Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Vacancy No. CVDC/006/12/22

Position summary
The candidate will be expected to work with the data manager lead on all data related activities of the study, which is composed by several sub-studies with field activities and
data needs. Data tasks will go from tablet management and preparation for a large number of field workers, preparation of field materials, assist in field trainings, monitoring data collection activities, and data error correction.

Job Specification
• Contribute to tablet management including, keeping an inventory, charging, maintaining, storing, and setting them up as well as deployment of updated data collection forms in the tablets.
• Monitor field activities and progress and report back to the field team
• Report to the data manger any code issue (i.e.; tablet/ form misbehaviour) in a detailed manner so as to enable rapid reproduction and resolution
• Monitor data errors daily, investigate them, and provide a resolution report to the data manager
• Provide technical support to the field team about anything related to tablets, data collection tools, field materials, data error corrections, etc.
• Assist the data manager and the larger study team with the data collection related trainings for the field staff

Person specification
• Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems
• Experience with ODK, ONA, Kobo collect is desirable;
• DBMS Skills (Data Cleaning/Query resolutions, and normalization)

Key Skills and Competencies
• At least three years’ experience working in a clinical trial or research setting or equivalent
• Experience working in community-based projects
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Effective written communication skills, including project reporting, including using MS Word, Power point, and MS Excel
• Works professionally and ethically with competence, accountability, and integrity
• PPS training

Desired qualities
• Experience in research studies and field operations
• Familiarity with Data Management for Clinical trials and documentation;
• Experience working in Kwale;
• Willing to live in Kwale


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure

Applications MUST include the following:
Letter of Application (INDICATE VACANCY NUMBER)
Current Curriculum Vitae with telephone number and e-mail address
Contacts of three referees including telephone numbers and/or e-mail addresses
Copies of Certificates.
Contact telephone number
Application letter should be addressed to
the Deputy Director,
CGMR (C), P. O. Box 428– 80108 Kilifi.
Application deadline is January 4, 2023


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