Data Manager at KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP)

JOB PURPOSE: 

To provide data management support services and oversight for Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance Study (KHDSS)

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 SAS.