Fresher QA & QC Officer NGO Jobs – Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

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.

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Deadline: 3rd November 2024

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