Job Summary

Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the successful candidate is required to contribute to recruitment of participants, data collection and follow-up for the IHD research studies.  S/he will also be required to lead in the design and development of the study database and data collection tools for the study.  S/he will also be the point person in interactions with AKU ICT team, data teams from other research projects in IHD and the collaboration institutions.

 Responsibilities

•  Develop and maintain data handling systems for the study/studies.
• Support testing and troubleshooting of data handling systems.
• Alongside the Research Associate and data clerk, coordinate all data related activities in the studies.  Ensure synchrony between data related activities at the sites.
• Supervise preparation and compilation of reports for data and study activity as required by the supervisors.
• Provide data in desired format to study coordinators.
• Liaison with study collaborators in matters related to data handling.
• Be the study contact person with the AKU ICT team in tasks related to data management, internet and intranet connectivity, user accounts and logins and device setup.
• Implement and ensure secure data storage.
• Be the Data protection champion at IHD.
• Supervise the set-up and running of other sub-studies and/or related studies as allocated by the Principal Investigator.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree level education in any of the following or closely related fields: Information Technology, Computer Science, Statistics, Health Informatics
• At least 4-5 years of progressive senior-level data management experience
• Demonstrable programming proficiency in at least 2 of the following: MS-Access, SQL-Server, MySQL, Oracle, DHIS-2, REDCap, ODK
• Training and/or demonstrable competence in any of the following statistical packages Stata, SPSS, R.
• Relevant experience in a health research environment including community and public health facility settings will be an added advantage.
• Relevant experience in multi-center / multi-country projects will be an added advantage.
• Proficiency with data management procedures: data cleaning, manipulation, summarization, tables, listings, graphics, and report generation
• Experience in programming and troubleshooting electronic field data capture platforms.
• Experience in data analysis will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and supervise large data entry teams.
• Ability to work within tight schedules.
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English