apply for the position, click ‘Apply’ button at the top of the page.
- Follow the instructions to complete and submit your application.
- Kindly note that all mandatory fields must be completed.
- To complete the process of application, click the ‘Send Application Now’ button after reviewing and accepting the ‘Data Privacy Statement’.
In case of any challenges, please send your email query to isupporthr@kra.go.ke
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Kenya Revenue Authority does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, shortlisting, interviewing, and/or offer)
