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Monday, 15 May 2017

Coordinator (Research Data Management Unit) - Aga Khan - Karachi

Department

Division of Women and Child Health

Entity

Medical College

Location

Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction

The Umeed-e-Nau (UeN) initiative of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Women and Child Health aims to support the introduction, scale up and further piloting of high quality and high impact interventions to improve Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) in Pakistan by harnessing the potential of both public and private sectors, coupled with introduction of women and girls empowerment interventions. UeN has two major components; one is to introduce proven effective MNCAH interventions at scale in 14 districts and the second is generate evidence on innovative approaches to improve MNCAH while included in the public health programme in Pakistan.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the supervision of overall quality control and assurance of data for all field sites and will be the contact person for all the data related issues. Specific responsibilities include to:
  • recommend modifications and reconfigure databases to ensure the optimal storage of data and minimize data entry complexities
  • conduct training sessions of staff for data entry and data capturing
  • write queries and codes using various programming languages to generate quality control checks
  • conduct site visits to assess the adherence to data management standards and quality assurance of data
  • conduct data audits, compile results, analyze and summarize audit findings, and recommend changes where needed
  • participate in project meetings and propose recommendations for procedural modifications and development related to data management, quality control and assurance
  • prepare and disseminate periodical reports for progress of assigned projects and identify and remove bottlenecks to ensure smooth data entry
  • respond to data related queries received from the concerned regarding relevant project issues and procedures.
  • supervise data entry of collected forms from various sources such as data documents, electronic data entry systems, and hand held devices.

Requirements

You should have:
  • Masters/BS(Hons.) degree in Computer Science.
  • at least three years experience of Asp.Net, SQL, JavaScript, GIS, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap preferably in any reputable healthcare or research organization
  • excellent command over use of Webapi, google maps, JSChart and MIS development programming languages like C# and other software like SQL
  • strong analytical, qualitative and research writing skills
  • resilience and ability to cope up with work pressure and meet stringent deadlines
  • ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently
  • willing to travel within and outside Karachi on need basis.

To Apply

Interested candidates should send their detailed CVs by email to human.resources@aku.edu and mark the position applied for in the subject line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applications should be submitted latest by May 28, 2017

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