Data Management Consultancy at Allm AFYA Solutions Ltd: (Deadline 27 September 2022)

Job Title:   Data Management Consultancy

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Reports to: Project Coordinator & Executive Director

Qualifications and Work Experience

• Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree with extensive experience in an area relevant to the assignment, such as Biostatistics, Health Information management, Health Informatics, Statistics, Data science, Public Health, …
• At least 3 years’ experience in health management information systems/ electronic medical record (EMR) system across health facilities
• Experience of working with proven digital health solutions
• In-depth experience with handling big and sensitive patient data set (by preforming data quality check, anonymizing, back up) in a regulated environment, working according to Standard Operating Procedures
• Experience with one or more programming languages such as R, STATA or Python
• Experience with management of electronic data capture systems (e.g.  Redcaps, ODK)
• Previous experience or similar work on electronic health data, public health databases, and data management products used in global health (DHIS2, mobile data collection and reporting tools)

The consultant is expected to work and respond to the local project team requests that relate to data management throughout the remaining project implementation period. The consultant will be required to support the local project team once a week on a convened working day for a period of 4 months from September to December 2022(15 days). It is to be noted that the consultant will be home-based & self-monitored during the execution of his duties, apart from a few hours he/she will be required to attend meetings with project team members or collaborators and when he/she may be required to travel to implementing health facilities for results presentation and discussion

More specifically, the scope of work includes the following tasks:

• Contribute to the restructuring of the data system, redesigning and programming of the data collection tools associated with the project implementation
• Develop the data management procedures/SOPs, and analysis plan together with the project team
• Contribute to setting up project monitoring dashboards to monitor data collected using JOIN application
• Participate in organized project meetings and provide updates on Data Management metrics (e.g., address missing data, resolve data discrepancies, inconsistent data,) to the project team and other stakeholders where required.
• Assist in the development of any required training materials (e.g., eCRF/Patient file data entry guidelines) and in the training of staff on electronic data capture system.
• Conduct regular data quality checks and data cleaning
• Together with the JOIN application specialist, monitor adherence to standards related to data security, safety, and confidentiality including control of user access and database documentation, performing backup and recovery of project implementation-related data
• Participate in some collaborative meetings with MoH / RBC or other local institutions to ensure that the tools of the electronic system of the project integrate with the digital health transformation vision of Rwanda (e.g., Health Cloud infrastructure, interoperability, and National Health Information Exchange with the Electronic Medical Records systems of different health facilities)
• Identify and recommend any required modifications in the existing electronic data collection tools to comply with M and E indicators related to project implementation
•  Assist to put in place mechanisms for regular data quality checks and data cleaning
• Participate in data analysis and project report writing

Skills and Competencies 

• Strong technical skills in managing and transforming or reconfiguring large datasets to ensure data are in the correct format to be easily analyzed.
• Skills in using Visualization tools (such as PowerBI,)
• Mastering of Advanced Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, Power Pivot, Advanced charting,)
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Strong writing, presentation, and reporting skills
• Excellent understanding of data administration and management functions (collection, analysis, distribution etc.)
• Good organization skills and attention to detail
• Good communication skills – both written and verbal

Application Process & Closing date

If you possess the above qualification, experiences skills and competencies, please submit CV, rate in USD (inclusive of any tax), and two references to dutheos@gmail.com  with copy to c.beck@allm.inc  by 27th Sept 2022 at 17:00 Rwandan time.

Note: Only shortlisted Applicants will be contacted. Allm Africa is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or require applicants to pay any fee in the recruitment process.