Associate Data Management Officer

Project description

EGPAF Cameroon, in collaboration with the Cameroon Ministry of Public Health (MOH), will conduct a research project entitled “Digital Tools to Expand COVID-19 Testing in exposed individuals in Cameroon” (DTECT Cameroon). This study funded by FIND focuses on how best to reach contacts of individuals who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 and get them tested for SARS-CoV-2. DTECT study is a cluster-randomized trial comparing two strategies for contact tracing of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. The study will assess whether a digital model for tracing people exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infected patients would be more effective than the current contact tracing model. The research will evaluate the effect of using a digital contact tracing module in improving COVID-19 contact tracing and testing. The project will provide programs with evidence on a more efficient approach of notifying and tracking contacts of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. The long-term benefits of this approach and its eventual scale-up at national levels would bring a better detection rate for all contacts of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, and early management of infected persons which will imply less SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the community, and lower SARS-CoV-2 incidence and mortality overall.

Job Summary

The Associate Data Management Officer will be responsible for the data management of the DTECT study in Cameroon. He/she will oversee the project’s database and will perform data check and ensure data quality by generating listing of errors and sending data queries for correction.  He/she will report to the Principal Investigator and will work closely with the Study Coordinator and Study Monitors. He / she will work under the technical supervision of the Data Management Officer.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data quality assessment in the study database and generate listing of errors or incoherence.
• Produce and send data queries to study sites and supervise data correction process.
• Ensure that all study and project level statistical activities are conducted in compliance with relevant country level regulatory requirements and EGPAF standards.
• Communicate and collaborate with others research team members to ensure consistency of statistical approaches across studies and alignment with study approaches.
• Provide support, as needed, for the Data Management of the other research project protocols carried out by the foundation.
• Perform statistical analyses for planned data presentations and communications related to study (progress report, newsletter).

Required Qualifications

• Master degree in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology or any other relevant domain.
• Justify solid knowledge in public health or in a relevant field.
• Knowledge and comprehension of human subjects’ research and of GCP.
• Experience in clinical or operational research as data manager or data officers, will be highly appreciated.
• Experience in management of electronic data collection software will be highly valued. 
• Knowledge of statistical analysis software (Stata; SPSS; SAS; R). Excellent mastering of at least one is mandatory.
• Experience in monitoring of clinical and operational research data will be highly valued.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Perfect professional proficiency in English and French.