Job Title: Data Officer (Fresher NGO Jobs)
Organisation: Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda)
Duty Station: Kyenjojo, Uganda
About the Company:
Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation -Uganda (Baylor-Uganda) is an indigenous not-for-profit child health and development organisation affiliated to the Baylor College of Medicine International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI), a Network of paediatric HIV/AIDS care and treatment Children’s Clinical Centres of Excellence and international program offices in 11 countries across Africa and Eastern Europe.
Job Summary: The data officer provides operational support for the HIV prevention and Care Interventions for Youth in Uganda (HIP-CY) study including but not limited to participant list generation, data entry, data quality control, participant file storage/safety ensure high quality, effective and efficient productivity.
The HIP-CY study applies implementation science to understand and design stakeholder informed innovative interventions to improve youth prevention and care continuums in rural and urban Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Generate and share lists of potential participants with study teams to facilitate engagement with the former for purposes of study recruitment.
- Prepare study participant files in line with the study schedule of events.
- Develop study participant visit calendars.
- Conduct quality control checks on study CRFs completed during participant study visits.
- Conduct entry of collected study data from source forms into the study database.
- Develop and routinely update the general data and study specific data management standard operating procedures.
- Train staff on the Study Data Management requirements.
- Conduct safe storage & archival of study documents/participant files.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Statistics, Computer science or related course.
- Other medical licensure or certification preferred (i.e. GCP/HSP certification).
- At least 2 years’ experience in HIV research conduct or HIV programming.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 26th March 2025
NB: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.