Data Entry Jobs. ICAP of Columbia University

ICAP of Columbia University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services to strengthen HIV Care and Treatment services in the country and conduct high quality research to inform national and international policy.

ICAP has received funding from the National Institute of Health to conduct a two year study on Mother Infant Retention in PMTCT (MIR4 Health Study).

Applications are invited for the following positions:

1. Data Manager – MIR 4 Health Study
Location: Kisumu

Overall Job Function:
The successful applicant will be responsible for supervising staff performing data entry, cleaning and storage of a study data to produce clean, complete final data sets for transmission to ICAP New York.

Key Responsibilities:
To support collection and entry of study data
To clean study data
To supervise and track flow of data forms from facilities to study office and organization of paper records within office
To ensure completeness, accuracy and consistency of the data
To produce monthly datasets and written report describing data integrity
Assure that electronic and paper records are handled according to international standards for data security and confidentiality

Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer studies, statistics, epidemiology or mathematics;
At least 2 years relevant experience and advance skills in MS Access application development & programming skills; EpiInfo, SPSS; Data quality assurance; MS Office
Familiarity with database management system and principles;
Familiarity with data coding of SOP and coding dictionaries;

2. Data Officers – MIR 4 Health Study (2)
Location: Kisumu with travel to study sites in Nyanza

Overall Job Function:
Reporting to the Data Manager, the Data Officer will provide data management, support high quality, accurate and timely reports.

Key Responsibilities:
Data entry of routine monthly and quarterly data
Data reconstruction and computerization from source documents as required
Data quality checks against client data from medical records
Compilation of monthly reports

Requirements:
Diploma in Health Records Information/ Health Information Technology
At least 2 years’ experience, preferably at MOH district facility level
Database management skills and ability to use statistical software.
Those with relevant degrees related to the field will have an added advantage

All applications including a current CV, telephone number and 3 referees (one who should be at least your current/previous supervisor) should be sent to the HR and Administration Manager, ICAP icap.vacancies@gmail.com before 31st December 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

ICAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer