ICAP of Columbia
University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and
Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services to strengthen HIV Care and
Treatment services in the country and conduct high quality research to inform
national and international policy.
Applications are
invited for the following positions:
1. Data Manager - MIR 4 Health Study
Location: Kisumu
Overall Job Function:
The successful
applicant will be responsible for supervising staff performing data entry,
cleaning and storage of a study data to produce clean, complete final data sets
for transmission to ICAP New York.
Key Responsibilities:
- To
support collection and entry of study data
- To
clean study data
- To
supervise and track flow of data forms from facilities to study office and
organization of paper records within office
- To
ensure completeness, accuracy and consistency of the data
- To
produce monthly datasets and written report describing data integrity
- Assure
that electronic and paper records are handled according to international
standards for data security and confidentiality
Requirements
- Bachelor’s
degree or equivalent in computer studies, statistics, epidemiology or
mathematics;
- At
least 2 years relevant experience and advance skills in MS Access
application development & programming skills; EpiInfo, SPSS; Data
quality assurance; MS Office
- Familiarity
with database management system and principles;
- Familiarity
with data coding of SOP and coding dictionaries;
2. Data Officers - MIR 4 Health Study
(2)
Location: Kisumu with travel to study sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function:
Reporting to the Data
Manager, the Data Officer will provide data management, support high quality,
accurate and timely reports.
Key Responsibilities:
- Data
entry of routine monthly and quarterly data
- Data
reconstruction and computerization from source documents as required
- Data
quality checks against client data from medical records
- Compilation
of monthly reports
Requirements:
- Diploma
in Health Records Information/ Health Information Technology
- At
least 2 years’ experience, preferably at MOH district facility level
- Database
management skills and ability to use statistical software.
- Those
with relevant degrees related to the field will have an added advantage
3. Study Site Coordinator - MIR 4 Health Study (3)
Location: Allocated sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function:
The Site Coordinator
will be responsible for overseeing day to day study activities at the site to
ensure smooth implementation of the study, safety of study participants, and
accuracy of the data collected.
The will be supervised
by the Study Coordinator.
Key Responsibilities:
- To
obtain consent from potential study participants
- To
obtain consent and administer questionnaires to healthcare providers and
lay counsellors
- To
monitor patient recruitments and retention and oversee follow ups and
patient tracking activities
- To
ensure proper storage of study materials e.g. patient folders, study
questionnaires, consent forms
- To
carry out on-site quality control for data collection
- To
supervise the research assistants
Requirements
- Diploma
in Nursing or relevant Degree/Diploma in Social Sciences
- Experience
in conducting research
- Excellent
communication skills ( both oral and written)
- Understands/Speaks
and reads Luo well
- Good
use of Microsoft office especially in excel
4. Research Assistant - MIR 4 Health Study
(6)
Location: Allocated sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function:
The Research Assistant
will be responsible for conducting the day to day study activities at the site
under the supervision of the Site Coordinator
Specific Responsibilities
- To
administer questionnaires to the study participants
- To
conduct data abstraction from the registers and patient folders
- To
maintain participant folders
- To
assist in setting up project materials at the beginning of the day and
completing the necessary activities at the end of the day
Qualifications
- Diploma
or Bachelors degree in Social Studies
- Research
experience in a HIV setting administering questionnaires to patients
- Understands/speaks
and writes Luo
- Computer
literate
All applications including a current CV, telephone number and 3
referees (one who should be at least your current/previous supervisor) should
be sent to the HR and Administration Manager, ICAP icap.vacancies@gmail.com
before 31st December 2012.
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
ICAP is an Equal
Opportunity Employer
