Data Manager
Description:
Reports to:
- Head
of Surveillance
Direct Reports:
- Data
Clerk
- Senior
Data Clerk
- Data
Supervisor
- Senior
Data Supervisor.
Financial Responsibility:
- None
Key Responsibilities:
- Work
with the principal investigator co-investigators and project researchers
to gather requirements for KHDSS data management systems
- Prepare,
update and document system requirements: overseeing design, development,
testing and implementation of KHDSS data management systems
- Prepare
KHDSS related datasets, code and documentation for archiving and/or
publication including cleaning, collating, annotating and de-identifying
data.
- Document
KHDSS data management activities and standardize processes and procedure
- Provide
user support for the study staff using the designed applications.
- Manage
systems and tools for handling data, collecting, entering, editing,
cleaning, storing, archiving, retrieving, organizing, and transferring
data.
- Carry
out data review, and data validation. This includes discrepancy checking
and cleaning of records generated from the database etc.
- Liaise
with KHDSS field manager and database administrators to rapidly resolve
data queries
- Implement
and enforce data security activities such as data backups, archiving and
user administration.
- Extract
and process requested data and generate reports to inform coordination and
management of KHDSS activities.
- Prepare
data and conduct preliminary and statistical analyses for KHDSS related
data
- Train
and prepare work plans for data clerks and supervisor
- Devise
methods and procedures to best integrate the current KHDSS systems with
other systems in use across the Programme.
- Design
and maintain / archive / update data dictionaries and carry out data
review, validation including discrepancy checking and cleaning and report
generation of records generated from the databases.
- Generate
reports including verification error reports, comments reports, constraint
reports, and lists of all problems experienced in KHDSS as regards to data
collection.
- And
any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Statistics, Computer Sciences/Information Science or Information
Technology or in a relevant field
- At
least three (3) years experience in managing longitudinal databases
- At
least two (2) years supervisory experience an added advantage
- Knowledge
of MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MSSQL
- Excellent
skills in systems analysis, data management, database design and
structures.
- Statistics
experience with Stata or R or SPSS or SAS.
Competencies:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Statistics, Computer Sciences/Information Science or Information
Technology or in a relevant field
- At
least three (3) years experience in managing longitudinal databases
- At
least two (2) years supervisory experience an added advantage
- Knowledge
of MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MSSQL
- Excellent
skills in systems analysis, data management, database design and
structures.
- Statistics
experience with Stata or R or SPSS or SA.
How to Apply
