Research Officer (Data Science), Assessment Research - 2 Year Contract - Part-Time

Job Responsibilities

Successful applicant will play an active role in handling, analysing and mining data to provide meaning analysis and visualisation for decision making. The key responsibilities include:

• Analyse data and build predictive models and machine learning algorithms
• Apply sound methodologies in data science, statistical analysis and data mining
• Perform data visualisation to derive insights and value-add to decision making
• Develop automated marking models for different subjects with constructed responses ranging from answers that are one sentence in length to complex answers requiring an essay or analysis

Job Requirements

• Tertiary Qualification in Data Science, or Computer Science, or Statistics, with a minimum of 2 to 3 years’ experience in manipulating data sets, building statistical models and hands-on experience in machine learning applications
• Experience in programming and proficient in Python/R/C++
• Possess knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (such as clustering, recommender systems, Natural Language Processing, Deep learning etc.) and their real-world applications
• Possess knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts, such as regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests, and proper usage, etc.
• Candidates with no relevant working experience can be considered