Public Health Data Manager at IQVIA

IQVIA is looking for an experienced Data Manager for our Public Health Project on a 1 year contract. We are hiring for a project-based role for a 1-year period –The project is about generating evidence on Anti-biotic resistance and Anti-biotic usage across 12 countries in Africa (approx. 3-4 countries in each of East, West and Southern Africa) and IQVIA is one of the key partners in a large consortium created for this project.

Position: Data Manager

Location: IQVIA Office, Nairobi, Kenya

Reports To: Project Manager

Duration: 1 year

Should be Kenyan national and/ or with a valid permit to work in Kenya

Language Requirements: English and Kiswahili required. Proficiency in any local language is an advantage

Overall Job Function: Under direction of the Project Manager, the Data Manager will be responsible for overall management including analysis, of the data and evidence that is generated from the field (i.e. from labs and pharmacies) from all sites in the 12 countries in scope of the project.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data quality through data validation checks, including discrepancy/inconsistency checks, real-time data monitoring and data cleaning
• Ensure timely data collection, entry, review and collation of project data – both from the laboratories and pharmacies
• Create and populate in-country data dashboard to independently track data collection progress, prepare analysis datasets for country analysis and help in resolving of data discrepancies.
• Work closely with Project Management Unit to develop and/or review data management systems including data dissemination aids and templates
• Under the guidance of technical team leads, conduct data analysis and presentation
• Participate in development of specifications, testing and installation of questionnaire (ODK) software
• Provide field teams with ICT, data capture and data transmission technical support during data collection
• Lead in the population of the in-country data dashboard to track data collection progress
• Conduct the extraction of raw and clean data from the server and create datasets accessible to authorized project staff
• Provide periodic analysis datasets and data management updates to the PMU head or their designate
• Provide oversight for the resolution of possible data discrepancies
• Travel to sites in countries as needed to resolve challenges, support the regional coordinators and/ or field teams etc.

Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science, Statistics or related field. Master’s degree is a plus
• 6-8 years of experience in data management or related field
• Experience cleaning, collating, templatizing and managing large data sets
• High level of proficiency in advanced excel
• Experience in data analytics is a plus but not mandatory
• Experience working on statistical packages such as SAS, STATA or R is a plus, but not mandatory
• Demonstrated experience in using and troubleshooting electronic data collection tools
• Candidates with prior experience managing healthcare related datasets will be preferred

Remuneration

Candidates can expect remuneration between 350 500.00 to 400 000.00 KES per annum.