About the position
Background:
- Named after Nobel Laureate and Wits University graduate, Sydney Brenner, the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) is a burgeoning multi-disciplinary research institute dedicated to investigating the molecular and genomic aetiology of diseases among African populations
Mission:
- To conduct biomedical molecular and genomic research addressing health priorities in Africans
Vision:
- To become a leader in biomedical research on the African continent, conducting world-class, innovative and relevant research, that will benefit the southern African community, and to excel as a centre for learning
Main purpose of the job:
- To develop dashboards for presenting and visualizing data related to patients with multiple multi-morbidity
Location:
- SBIMB, 9 Jubilee Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
Key performance areas:
- Python web development that meets the user needs, is secure, reliable, maintainable and provides a positive user experience
- Developing dashboards for presenting and visualising data related to patients with multimorbidity
- To create a tool that enhances the user’s understanding of the data and supports the objectives of the MADIVA project
- Deploying and customising complex systems, analysing problems within the system and writing programming codes to solve problems
- Provide regular progress reports (verbally and documented) to the project team using reporting tools like Jira, Trello, GitHub, etc. to track progress
Required minimum education and training:
- Bachelor Degree in Information Technology/ Statistics or related field
Required minimum work experience:
- Minimum 5 Years of Supervisory/Management experience, preferably linked to a university and/or scientific research institute environment
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:
- Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Must have strong organizational skills, financial management and financial reporting experience
- Good professional and academic writing skills (in English) required
- Traveling and overtime required from time to time
- Must be able to work under pressure and deadline driven
- Experience in manage large public health projects on the African continent would be advantageous
- Exposure to management styles and working conditions of external (South African and non-South African) would be advantageous
- Must be able to communicate effectively with management, collaborators, team members, support staff, affiliated researchers, community and sponsors
TO APPLY:
- Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV
- Please Apply Online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate, and to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions
- This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL
- However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful
- Closing date: 20 November 2025
- Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date
Please note:
- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising and the response handling on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position
Desired Skills:
- Software Developer
- Research
- Python
- Jira
- Trello
- GitHub
- Degree
