Reporting To: Head of Examinations and Assessment
Location: 123 St Stephens Green Dublin
School (or department): Student, Academic & Regulatory Affairs (SARA)
Contract type/duration: Permanent / Fulltime
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 4th of June

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE – (ESSENTIAL):

• A BSc in mathematics, statistics, or a quantitative discipline.
• A minimum of three years’ relevant experience in analysing large-scale data sets or surveillance systems.
• A commitment to quality and attention to detail.
• Capacity to take ownership of tasks and see these through to deliver on agreed objectives.
• Proven experience of a variety of software packages (for example Microsoft Office), including a statistical package (for example Stata, SPSS, SAS, R).
• Ability to express technical information clearly to a wide range of people through both written and verbal communication.
• Ability to plan and prioritise work to ensure that all activities are completed within the required time scales.
• Is pleasant, cooperative, and gets along well with others; keeps manager informed, reports problems promptly and seeks guidance when needed.
• Has the ability to work as part of a team and to contribute to the effective working of the organisation.
• Can adapt to fit with changing conditions, tasks, responsibilities, or people.
• Takes actions to achieve favourable outcomes for the organisation, beyond minimum performance expectations, and seeks opportunities to improve work procedures.
• Understands the importance of not disclosing confidential information.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Qualifications: an MSc in medical statistics, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of
• Data visualisation tools e.g. Power BI and/or Tableau

Providing support for the Examinations Department within the Student Academic and Regulatory Affairs (SARA) office, including:

• Contribute to result preparation and collation of examination results for multiple Schools including The School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, School of Physiotherapy etc.
• Creating and updating validation checks and highlighting data idiosyncrasies.
• Assisting in the end-to-end examination results management process including validation, data management, data migration to multiple system etc.
• Assist in the publication of results to students periodically through the Academic year;
• Preparing, producing, updating and automating reports on question performance, examination performance, cohort performance etc.
• Assisting in the development of quality and process improvement;
• Preparing graphical display of data for a range of reports throughout the year;
• Providing guidance on data management and statistics for RCSI staff
• Representing the Examinations team and wider SARA office when dealing with students.
• And, any other relevant duties.

As a member of the Exams team, you will be expected to play a part in its general activities.