Job title: Specialist (Data Management Unit), Paediatrics & Child Health
Primary location: Pakistan
Organisation: Aga Khan University Pakistan
Employment status: Contractual
Job posting date (day/month/year): 22/10/2026, 3:48:00 PM
Closing date (day/month/year): 29/10/2026, 11:59:00 PM
Employer page timezone: Asia/Karachi
Introduction
Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network.
As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.
The Department of Paediatrics within the Division of Clinical Sciences is engaged in data-driven initiatives that support research and operational excellence. The department utilises data analytics, data science, and process automation approaches to enhance research activities, data management, and decision-making. This role will contribute to projects involving data collection, analysis, modelling, and visualisation to address research and organisational needs
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include to:
- contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
- develop new programmes and implement required enhancements to ensure quality outcomes
- participate in project architecture design
- enhance control over large or complex projects
- utilise backend data services and contribute to existing data services APIs
- write, edit, and debug new or existing web programmes
- deploy code on servers and manage source code through Git
- review project protocols and data collection tools to ensure collected data meets project requirements
- document development processes, architecture, and standard components
- communicate task progress, evaluations, recommendations, schedules, and technical issues effectively
- plan and prioritise project features while resolving technical challenges efficiently
- train and support the ongoing development of web applications and dashboards among analysts and supervisors
- collaborate with teams of varying sizes, share knowledge, and conduct peer reviews on merge requests
- lead the web application development lifecycle from concept through delivery and post-launch support
- provide support in web workshops and seminars
Requirements
You should have:
- Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- minimum five years of work experience in software development
- excellent scripting and programming skills
- proficiency in one or more of the following technologies: Java, Android, R, STATA, Python, Power BI, or Angular
- sound knowledge of machine learning techniques including clustering, classification, regression, optimisation, recommendation systems, and natural language processing
- understanding of data and analytical frameworks within the healthcare industry
- skills in data collection, management, analysis, and interpretation
- business intelligence and data warehouse working knowledge will be an advantage
- ability to articulate research questions, formulate hypotheses, and review and synthesise literature
- ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organisation
- ability to manage multiple tasks with minimal guidance
- experience in producing detailed specifications and writing code
- experience in testing products in test and staged environments before production deployment
- strong verbal and written communication skills
- strong management and supervision skills
- willingness to travel regularly for national and international visits
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
This is a close-ended position.
Disclaimer
The Aga Khan University is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment which is free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at AKU are based on business needs, job requirements and individual's qualifications and experience, without regard to race, colour, caste or creed, national, social or ethnic origin, gender (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification).
AKU does not discriminate among the job candidates on account of any of these characteristics.