Data Analytics Developer (1 Post) – Midlands State University

Job Description

Role Overview

Midlands State University seeks a professional to manage and build institutional analytical systems, encompassing automated ETL routines, centralized data repositories, dynamic reporting panels, and predictive computational algorithms designed to enhance data-informed governance and institutional tracking.

Key Responsibilities

The incumbent will build and sustain data stores and automated ingestion workflows incorporating academic and administrative systems. Additional duties involve constructing dynamic visualization panels to assist leadership in strategy formulation, and designing computational prediction frameworks focused on student retention patterns, enrollment projections, and behavioral anomalies. The role requires engineering dependable features, selecting optimal algorithms, and maintaining reusable scripting routines utilizing SQL and Python. Furthermore, the specialist will partner with internal units to determine reporting metrics, maintain comprehensive technical documentation, and execute supplementary tasks designated by leadership.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a recognized Bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a closely allied discipline. Applicants are required to bring a minimum of 1 year of professional background in machine learning engineering, business intelligence, or data analytics, alongside at least 1 year of hands-on experience utilizing visualization platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, Chart.js, or comparable software.

How to Apply

Submit an application letter, certified certificate copies, transcripts, national ID, and CV detailing personal particulars, qualifications, work history, current salary, availability date, contact details, and three referee names and addresses, combined into a single PDF file. The email subject line must specify the exact post title.

Send your application to academicrecruitment@staff.msu.ac.zw.

Closing date: 26 November 2026.