Rakai Health Sciences Program
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
- Design RHSP research databases
- Validate data entry systems
- Resolve missing data records
- Supervise data officers
- Train data collection teams
Must Have
- Statistics or Computer Science degree
- SQL database querying skills
- STATA, R or equivalent
- Excel and Access proficiency
- Strong analytical accuracy
Nice to have
- REDCap database knowledge
- GCP database experience
- Clinical research exposure
- Epidemiology data knowledge
- Health research experience
What’s great in the job?
- Research Impact: The role directly supports RHSP research and clinical trials by helping ensure that study data is accurate, complete and well managed.
- Database Development: The position provides practical exposure to designing, managing, testing and validating databases and data entry systems.
- Data Quality Focus: The role involves identifying discrepancies, missing records and data problems, making it important for maintaining reliable research outputs.
- Technical Growth: The job offers opportunities to apply SQL, STATA, R, Excel, Access and GCP-compliant systems such as REDCap in a health research environment.
- Team Leadership: The position includes supervising Assistant Data Management Officers and Records Officers, as well as mentoring data collectors, editors and quality control officers.
- Field Exposure: The role may include occasional field visits to support the smooth running of data management systems across RHSP activities.
