Job Title: QA & QC Officer (Fresher NGO Jobs)
Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Duty Station: Kasangati, Wakiso, Uganda
About the Company:
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Data Collection
- Train Research Assistants in conducting data collection including quantitative data, qualitative data and costing data.
- Conduct costing data collection
Data cleaning and quality assurance
Data Cleaning:
- Perform data cleaning activities to eliminate duplicate records and resolve inconsistencies.
- Review and validate data transformations, including data recording and standardization.
- Develop and maintain standardized procedures for data cleaning and validation
Data Verification and validation
- Conduct thorough verification of data collected from various sources.
- Ensure data accuracy and consistency of the entered data.
- Identify and correct data discrepancies, errors, and outliers.
- Implement data validation checks and rules to identify potential data entry errors.
- Collaborate with data entry personnel to resolve data quality issues.
- Maintain documentation of data quality control processes and outcomes.
- Training Research Associates on data quality assurance.
Preliminary Analysis:
- Summarize and aggregate data to create descriptive statistics, including frequencies and distributions.
- Generate graphical representations of data, and prepare summary reports.
- Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify patterns, trends, and outliers.
- Assist in the development of data analysis plans and research methodologies.
- Assist in generating preliminary findings and visualizations for research presentations.
- Contribute to the creation of preliminary research reports and presentations.
- Collaborate with the data team to interpret preliminary findings.
Reporting
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure effective communication of findings.
- Prepare reports and presentations that summarize data analysis and insights for diverse audiences.
- Summarize and aggregate data to create descriptive statistics, including frequencies and distributions.
- Generate graphical representations of data, and prepare summary reports.
- Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify patterns, trends, and outliers
- Conduct thorough verification of data collected from various sources.
- Ensure data accuracy and consistency of the entered data.
- Identify and correct data discrepancies, errors, and outliers.
- Implement data validation checks and rules to identify potential data entry errors.
- Collaborate with data entry personnel to resolve data quality issues.
- Maintain documentation of data quality control processes and outcomes.
- Training Research Associates on data quality assurance
- Perform data cleaning activities to eliminate duplicate records and resolve inconsistencies.
- Review and validate data transformations, including data recording and standardization.
- Develop and maintain standardized procedures for data cleaning and validation.
- Train Research Assistants in conducting data collection including quantitative data, qualitative data and costing data.
- Conduct costing data collection.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics with bias in Quantitative Economic
- Master’s degree in Public Health
- Statistical Packages: STATA or R programming
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 3rd November 2024
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