Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya
Data Officer (13 Positions) – CHS/HR/STP/DDO/002/2023 Overall Job Function
To oversee data management, verification, analysis, and reporting at the sub-county level while
providing data accountability and ensuring an effective and efficient flow of reports from the site level to the program level.
Key Responsibilities
- Support DREAMS data cleaning and monitoring of data entry into the DREAMS data capture systems through regular data quality audits for quality client management and reporting
- Consolidate, validate, and merge databases sent from the wards to ensure the availability of clean and up-to-date databases
- Conduct routine (quarterly) data quality assurance assessments on intervention M&E tools, client records, and electronic databases to ensure data completeness, and accuracy, and Sample at least 30% of the data forms for validity check with what is already entered in the database(s) during supervision
- Participate in the Preparation of data-related standard operating procedures (and update them periodically) and train program and data management staff on the same
- Coordinate, supervise, and mentor data management team (including field data collection teams) to ensure up-to-date skills in data management through on-job training as required
- Perform various data analyses, and generate weekly and monthly data reports, data dashboards, and tables as required to track implementation progress at the program
- Maintain (up-to-date and clean) internal data asset library, data management plans, and syntaxes for complex data analysis
- Implement and enforce regular data security activities such as storage, backups, archiving, and user administration, and resolving queries that arise
- Prepare monthly/quarterly/annual/ad hoc reports within the agreed
- Support the implementation of web-based and mobile DREAMS-specific solutions to facilitate real-time data transmission and reporting
- Participate in data review meetings and validation of web-based tools and registers
- Support the team in the utilization of database insights and data
- Generate AGYW priority lists and share them with relevant team members
- Carry out any other duties as may be specified by the supervisor
Qualifications and Requirements
- Diploma in, Health records, Statistics, Biostatistics, IT, and other related fields
- Two (2) years experience in a similar position
- Analytical and conceptual skills
- Ability to extract data from systems
- Decision-making skills
- Good Interpersonal / Communication skills
- Good report-writing skills
- Relevant computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Monitoring and Evaluation skills
Interested and qualified applicants are invited to email their applications and detailed CV with contact details to vacancies@chskenya.org clearly quoting the position you are applying, for and the reference number as indicated in the subject line. Applications close on October 6, 2023, at 5.00 PM CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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