KEMRI Hiring Data Manager – Migori or Kisumu

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop data entry forms and surveys using REDCap to ensure efficient and accurate data collection.
  • Implement branching logic, skip patterns, and validation checks within REDCap to optimize data quality.
  • Evaluating study data for protocol compliance
  • Develop and implement data management plans to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and integrity.
  • Oversee the entire data life cycle, including data collection, cleaning, validation and storage, to ensure the accuracy and completeness of study data.
  • Supervising verification of data, check and clean raw data as soon as it is uploaded or entered by field staff
  • Collaborate with study team members to establish and enforce data management protocols and standards.
  • Establish and maintain a secure and organized database for longitudinal cohort study data.
  • Regularly update and back up the database, ensuring data security and compliance with relevant regulations.
  • Creating and maintaining SOPs related to the management project data
  • Performing data query management, to identify and address discrepancies or errors promptly.
  • Monitoring study data to ensure the quality and completeness of the data submitted
  • Generating Quality Control reports for review and correction, as well as a variety of other reports as required.
  • Implement data quality assurance protocols to maintain the highest standards of data integrity.
  • Perform weekly summary reports for quality monitoring
  • Perform statistical analyses to derive meaningful insights from the longitudinal data.
  • Generate reports and visualizations to communicate findings to the research team.
  • Creating and managing data dictionaries, including updating and checking stored information related to the study, updating datasets and associated data dictionaries, as well as maintaining a record of data and variable updates (version control)
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of data management processes, including data dictionaries, coding procedures, and variable definitions and updates.

Vacancy Requirements:

#Description.Requirement Type
1i.Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or Applied Statistics or any other relevant field from a recognized institutionMandatory
2ii.At least two (2) years of relevant research experience is an added advantage.Added Advantage
3Strong statistical analysis skills using tools such as SAS, STATA, R, Python, or similar.Mandatory
4Proficient in REDCap programming and customization.Mandatory
5High level of competency in using Microsoft, Excel, Word, and PowerPointMandatory
6vi.Experience with data management tools and software e.g. Microsoft SQL server, Redcap, SAS or R,Mandatory
7i.Strong analytical ability, planning, and organizational skillsMandatory
8ii.Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Mandatory
9iii.Ability to lead a teamMandatory
10iv.Analytical and report writing skillsMandatory

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Job Type

Contract

No. of Vacancies

1

Job Grade

KMR 04

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Application Ends on: 12/11/24 5:00:00 PM

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