# Data Scientist

Department: Faculty of Health Sciences Closing date: 10 November 2026 DATA SCIENTIST (Payclass 10; T1 contract for 2 years) CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED DATA & EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (CIDER) FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES UCT, through the HPI– UCT Digital Health Partnership, is seeking a skilled and motivated Data Scientist to be seconded to the Provincial Health Data Centre (PHDC) and the growing portfolio of digital health and routine health data research it supports. The successful candidate will play a key role in onboarding and training researchers requiring access to the PHDC’s Secure Data Environment, while contributing to the development and strengthening of the data infrastructure that enables high-quality health research. This position forms part of the long-standing partnership between UCT’s Centre for Integrated Data and Epidemiological Research (CIDER) and the PHDC and offers an opportunity to contribute to impactful research and the advancement of digital health in the Western Cape. The post would suit someone with a strong technical background in data engineering, data architecture and software development , with a view to applying their skills to health data and research. Th

- **Id**: 3637570
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/uct-news-data-scientist>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T21:07:53Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-02T21:07:53Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 6
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 44344
- **Name**: UCT_News
- **Domain**: uct.ac.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/uct-news>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T21:07:53Z

## Liveness

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- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:6, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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