Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a State Corporation established through the Science and Technology (Amendment) Act of 1979, which has since been amended to Science, Technology and Innovation Act 2013. The 1979 Act established KEMRI as a National body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya.

Vacancy No. CRDR/06/09/23

Person specification:

•  Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems
•  DBMS Skills (Data Cleaning/Query resolutions, and normalization).
•  At least three years’ experience working in a clinical trial or research setting or Equivalent

Skills and Abilities:

•  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
•  Effective written communication skills, including project reporting, including using
•  MS Word, Power point, and MS Excel
•  Works professionally and ethically with competence, accountability, and integrity
•  GCP Certificate

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Ensure daily data cleaning and uploading of relevant data
•  Report to the data manger any technical challenges in a detailed manner so as to enable rapid reproduction and resolution
•  Monitor data errors daily, investigate them, and provide a resolution report to the data manager.
•  Provide technical support to the study team about anything related to data collection tools, data error corrections, etc.
•  Assist the data manager and the larger study team with the data collection related Trainings.