Education

• Essential:  Degree or diploma or equivalent qualification in Statistics, IT, Computer Sciences

Desirable:

• Qualification or certification includes Data Science

Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience
• Database design and management  
• Programming data collection tools for implementation in various devices such as tablets, laptops, mobile phones or barcode machines
• Provide hardware support
• Essential: Proven experience in data visualization and in developing dashboards for real-time data visualization
• Desirable: Experience in developing dashboards for health-related projects using electronic web-based applications for data collection
• Previous working experience managing data sets for national health-related surveys

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the development of data management systems,
• Back-end programming (proficient knowledge of databases needed e.g. SQL, Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, CSPro, RedCap etc),
• Extract, transform, Load (ETL) of data from different source to secured data warehouse
• Program and optimize data collection tools (handheld devices – tablets, mobile phones etc)
• Set-up and/or initiate linkages between complementary databases (laboratory databases)
• Develop and maintain project documentation such as data management processes, quality control and quality assurance standard operating procedures
• Design, develop and implement data visualization tools – graphic dashboards in line with selected indicators for real-time or near real-time data visualization using appropriate visualization tools and considering the in-house hardware and software capabilities
• Ensure that selected variables from the various databases integrate or connect to the dashboard
• Ensure that data automatically syncs and refreshes at the appropriate intervals to visualize the required indicators for display on the dashboards
• Day-to-day management of data processes in the field (including conducting field-based quality control activities for the project).
• Liaise closely with the data management team responsible for surveys through the initial development, testing and finalization stages of dashboard development
• Code, clean, merge and conduct descriptive analyses on datasets using any data analysis software packages
• Liaise with researchers and stakeholders on data management queries
• Build capacity of the central data management team and field teams to maintain the dashboard after construction and share process flows
• Immediate reporting and resolving of any problems encountered in data management and related to the creation and maintenance of the dashboards
• Reporting lines: The developer/programmer will report to the HSRC-appointed focal point person