Uganda Data Collection

Duty Description

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Actively contribute to proposal writing and protocol development by providing advice on statistical methods and study designs appropriate for these studies.
• Take part in study planning: calculate study sample size; handle randomisation tasks; advise on sampling and study designs; participate in development of study tools; train data collectors; and develop Statistical Analysis plans in conjunction with the study PIs and other statisticians.
• Data Management: supervise data managers/programmers in the development of study databases, data capture programmes, and databases; clean data; and receive, generate, and resolve data queries.
• Statistical analysis: Analyse data using appropriate statistical methods; prepare results tables and graphs; and interpret results for PIs and others.
• Contribute to writing papers and presentations: by writing the statistical methods and results sections of papers; presenting results to national and international conferences.
• Communication & reporting: Keep study PIs, and Project Leaders informed of progress of statistical issues, including data entry and analysis.
• Training: Lecture and facilitate in training courses in Biostatistics and Epidemiology organised by the Statistics section, when asked to do so by the Head of section or course organiser.
• Mentor and train other members of statistics in STATA and writing of do files.
• Guide the data managers and statisticians of appropriate statistical methods.
•  Management: Appraise the performance of data managers and other staff as assigned to the post-holder in the annual performance appraisal.

Required Qualifications

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for this job placement must hold a Bachelor of Statistics or related field; advanced qualification (preferably MSc) in Statistics or related field.
• At least two years’ experience in data management, and 1-year experience in Statistical analysis.
• Previous experience in training at graduate and post-graduate level
• Proficiency in the use of data management and statistical analysis software e.g. Ms Access, STATA, SPSS, or EPIINFO
• Competencies: Personal Integrity, Emotional Resourcefulness, Ability to Learn, Forward Thinking, Reliability, Openness to Others, Independence, Analytical Thinking, Conceptual Thinking, Pro-activity, Results Orientation, Thoroughness, Concern for Excellence, Flexibility Towards Others, Service Orientation, Development Orientation

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates should send their application letters, curriculum vitae including names, email addresses and telephone contact details of three (3) referees and copies of academic qualifications should be emailed to: recruitment@mrcuganda.org. Please quote the Position Code in the subject line (Check Top of Advert).