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Data Manager , LVCT Health.
Job purpose
The Data Manager will provide day to day management of data issues to the project, giving various approaches to data retrieval, cleaning, collation and preliminary data analysis to identify potential data anomalies. The data manager will also support data quality improvement efforts to the project. The incumbent will ensure availability of quality data for surveillance monitoring, evaluation and learning to the organization, the Ministry of Health, funding agencies and stakeholders at both national and county levels.
The position will be contracted initially for one year inclusive of three months’ probation period and renewable thereafter, depending on availability of funding.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related fields is required. Additional Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Demography, Data Science, Statistics, or Biostatistics will be an added advantage.
- Must have least four (4) years of experience in statistical computing with quantitative heath data
- Must be proficient in MS Excel and at least two statistical software packages e.g., Stata, R, SAS, SPSS, and EpiInfo.
- Must be able to write and run queries for management and retrieval of data from databases, e.g., MySQL scripting language syntax.
- Understanding of routine health data and health information systems in Kenya.
- Understanding of data quality assessment tools and methods, and experience in addressing data quality issues related to routine health information data.
- Proficiency in analyzing and interpreting routine and non-routine data, and effectively communicating results and findings.
- Knowledge of data analytics and visualization tools, techniques, and methods.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work with all levels of internal staff and ability to be flexible in handling multiple priorities.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications and CV along with a cover letter expressing interest and indicating
Salary history
and
expectations
to
recruitment@lvcthealth.org
. The position applied for and reference number should be clearly indicated on the subject line and cover letter; Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
The closing date is
March 23, 2023
. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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