Junior Data Manager (12 Months Contract) Wits NICD

Main purpose of the job:

• To effectively coordinate the data management activities of research/surveillance patients and to export data accurately and timely according to good clinical practice

Location:

• NICD – Sandringham, Johannesburg

Key performance areas:

Data Coordination and exporting

• Receive CRFs from Study Coordinators and/or Enrolled Nurses and check data correctness
• Delegate and instruct Data Capturer to capture data where needed
• Check the accuracy of data captured and address queries
• Monitor electronic CRFs completed
• Provide support to project staff and support them in the use of data collection software
• Process and produce accurate data reports within required timeframes

Quality Assurance and quality control

• Review protocol and questionnaires to ensure that data collection and analysis are consistent with the protocol
• Perform quality assurance in accordance with GCP and SOPs
• Resolve logical checks to ensure data accuracy
• Respond to queries within the required timelines (7 days)
• Review and monitor logical checks, queries, and error trends and make relevant recommendations
• Generate reports on queries or errors and send them to relevant managers for monitoring purposes
• Develop SOPs on data cleaning and exporting

Data Analysis and Administration

• Provide support to project staff and support them in the use of statistical software
• Import and export data between data management software programs
• Process and produce accurate data reports within required timeframes
• Perform basic/descriptive analyses for surveillance reports
• Support surveillance/research teams in data analysis
• Compile and maintain source files and CRFs
• Order labels for relevant forms

Staff Management

• Attend to all staffing requirements and administration
• Supervise and manage the duties of subordinates to ensure optimal staff utilization and maintenance of sound labor relations
• Perform and facilitate performance development and assessments
• Identify substandard performance by team members and take necessary corrective action
• Coach and train subordinates and team members to ensure the acquisition of knowledge and skills required by the organization
• Promote harmony, teamwork, and sharing of information

Required minimum education and training:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Data Management or a related field

Required minimum work experience:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in data management, analysis, and reporting

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Certification in good clinical practice
• Experience in clinical trials or medical research environment
• Thorough with good attention to detail
• Ordered and systematic with the tendency to adhere to protocols
• Good administrative skills are required together with working knowledge of Microsoft Office, RedCap, SQL, and other database packages
• Traveling (national and international) will be required from time to time
• Working over weekends and overtime may be required

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
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• The closing date for all applications: 05 December 2022.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.

Please note:

• Our Client, WHC - NICD, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.
• WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
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