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 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 operationalrresearch,rh 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.