Fresher Data Management Officer NGO Jobs – Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Job: Data Management Officer (Fresher Job Opportunities)

Organization: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Duty Station: Uganda

About US:

Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is a collaborative bio – medical research and service delivery organization. RHSP strives to improve the quality of life of the local population through a combination of community-based research, curative services, and prevention strategies in the districts of South-central Uganda.

Job Summary:  The Data Management Officer is responsible for ensuring accuracy and consistency of data on each program study

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and modifies study databases.
• Performs logistical and personnel needs assessment for department.
• Develops programs for data inconsistency and validation checks (both between files and within files).
• Determine fiscal requirements for office and prepare budgetary recommendations.
• Acquire full knowledge of all Rakai Health Sciences Program studies and/or services (to aid data management.
• Offer guidance and responses to queries from interviewers and study coordinators on field linkages and all field related trouble shooting.
• Assist study field coordination offices in scheduling appointments as well as informing when the window periods are expiring.
• Sets up and monitors the filing, storage, login and logout systems of participant records.
• In consultation with the supervisor, plan and conduct regular staff meetings with data staff to review department performance.
• Plan adequate work for the Data staff and ensure their full utilization.
• Provide on Job training and technical advice and support to Data Entry Clerks and Records Officers
• In conjunction with the supervisor, participates in the development of standardized data capture forms helping to assign appropriate and uniform variable names.
• Requesting and receiving requests from logistics department.
• Reports to the field coordinators errors found on administered forms that would help with training and retraining of the field teams.
• Ensure safe custody of all RHSP assets designated to the Data Management Officer
• Any other official duty as may be assigned by management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a first-class or second upper bachelor’s degree in Statistics or Demography or Mathematics or another related field.
• At least two years of professional work experience in data management in a busy health setting with a major role of preparing activity reports and accountabilities.
• To qualify to work with RHSP, one must own a degree of integrity with reasonable work ethics.
• Willingness to work in rural areas and execute work with minimal or no supervision and remain accountable.
• Demonstrable knowledge in Data Management, Research& Quality Assurance.
• Advanced computer skills in STATA or R, MS Excel and MS Access.

How to Apply:

All interested Candidates possessing the above attributes can send their applications including a cover letter, latest Copy of CV (with 3 referees), copies of academic qualifications/certificates (in one document (Word/PDF)) addressed to the HR Manager to jobs@rhsp.org. Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email. Only online applications will be considered.

Deadline: 3^rd February 2020 by 5:00pm

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Rakai Health Sciences Program. Any form of lobbying and canvassing will lead to disqualification.