Data Officer Job at Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) - Career Opportunity in Tanzania

Vacancy title:
Data Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Computer & IT ]

Jobs at:

Ifakara Health Institute (IHI)

Deadline of this Job:
24 November 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Tanzania , Dar es Salaam , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Job Summary
Position: Data Officer
Reports to: Project Principal Iinvestigator
Work station: Bagamoyo
Apply by: November 24th 2020

Institute Overview
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a leading research organization in Africa with a strong track record in developing, testing and validating innovations for health. Driven by a core strategic mandate for research, training and services, the Institute’s work now spans a wide spectrum, covering biomedical and ecological sciences, intervention studies, health-systems research and policy translation. .

Position Summary
IHI is looking for a Data Manager to oversee and manage clinical trial data from design through to final delivery of clinical datasets to the sponsor. The manager will provide technical expertise in the management and processing of clinical data, within the trial to ensure that they are executed in an efficient, accurate and timely manner to the sponsor’s satisfaction.


Duties and Responsibilities
• Develop data management plan (DMP) to define the data collection and processing workflow and overseeing its implementation.
• Oversee and mentor data clerks’ and data officer’s duties
• Train all data clerks and other study staff on data specific items, study protocol, SOPs and documents, equipment use.
• Develop source document and case report forms (CRFs) for the study.
• Review CRF and specify checks and perform validation.
• Develop and maintain study Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system and the database. • Generate study summaries and reports as required.
• Arrange screening, enrolment and follow up files for daily schedules.
• Perform QA/QC of Case report forms (CRFs) and, ensures competency at all QC levels. • Print CRFs and arranging them in study binders as needed.
• Communicate with the Project Manager about data in relation to QC, supplies, CRFs updates and changes in CRFs.
• Ensure label printing and delivery to the clinic team.
• Spearhead analysis and resolution of data queries.
• Track the screening/enrollment of participant, record their statuses and provide daily reports in liaison with the study physician.
• Develop all data related SOPs and Manuals.
• Maintain data supplies inventory.
• Track all study documents, data and storage.
• Ensure archival procedures of all study data, both hard and soft, are followed and data are secured and stored well.
• Ensure confidentiality and safe storage of all participant identifying materials, such as link logs, are kept confidentially.
• Gives QA/QC monthly and weekly reports.


Qualification and Experience
• Minimum of an undergraduate degree in Statistics, Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, or Computer Science.
• At least two (2) years of experience in data management and/or related work experience in a clinical research setting.
• Familiar with statistical packages i.e. Stata, SPSS, R, SAS.
• Knowledge of Data Management full cycle.
• Basic IT skills i.e. software installations, printer installations and trouble shootings.
• Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practices, Clinical research, Clinical trial process and related regulatory requirements and terminology.
• Working knowledge of Clinical database applications such as EDC and CTMS and data management databases such as MS access, Excel SQL or Visual basics.


Skills and Competencies
• Problem-solving / trouble-shooting experience.
• Excellent written, verbal and organization skills.
• Must be detail-orientated, and a self-motivator.
• Must be willing to take on additional projects and work overtime when necessary


Remuneration
An attractive and competitive remuneration package will be offered to successful candidates as per IHI salary scales.

Equal Opportunity
IHI is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit intentional biases or discrimination and harassment of any kind at the work place and during recruitment. All employment decisions are based solely on job requirements and individual qualifications, and our recruitment process is governed by the labour laws of Tanzania.


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job application procedure
All candidates who meet the above job requirements should send their application letters together with their detailed curriculum vitae (CVs) showing contact addresses including email, telephone/cell phone numbers and copies of academic and professional certificates to the address below.
The deadline for this application is 1700hrs, 24th of November 2020.
All application subject lines should read include: DATA MANAGER – RAB002 Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.
Human Resources Manager,
Ifakara Health Institute,
Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni,
P. o. Box 78373,
Dar es Salaam
Email: recruitment@ihi.or.tz 


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Job Info
Job Category: Data, Monitoring, and Research jobs in Tanzania
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 24 November 2020
Duty Station: Tanzania
Posted: 12-11-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 12-11-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 12-11-2065
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