Data Systems Manager at African Population and Health Research Center

Data Systems Manager Job Responsibilities

• Lead the development and/or maintenance of highly efficient data management systems for all data collected at the Center;
• Manage database programmers to ensure they develop high quality software applications for various projects;
• Determine and facilitate the acquisition of resources needed to complete work in a timely and cost-effective manner;
• Lead efforts to develop new data capture tools that utilize new technologies, especially in the area of electronic data collection;
• Provide leadership in the development of work scheduling tools to allow planning of data processing activities;
• Ensure software applications and databases are developed and maintained to internationally approved standards;
• Ensure data quality checks are developed and implemented;
• Oversee data entry and filing processes;
• Ensure preliminary cleaned data is available to data analysts for further cleaning and preparation of analytical data sets; and
• Manage staff in the data processing unit and provide oversight for data processing.

Qualifications for the Data Systems Manager Job

• Master’s degree in information sciences, computer science or related area;
• 7 years’ post qualification experience, preferably in a research institution
• Excellent leadership skills; Excellent writing and presentation skills; and
• Experience managing longitudinal data management systems is desirable.