Monitoring and Evaluation Officer-Data Analyst: Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program (EDARP) - Nairobi Jobs

Closing Date: 9th March 2010

Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer-Data Analyst

Location: Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program (EDARP) - Nairobi

Education: Minimum a bachelor degree in statistics or related field with at least 4 years of experience in data analysis. Candidates with a related master’s degree and at least 2 years of experience in data analysis will also be considered.

Desirable Qualities:

• Strong background in data manipulation and analysis (especially cohort/longitudinal data)
• Ability to design/develop data manipulation and analysis programs in STATA, SAS, SPSS, and Epi for data manipulation/report writing, production, processing, and storage of forms, and documentation skills.
• Ability to organize accurate and efficient workflow, identifying and resolving potential or current data problems.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with staff in all cadres.
• Good judgment in trouble shooting, problem solving, awareness of own limitations and strong internal motivation essential.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team in improving data quality and information use

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advice selection of statistical methods for data analysis, and authoring the corresponding sections of the protocol documents or method sections of scientific papers, and conducting the analysis once datasets are created.
• Assists with the entry of research data by overseeing the construction of databases, guiding the data entry process and planning and organizing data verification.
• Work with data and project team members to ensure efficient processing and extraction of datasets.
• Assists data management staff in aspects relevant for providing high quality data sets for statistical analysis
• To carry out any other tasks that would reasonably be expected of a statistician to enhance the proper and efficient functioning of the statistics and data management group.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Head of M&E or any designated person.

Applications should include the following:

• Brief cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Testimonials
• Day phone and email contact information
• 3 referees

Candidates who had previously applied need not respond to this advertisement.

Applications to be sent to:

Human Resource Section,
Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program
P.O. Box 47351-00100
Nairobi, Kenya

Recruitment @ edarp.org

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