Advert for Data Manager Position

Position Title: Data Manager.

Reports to:   Uganda Site Principal Investigator, NUTRINT Project at Makerere University School of Public Health.

Background

Annually, approximately 1.2 million adolescents die prematurely due to preventable or treatable causes, while many more suffer from poor health and disability. A high share of the global mortality and morbidity burden in adolescence occurs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Adolescence is also a critical stage of life when important physical, physiological, cognitive and social developments take place, and critical behaviors related to diet, exercise, alcohol and tobacco use, violence and sexual behavior are developed. These developments and behaviors determine and shape behaviors well into adulthood and, with it, long-term health outcomes. Early identification of the health risk factors, and designing appropriate interventions to improve adolescent health, therefore, is paramount for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and creating healthy societies.

Under the NUTRINT Project Consortium, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) is collaborating with other institutions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Europe and the USA to address adolescent health challenges. NUTRINT in full is: “Reducing Nutrition-Related Non-Communicable Diseases in Adolescence and Youth: Interventions and Policies to Boost Nutrition Fluency and Diet Quality in Africa”. The overall objective of the project is to establish a global alliance to prevent and reduce nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among adolescents and youth in Africa, by boosting adolescents’ health behaviors and outcomes through nutrition literacy and fluency and by providing critical policy information and tools to scale and sustain interventions and policies to support adolescents in healthy food consumption and lives.

Position Description

The project seeks to hire a Data Manager to be responsible for managing all data generated from the project at the Uganda site, and in collaboration with other NUTRINT consortium partners. Thus the Data Manager will:

1. Participate in the design of data collection tools
2. Lead the design of data entry screens
3. Lead the development of data collection standard operating procedures
4. Participate in the training, and supervision of data collection activities regarding data management requirements
5. Conduct regular checks on the collected data to monitor data flows and data quality during the conduct of project studies
6. Institute data security measures to ensure only authorized accessibility, data confidentiality, and measures to ensure secure storage of study data related files and subject records.
7. Generate interim analyses and interim reports to help project staff monitor project progress
8. Participate in the preparation and execution of dissemination activities. These will include preparation of technical reports, analyses for publications, PowerPoint presentations and engaging various stakeholders in dissemination activities
9. Participate in manuscript writing
10. Participate in project meetings
11. Execute any other relevant data management duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

1. Suitable applicants MUST have training at master’s degree level in either Biostatistics or Statistics
2. Demonstrated experience in database design and data management
3. At least one year of demonstrated experience in managing research data
4. Excellent statistical programming skills in statistical software and database management particularly using STATA and/or R
5. Ability to work independently, strong interpersonal communication skills, and ability to work with diverse sectors as well as meeting deadlines
6. Ability to process, analyze, and present study results in quality publishable formats.

How to apply:

Suitably qualified persons should email their application that must include the following:

1. A one-page type written application letter addressed to the Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health, with subject line “Application for Data Manager Position on the NUTRINT Project.”
2. Up-to-date curriculum vitae,
3. Copies of the relevant academic certificates, transcripts, and appointment(s) on data management position(s)
4. Two letters of recommendation with a functioning email address and day-time phone number of relevant academic and/or employment supervisor referees

The above application documents must be submitted AS ONE PDF FILE to the following email address: recruitment@musph.ac.ug, with the email subject line “Application for Data Manager Position on the NUTRINT Project.” Deadline for submission is by 5:00 pm on 5th June 2023.

NB:   Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. Canvassing for the position is prohibited and may lead to automatic disqualification.