Data Manager Assistant - 3 Positions at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

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