Data Management Officer job at Rakai Health Sciences Program

Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

The Data Management Officer will support data management activities for RHSP research and clinical trials, including database design, data entry system development, data validation, discrepancy reporting, and collaboration with research teams to ensure effective data management practices. The role may also involve field visits to support the smooth running of data systems.

The position will supervise Assistant Data Management Officers and Records Officers, support data backup procedures, train data collectors and quality control teams, compile statistical reports, and assist with timely query resolution. The ideal candidate should have strong database, analytical, statistical programming, organizational and communication skills, with knowledge of GCP-compliant systems such as REDCap.

Responsibilities or duties

• Design RHSP research databases
• Validate data entry systems
• Resolve missing data records
• Supervise data officers
• Train data collection teams

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Statistics or Computer Science degree
• SQL database querying skills
• STATA, R or equivalent
• Excel and Access proficiency
• Strong analytical accuracy

Experience needed

Nice to have: REDCap database knowledge, GCP database experience, Clinical research exposure, Epidemiology data knowledge, Health research experience.

• Design RHSP research databases
• Validate data entry systems
• Resolve missing data records
• Supervise data officers
• Train data collection teams

• SQL database querying skills
• STATA, R or equivalent
• Excel and Access proficiency
• Strong analytical accuracy
• Database management
• Analytical skills
• Statistical programming
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills

• Statistics or Computer Science degree
• REDCap database knowledge (nice to have)
• GCP database experience (nice to have)
• Clinical research exposure (nice to have)
• Epidemiology data knowledge (nice to have)
• Health research experience (nice to have)