Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY JOINT AIDS PROGRAM (MJAP) 6 MONTHS SHORT TERM ENGAGEMENT. Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP) is a private-not-for profit Company under Makerere University. MJAP works to build partnerships and strengthen health systems to optimally respond to HIV/AIDS, TB, Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and other diseases of public health importance in Africa. MJAP is implementing a sub-award grant from Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), for accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Kampala region; with funding from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
MJAP is seeking competent, passionate and dynamic individual to fill the position of Data Officer in a very busy health facility in Kampala.
Role Title: Data Officer
Role definition: Determine the suitable database analysis software; enter data that is used to generate weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for MJAP activities in accordance with MOH guidelines and procedures.
Reports to: M & E Officer .

Key Result Areas • Receive and review raw data on the different program activities on a daily basis
• Enter data into the appropriate program databases on daily basis according to the approved format
• Create data cleaning queries to free data from any anomalies according to the data analysis procedures
• Back up data and add password to the different databases used for data entry on a daily basis in line with the data security procedures
• Carry out simple analysis on MJAP activities and document brief reports on weekly and monthly basis to inform the development of quarterly reports for the various stakeholders
• Devise and implement a mechanism for safeguarding computer hardware and other accessories assigned to Data Officers
• Offer on-going support to the data collectors in proper data collection and documentation procedures.

Key personal competences
• Good interpersonal skills, communication skills and organizational skills.
• Good computer skills and knowledge of common Statistical analysis and database management packages Ms Access, Ms Excel, STATA, SPSS, EPiDATA
• Comprehensive knowledge of computer data input equipment and error resolution in data entry
• High level of confidentiality, accuracy and team work

Qualifications & job specifications:
• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in statistics, Social Sciences, Computer Science and Information Technology.
• Specialized training in data management, analysis and interpretation is an added advantage
• At least 2 years working experience in data management

Job Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Experience Requirements: 2 years

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Interested and qualified candidates should apply via the email below and submit their cover letter, a detailed curriculum vita and copies of relevant academic documents to: hr@mjap.or.ug addressed to; The Human Resource Manager, Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP), not later than 6th March, 2020 by 5:00pm.
Please ensure that your attachments do not exceed 5 MB. We do appreciate your interest to work with MJAP. However, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 2 weeks after the submission deadline.

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