Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 11 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
In line with our corporate priorities aimed at ensuring optimization of revenue collection and increased tax compliance on one hand and the need to effectively manage the numerous challenges and opportunities in the fast-changing business environment on the other, we are seeking highly motivated, result-oriented, well-qualified and experienced professionals to fill the following vacant positions:

20.0 SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST – ZRA05 (1 POSITION) – INNOVATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

A. PURPOSE
Reporting directly to the Assistant Director- Artificial Intelligence, the job holder will be responsible for supporting the corporate strategies by providing data-driven insights extracted using data science techniques, building AI solutions by performing data gathering, data processing, data analytics, AI model building, and model deployment.

B. MAIN DUTIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to identify problems that can be addressed with AI;
• Eloquently formulating data science problems and clearly outlining steps to solutions;
• Working with different data custodians to extract data from various sources;
• Processing data to make it suitable for AI solutions being created;
• Using statistical methods to explore data and gain in-depth understanding;
• Creating machine learning models using the data to address business questions;
• Collaborating with Software Engineers, designing and developing production software products that will operationalize ML models;
• Creating data visualizations to show insights learnt from data explorations and analyses; and
• Ensuring data handling is done in accordance with ZRA data handling policies to avoid audit queries.

C. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• Grade Twelve School Certificate or General Certificate of Education (GCE) Equivalent;
• University Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or any related field;
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science,
Mathematics, Statistics, or related field will be an added advantage;
• Minimum three years postqualifying relevant work experience in a Data Science or Machine Learning role that should include 1-year Data Science role and 2+ years in a Software Development role;
• Must be a member of ICTAZ or any other relevant professional body; and
• Must have worked for a minimum of one year six months in their current grade.

D. OTHER SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
• Team worker
• High integrity levels
• Research skills and Data analytics skills
• Problem solving skills
• Data sourcing and processing skills
• Computer programming skills
• Interpersonal and networking skills
• Strong communication skills.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All ZRA Employees including Temporary Staff and Interns meeting the above role specifications and competencies are encouraged to apply. Candidates facing disciplinary actions in accordance with the Disciplinary Capability and Grievance Policy and Procedure are NOT eligible to apply. Further, candidates are NOT allowed to apply for more than three (3) positions from the above listed positions.

All candidates meeting the above requirements are encouraged to apply and should enclose their detailed Curriculum Vitae showing details of their qualifications, work experience, biodata, contact phone numbers/email addresses and three professional referees with their contact numbers and email addresses.

Kindly ensure that you attach only relevant photocopies of ALL the required academic/professional qualifications which shall be subject to verification.

The Authority is an equal employer and candidates are expected to demonstrated Integrity in this recruitment process.

Applications should be addressed to the undersigned and emailed to Careers2024@zra.org.zm not later than Friday, 19th April, 2024.
Director Human Resource
Zambia Revenue Authority
P. O. Box 35710
Revenue House
Lusaka


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