Data Manager Quantitative Jobs – Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)

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Job Title:    Data Manager Quantitative

Organisation: Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Study Coordinator

 

About US:

With funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the UK through Marie stopes International, Makerere University School of Public Health is conducting an endline survey for a program entitled “Reducing high fertility rates and Improving Sexual Reproductive health outcomes in Uganda (RISE)”. This will be in the regions of Central 1, Central 2, East Central, Eastern, Karamoja, West Nile, and Western.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Coordinate all steps in data management.
  • Support the review of the existing data management manuals and training materials.
  • Design data cleaning, analysis, and reporting tools as may be required
  • Verify raw data sent from the field
  • Generate and transmit data queries to field teams for resolution
  • Resolve all data-related issues raised with the datasets.
  • Routinely compile data files.
  • Compile and submit regular reports summarizing progress in data entry, data validation, and cleaning.
  • Ensure the safety of all data/information handed over to them.
  • Ensure that data is maintained in both soft and hard copies and backed up.
  • Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Study Coordinator.
  • Provide Data Management Support to the Project
  • Regularly run consistency checks on the data and flag errors
  • Provide progress reports and completion rates to the study teams
  • Provide support supervision
  • Write Do-files to recode, label and encode the datasets
  • Maintain a clean and up-to date dataset
  • Provide a final cleaned dataset for analysis

 


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree is either Statistics, Computer Sciences, information systems, or the equivalent, and a postgraduate training related to quantitative data management.
  • Must have experience in electronic data management, able to manage data from various sources and conduct preliminary data analysis.
  • Having participated in RISE Midline and baseline survey will be an added advantage
  • Should have experience managing large datasets
  • Demonstrated ability to program and use electronic data collection apps like ODIC
  • Demonstrated ability to use data analysis software like STATA
  • Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Must be willing to work beyond official working hours

 

How to Apply:

Each applicant should:

  • Submit the application letter and CV of not more than 2 pages with the contacts of two referees he or she has previously worked with on quantitative Health Research.
  • Should specify the local languages he or she is fluent in (specific for research assistants only).
  • Provide reliable 24-hour phone contact and WhatsApp line if different.
  • Have the subject as “Endline survey for RISE Program “
  • Deliver a hard copy of the application to the reception at the School of Public, Makerere University
  • Ensure that the application is registered on submission

 

Address the application to: The Dean, School of Public Health, Makerere University.

 

Deadline: 21st February, 2023, Ugandan time

 

NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be called for interviews

 

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