Besides the MTRH site, AMPATH also runs satellite clinics at 24 outreach sites in Rift Valley, Nyanza & Western provinces.
Applications are invited from qualified candidates to wok in the following projects: – Primary Health Care (PHC) and Chronic Disease Management (COM), Orphaned and Separated Children’s Assessments Related (OSCAR) and Research Department.
Position: Data Manager – 3 Posts
Role:
Reporting to the Associate Program Manager-Research under the oversight of the Assistant Program Manager-Data, the successful candidate will among others be responsible for the following:-
- Assist in planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling data management services in the program.
- Assist in reviewing training needs of data personnel and play an active role in the training and development of data staff.
- Respond to any new requests for data related to program management and reporting.
- Assist in coming up with a data quality protocol to be used for quality checks and assurance for databases under data management.
- Perform quality checks on the data and come up with ways of solving issues arising from this.
- Be a team player in coming up with derived concepts from the program data.
- Review the performance of implemented computer systems and assess the need for amendments.
- Review the performance of data entry personnel and assistant data managers and give appropriate recommendations.
- Be an advisor to the administration on policy issues that affect data management.
- Assist in the design and implementation of encounter forms and databases.
- Ensure the maintenance of a high level of data quality in the databases used in the program.
- Collect, analyze, interpret and summarize data in preparation for the generation of statistical and analytical reports.
- Prepare required reports and communicate them appropriately.
- Provide technical assistance in data management to other data managers in the data management team as may be required.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in information technology, computer science or any other related field.
- Proficiency in data analysis, interpretation and manipulation of data; knowledge of database construction, management and retrieval methods.
- Good communication and problem solving skills.
- Experience in research will be an added advantage.
Terms of Employment
The successful candidate will be employed on a 1-year renewable contract terms with a competitive salary and allowances.
Candidates who meet these requirements and are interested should submit their applications together with detailed Curriculum Vitae giving details of current remuneration to:-
Program Manager
P.O. Box 4606-30100
Eldoret
P.O. Box 4606-30100
Eldoret
So as to reach him on or before 2nd July 2010.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
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