Data Officer Jobs at Ifakara Health Institute 2024

Role: Data Officer

Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is situated in Ifakara, Morogoro.
Application date: October 16, 2024

Regarding the Ifakara Health Institute

Top research institution in Africa, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is known for creating, testing, and verifying health innovations. Research, training, and service delivery form the main goals of the institute. Its work covers a spectrum from biological and ecological sciences to intervention studies, health-systems research, and policy translating.

Data Officer's Position Overview

To augment the team, IHI is seeking a competent and seasoned Data Officer. This function entails data management for the National AIDS Control Program (NACP), the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort (KIULARCO), various research databases housed within the Chronic Diseases Clinic of Ifakara (CDCI), and Heart and Lung Clinic.

Important Correspondences

Your few main responsibilities as the Data Officer at Ifakara Health Institute will include:

• Ensuring the accuracy and quality of data within the KIULARCO and other research databases is data quality control.
• Data Management: Underlying data entry, quality control, and extraction activities, data management follows KIULARCO and NACP recommendations.
• Under the leadership of Senior Project Statisticians, data processing and reporting assistance for several research projects housed inside the KIULARCO helps to ensure accuracy.
• Working closely with the Data Manager, cooperative management ensures KIULARCO, NACP, and other research datasets is under control. This covers data quality assurance, data entering supervision, and data extraction of pertinent relevance.
• Dealing with any data searches concerning the KIULARCO or NACP databases and making sure they are satisfactorially answered.
• Assisting with data analysis, interpretation, and reporting for current KIULARCO projects You will also contribute to written publications and reports on KIULARCO and joint projects.
• Create monthly and annual KIULARCO reports and prepare quarterly HIV care/ART reports for district and national authorities.
• Helping the Heart and Lung Clinic to keep a cohort of patients suffering with chronic heart and lung problems.
• Teamwork: Helping to control quality by actively attending journal clubs. teaching the staff statistical ideas and data management techniques and direction.
• Attending all required IHI and CDCI conferences. When needed, you will also attend government, MOH, and other significant partner-organized seminars, workshops, and conferences.
• Research Coordinating: Helping IHI and other partners plan and support their respective research projects.
• Completing any responsibilities assigned by the Project Leader, Site Director of IHI, or Director of St. Francis Referral Hospital (SFRH).

Skills and Background

You should have to be qualified for the Data Officer post by:

• degrees in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or Mathematics.
• Experience using SQL, ODK, OpenMRS, and REDCap database management technologies.
• Understanding of basic to intermediate level programming languages.
• knowledge of data governance comprising data privacy, security, and quality criteria.
• Minimum two years of data administration experience, ideally in a research environment.
• One plus is past employment or volunteer work done in a research facility.

Required Competencies and Skills

Your talents as the Data Officer will include:

• great capacity to extract data and control databases.
• Capacity to operate both alone and in a team.
• superb verbal as well as written communication skills.
• Excellent accuracy emphasis and great attention to detail.
• a real enthusiasm for data administration and research.
• Strong congruence with the key principles of IHI: integrity, initiative, equity, excellence, and responsibility.
  Compensation.
• For the qualified candidate, IHI presents a competitive and appealing compensation plan based on IHI salary scales.

Equally Opportunity Employer

IHI works under equal opportunities policies. At the workplace, we forbid any kind of harassment or discrimination. Following Tanzania's labour regulations, all hiring decisions are based just on job criteria and individual qualities.

How to Apply?

One is working full-time here. If you are qualified and show interest in this possibility, kindly send your application together with:

• A cover letter
• Your revised CV with phone and email contacts.
• Academic and professional certificate copies
• Send your application by email to recruitment@ihi.or.tz.
• Verify the email subject line: DATA OFFICER – CDCI.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 17:00hrs.

Only those shortlisted will be contacted to interview.

Phone Details:
Email: recruitment@ihi.or.tz. Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) #5 Ifakara Street, Plot 463, Mikocheni P.O. Box 78,373 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania