The University of Washington (UW) is
proud to be one of America’s premier educational and research institutions. We
have been conducting medical research and program activities in Kenya for over
25 years.
The TREE Program has an outstanding
opportunity for a Data Manager.
Data Manager (DM) Description: The Data Manager will assist the Study coordinator
and the Principal Investigators (PIs) to supervise and manage all data clerks
and personnel as related to data collection and management issues.
S/he will perform data quality checks
and resolve any issues that arise, communicate with the research staff as
related to research data, and the investigators in order to resolve
errors.
The data manager will also perform
analyses that highlight relationships or be able to interpret such analysis to
investigators, attend and participate in regularly scheduled management
meetings / discussions and implement actions points as necessary and relevant
to the management of data.
The DM will be required to have the
ability to develop an in-depth understanding of study aims, protocols, SOPs in
order to carry out implementation of study objectives.
Most importantly, the DM, will work
closely with the Study Coordinator and the PIs.
Specific Responsibilities
- Primary responsibility will be the data
management for studies
- Develop and maintain overall database system
using ODK and assist other departments including the lab and reception
teams to maintain their specific databases
- Supervise data entry clerks
- Conduct predetermined frequent data quality
checks and come up with ways of solving issues arising from these checks
- Assist in coming up with a data quality
protocols and SOPs to be used for quality checks and assurance for
databases under data management.
- Assist in the design and implementation of
case report forms and databases.
- Supervise the data log book of data entry
queries and inconsistencies maintained by the data clerks
- Prepare and review data for weekly study audit
meetings
- Assist in reviewing training needs of data
personnel and play an active role in the training and development of data
staff. This includes developing skillsets in data cleaning, analysis,
software, and reviewing SOPs.
- Analyze/summarize and interpret data in
preparation for the generation of statistical and analytical reports as
per the study coordinator and/or PI requests.
- Participate in the development of data
analysis plan.
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly summary
tables of the data collection progress for funding agencies and bi-annual
reports for the data safety and monitoring board meeting.
- Respond to any new requests for data related
to specific research and analysis activities.
- Back-up all central data as predetermined and
maintain the security of data
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in related
fields such as Public Health, Statistics or IT (Masters preferred)
- Experience in use of mobile data collection
(knowledge of ODK is a plus)
- Experience in data management
- Proficiency in longitudinal data analysis
- Proficiency in SPSS
- Knowledge of Stata is a plus
- Minimum of 3 years of experience data
management and analysis
Desirable Qualities:
- Strong leadership and managerial, and
supervision skills
- Excellent demonstrated organizational skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Willingness to take initiative and improve
data management systems based on well thought out and tested trials
- Ability to work under varying levels of
pressure
- Proficiency in data analysis, interpretation
and manipulation of data
- Knowledge of STATA, SPSS, SAS, and/or R,
- Experience in a research setting will be an
added advantage
Terms of Employment: The successful candidate will be offered a 1-year
renewable contract as per UW-TREE terms of service including a probation period
for the first 3 months of employment.
Remuneration: Compensation is negotiable within a relevant grade,
based on educational levels, relevant experience and demonstrated
competency.
The salary will be based on the
UW-TREE salary scales.
Application Instructions
1.
Submit your application letter
addressed to the TREE Study Coordinator. Include your daytime telephone
contact, telephone contacts of three professional referees, a detailed
Curriculum Vitae, and a cover letter that details your qualification for this
specific position.
2.
Do not attach copies of certificates
and testimonials; these should be available upon request only.
3.
Submit your application by February
12, 2016 at 5:00 pm to treehire@uw.edu. The subject line must read:
“Application for UW TREE Data Manager Position”.
4.
Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted
