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.
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
3. Study Site Coordinator - MIR 4 Health Study (3)
Location: Allocated sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function:
The Site Coordinator will
be responsible for overseeing day to day study activities at the site to ensure
smooth implementation of the study, safety of study participants, and accuracy
of the data collected.
The will be supervised by
the Study Coordinator.
Key Responsibilities:
- To obtain
consent from potential study participants
- To obtain
consent and administer questionnaires to healthcare providers and lay
counsellors
- To monitor
patient recruitments and retention and oversee follow ups and patient
tracking activities
- To ensure
proper storage of study materials e.g. patient folders, study
questionnaires, consent forms
- To carry out
on-site quality control for data collection
- To supervise
the research assistants
Requirements
- Diploma in
Nursing or relevant Degree/Diploma in Social Sciences
- Experience
in conducting research
- Excellent
communication skills ( both oral and written)
- Understands/Speaks
and reads Luo well
- Good use of
Microsoft office especially in excel
4. Research Assistant - MIR 4 Health Study (6)
Location: Allocated sites in Nyanza
Overall Job Function:
The Research Assistant will
be responsible for conducting the day to day study activities at the site under
the supervision of the Site Coordinator
Specific Responsibilities
- To
administer questionnaires to the study participants
- To conduct
data abstraction from the registers and patient folders
- To maintain
participant folders
- To assist in
setting up project materials at the beginning of the day and completing the
necessary activities at the end of the day
Qualifications
- Diploma or
Bachelors degree in Social Studies
- Research
experience in a HIV setting administering questionnaires to patients
- Understands/speaks
and writes Luo
- Computer
literate
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
