ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Daily management of the research data capture systems used by the
main MSC and nested projects including clinical trials.
2. Ensure safe backup and restore of production and development
back-end environment
3. Design and implementation of quality control procedures to ensure
the accuracy and integrity of data collected.
4. Data migration between legacy and new database systems.
5. Design and implementation of procedures for data cleaning,
validation and integrity checking.
6. To implement all data management policies which include: data
cleaning, validation and storage
7. Perform and prepare data for statistical analysis and generate
routine reports from clinical and laboratory surveillance and as
required for clinical trial audits.
8. Extraction of data from various data sources in response to research
needs
9. Line-manage data clerks to ensure procedures are being followed and
to ensure the collection of high quality accurate data.
10. To support the first line IT support person to ensure the correct
implementation and maintenance of all Sickle Cell Programme hardware
and network and access rights to database and shared file servers
are maintained and meet changing requirements.
11. Be responsible for ensuring all documentation of procedures (SOPs)
and actions in relation to data collection, management, extraction
and analysis are followed and filed appropriately, and ensure that
that all other staff line managed by this position or who are
conducting these activities have sufficient understanding and
knowledge to conduct these activities appropriately.
12. Assist Data Manager in recruiting and mentoring data staff,
performing appraisals, and coordinating training.
13. Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Required skills/experience
1. B.Sc./BA, preferably M.Sc. in Computer Science or Statistics,
Biostatistics or related discipline
2. 1 -2 years’ experience in similar position preferably in a health
related project.
3. Communication: a. Excellent communication skills; b. Ability to
write clearly; c. Ability to use e-mail, Internet, data scanning
4. Data Monitoring and Evaluation: a. Data monitoring and evaluation
experience; b. Data cleaning experience; c. Thorough understanding
of SQL and relational databases; d. Experience with MySQL RDBMS
5. Networks and Hardware: a. Network administration experience; b.
Hardware support experience; c. Ability to troubleshoot and identify
hardware and network problems.

This position will be on full time basis. Applicants should send their
CV’s, scanned copies of transcripts/certificates and a cover letter
outlining their suitability as per the job description to:

scpjobs@blood.ac.tz or address it to:
Principal Investigator,
Sickle cell Programme,
P. O. Box 65001,
Dar Es Salaam
by 16:30 PM on Friday,
18th August, 2017. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for
interview. “Sickle Cell Programme is an equal opportunity employer”.