{"id":4257947,"url":"https://alion.io/job/msu-data-analytics-developer-1-post","title":"Data Analytics Developer (1 Post)","company":{"id":2612137,"name":"MSU","domain":"msu.ac.zw","url":"https://alion.io/company/msu-ac-zw","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Data Science","role_family":"Data Science","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Gweru, Zimbabwe"],"countries":["ZW"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Anomaly Detection","optional":false},{"name":"Chart.js","optional":false},{"name":"ETL/ELT","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Power BI","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Tableau","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-13T13:32:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-11-13T13:32:00Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Job Description\n Responsible for developing and maintaining the University’s data analytics solutions, including data pipelines, data warehouses, interactive dashboards and machine learning models to support institutional planning, performance monitoring and evidence-based decision making\n\nDuties and Responsibilities\n Duties and Responsibilities\n\nDesign, develop and maintain data warehouses, analytical datasets and automated ETL pipelines integrating data from University systems and other approved sources.\nDevelop and maintain interactive dashboards, reports and data visualisations to support institutional planning, performance monitoring and evidence-based decision making.\nDevelop, train, test, evaluate, deploy and maintain machine learning models for applications such as student performance prediction, enrolment forecasting, student retention analysis and anomaly detection.\nSelect appropriate algorithms, engineer relevant features, evaluate model performance and improve models using suitable validation metrics.\nDevelop and maintain reusable analytical scripts, data models and predictive analytics pipelines using SQL and Python.\nCollaborate with University departments to identify analytical needs, define performance indicators and translate business requirements into data-driven solutions.\nDocument data pipelines, analytical methods and machine learning models; monitor solution performance and support users in interpreting analytical results.\nPerform any other related duties assigned by the AI and Data Analytics Manager.\n*NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.\n\nQualifications and Experience\n Qualifications and Experience\n\nA Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field from a recognised university.\nAt least 1 year of relevant professional experience in data analytics, business intelligence, data engineering or machine learning development.\nAt least 1 year of practical experience developing interactive dashboards or reporting solutions using Chart.js, Power BI, Tableau or equivalent tools.\n\nHow to Apply\n HOW TO APPLY\n\nApplicants must submit application letter, certified copies of certificates, transcripts, national identification and Curriculum Vitae giving full personal particulars including full names, date of birth, qualifications, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact details, names and addresses of three referees addressed to the Deputy Registrar – Human Resource\n\nThe application pack should be sent as a single merged pdf file to email address: . The subject line should be labelled with the post being applied for.\n\nClosing date for applications is 26 November 2026. Note that only short- listed candidates will be communicated to.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2894,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-13T14:22:15Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":12,"reasons":["seen:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-15T07:52:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/msu-data-analytics-developer-1-post","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/msu-data-analytics-developer-1-post.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T13:53:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4862,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2612137},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2612137"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmsu-data-analytics-developer-1-post"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmsu-data-analytics-developer-1-post"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmsu-data-analytics-developer-1-post"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/msu-data-analytics-developer-1-post\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmsu-data-analytics-developer-1-post"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4257947}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"msu.ac.zw","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4257947},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}