LVCT Health seeks to fill the position of a Data Manager for the CDC- Dhibiti Project supporting the Implementation of Sustainable, Comprehensive, High-Quality HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs in the Central Region (Kiambu, Murang’a, Nyeri & Kirinyaga counties) of the Republic of Kenya.
The project aims to support the Government of Kenya (GOK) at the National and County level in its HIV and AIDS initiatives in Kenya.
LVCT Health seeks to fill in the following position:
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Data
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DM/LVCT/08/2022 |
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Strategic
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Job purpose
The Data Manager will provide oversight for the day to day
management of the programs data in the project, including preliminary data
analysis. The data manager will also support data quality improvement efforts
for the project, and ensure availability of quality data for surveillance,
monitoring, evaluation and learning to the organization, the County health
departments, funding agencies and stakeholders at both national and county
levels.
Specific responsibilities
- Lead retrieval, cleaning, collation and organization
of data from various sources and organizing it to answer various research
questions and for population of summary reports
- Support development of tailored dashboards and
reports for specific audiences depending on their data use needs for
program performance assessment and decision making
- Write and run appropriate queries from the databases
and assist in implementing database developments that meet the data
requirements for the project
- Test any new data management processes and systems,
and advice the HMIS unit on ways to improve them
- Prepare quarterly, semi-annual and annual data
summaries to be included in reports to the Ministry of Health and funding
agencies
- Contribute to the design of collection protocols
and/or SOPs Design and approve forms for data collection
- Support quality improvements by performing
descriptive data analysis and data quality assurance checks to detect
anomalies and advise the quality improvement teams with action points
- Contribute to data quality capacity building efforts
within the organization and the counties departments of Health
- Contribute to dissemination of results through
different for a and peer-review publications Archiving of data in
accordance with the standard procedures
- Any other duties as maybe assigned as may be
necessary for effective project delivery
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, or
related fields is required. Additional Master’s degree in public health,
epidemiology, demography, data science, statistics, or biostatistics will
be an added advantage
- Must have least four (4) years of experience in
statistical computing with quantitative heath data
- Must be proficient in MS Excel and at least two
statistical software packages e.g. Stata, R, SAS, SPSS, and EpiInfo
- Must be able to write and run queries for management
and retrieval of data from databases, e.g. MySQL scripting language syntax
- Understanding of routine health data and health
information systems in Kenya
- Understanding of data quality assessment tools and
methods, and experience in addressing data quality issues related to
routine health information data
- Proficiency in analyzing and interpreting routine
and non-routine data, and effectively communicating results and findings
- Knowledge of data analytics and visualization tools,
techniques, and methods
- Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work
with all levels of internal staff and ability to be flexible in handling
multiple priorities
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their
applications and CV along with a cover letter expressing interest and
indicating Salary history and expectations to recruitment@lvcthealth.org.
The closing date is September 07, 2022 . Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
LVCT Health is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit our
website www.lvcthealth.org for
more information about the organization
LVCT Health DOES NOT CHARGE any fee whatsoever in
any part of the recruitment process
LVCT Health is committed to preventing any type of unwanted
behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, stigma
and discrimination of individuals of various diversity, lack of integrity and
financial misconduct. LVCT Health expects all staff and volunteers to share
this commitment. Failure to adhere will result in disciplinary action.