Data Quality and Assurance (DQA) Officer at African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)

 Duties/Responsibilities

The DQA Officer will be responsible for ensuring data quality by undertaking activities on data quality control, assessments and audits.  They will be accountable for a range of monitoring and evaluation processes: from validating data and leading monitoring reporting, including quarterly DQA reports and MEL routine DQA reports; using the DQA quality metrics, tools and approaches to assess the quality of data production. S/he will be tasked with ensuring all data generated in line with the MEL Plan 2022-2026 meets set data quality standards.

 Lead High-quality M& E Data Reporting

• Develop MEL data quality assurance guidelines and plans;
• Establish standard assurance databases that can be updated automatically to produce and reproduce the information in a timely manner;
• Coordinate and implement the data quality checks and assessments at the Center;
• Review documentation related to data collection practices of implementing partners;
• Assess data collection practices against the key data quality criteria;
• Ensure data used in analysis and reporting is complete, accurate, clean and consistent;
• Continuously ensure that data in the MEL Platform and other integrated systems e.g. ERP meets the set-out data quality criteria;
• Capacity build staff undertaking data collection on data quality standards.

Data Quality and Assurance

• Prepare reports summarizing findings from the data quality assessment, including providing recommendations on how data quality can be improved;
• Review of KPIs quality standards and data metrics against the quality standards and complete a DQA checklist;
• Lead in strategic plan indicators review based on the results of the reports from data quality audits conducted.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, social science or related discipline.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in data management and M&E.
• Experience and demonstrable ability to work with ICT tools.
• Strong database management and analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively in a diverse environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English is essential.