ICAP
at Columbia University is a Non-Governmental Organization affiliated with
Columbia Universit
y Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH) registered in
Tanzania as MSPH Tanzania LLC since February 2005 (SO No. 12987). ICAP has been receiving funds to support HIV
prevention and treatment programs in Tanzania from US President’s Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) since 2005. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health,
Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), ICAP has been supporting the government on health system strengthening,
providing technical support especially on HIV prevention, care, and treatment,
voluntary medical male circumcision services, and facilitating HIV prevention
in community settings. It is in this respect that ICAP since
2013, has been implementing an HIV-prevention program to accelerate, expand and
improve the quality of comprehensive community-based HIV prevention services targeting
several key and vulnerable populations (KVP). The program has employed
competent, dynamic individuals with programmatic/technical understanding and
public health management knowledge in implementing the program objectives.
The program is now seeking
to fill multiple positions in various regional locations for a recently awarded
five-year project on community-based HIV prevention addressing key populations
(KP), adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), and other targeted vulnerable populations.
Job Description
Position Title: Data Officer (12 positions)
Reports
to: Project
Coordinator, designated region
Location: Various – Dar es Salaam (2), Tanga (1), Pwani
(1), Mwanza (1), Mara (1), Simiyu (1), Kagera (2), Kigoma (2), Geita (1)
Travel: Up
to 70% in intervention districts
Overall
Job Function:
The
incumbent’s overall responsibilities include electronic data entry and cleaning
of the paper forms from the community-based HIV prevention program targeting KVP,
regular reporting of data, as well as follow-up with health facility registries
for referral and linkage tracing and verification, and supportive supervision
to outreach volunteers on M&E issues. The incumbent is responsible for managing all data and database-related
tasks, queries, and reporting in relation to the community-based program under
the direction of supervisors. S/he will work closely with the other members of the
program and M&E teams.
Specific responsibilities and duties:
·
Collect and enter all data from the
community-based program into electronic databases on a daily or weekly basis;
·
Compare data entered
with source documents, verify accuracy of data to be entered to detect and
correct errors;
·
Track referral forms
and conduct verification with registers from facilities to verify completed
referrals and linkage outcomes;
·
Participate in generation of queries and data
cleaning.
·
Update database to include responses to data
queries
·
Inform supervisor of any problems or errors
observed in the database.
·
Detect any hardware
and database/software malfunctions and notify supervisor;
·
Manage printing and
disbursement of study tools and handling, proper documentation of tools taken
vs returned, query submitted vs resolved, logging of assignments received vs completed;
·
Assist in training
new outreach volunteers on data collection tools, including referrals,
reporting and database;
·
Protect
confidentiality of records and information used during data entry;
·
Create weekly reports
on outreach activities and progress
- Review completed data tools on
a regular basis and ensure adequate data collection including timely,
complete and clean reporting/data transfer to data staff
- Manage security of data tools
when not in use
·
Assist in creation of
monthly, quarterly, and other reports on all indicators for submission and
review to supervisors
·
Perform any other
duties as assigned by supervisor.
Required qualification, Knowledge and skills:
·
Required Degree, Advanced
Diploma or Certificate in data management or related field; preference given to
those who have experience with community-based HIV programs targeting KVP.
·
Required fluent speaking,
reading, and writing skills in English and Kiswahili
·
Required minimum 1 year experience
with electronic data entry and cleaning; preferred experience with programming
language and database design and development
·
Required excellent computer
skills, at minimum with Microsoft Access, Excel, Word. Preference if also
familiar with programming language such as SQL, C/C++, Java, and statistical
software such as SPSS, SAS, STATA.
·
Good documentation skills
and ability to follow standard procedures
·
Able to maintain utmost
confidentiality regarding participants’ health status and sensitive information
contained in paperwork
·
Flexibility to work after
normal working hours and weekends at informal gatherings and entertainment
centers
·
Ability to work
independently and travel extensively to remote areas, including islands
·
Able to adapt to situations
quickly and problem solve
·
Ability to interact well with
all targeted KVP groups and peer outreach volunteers by facilitating a
nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory, and non-stigmatizing environment in the
program, to welcome all clients regardless of their background
·
Must be a Tanzanian Citizen; preference given to
candidates already living in the job location region.
How to apply:
Applicants should send their
cover letter and CV. The
deadline for the application for this position is 20th June 2017. All applications
should be sent via email, mentioning in the subject line the Position Title and Preferred
Region(s) to icap-jobs-tanzania@columbia.edu.
Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Please do NOT attach any
certificates when submitting online.
ICAP
is an equal opportunity employer; women and
people living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply.
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