Data Manager Job at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent humanitarian medical NGO that was created in 2009 by professionals of humanitarian medicine. ALIMA’s mission is to provide medical care in emergency situations or medical catastrophes.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Data Manager

Job Location: Gashua, Yobe
Employment Type: Contract

Main Job Objectives

• Responsible for coordinating and monitoring all data related activities including: collection, compilation, verification, encoding, data entry, analysis, reporting under the Medref.
• responsible for the supervision, training and support to field data collectors, as well as coordination of medical data reporting for internal and external use in conjunction with the Medical Coordinator.

Responsibilities
Staff Supervision:

• Collect the medical data of the project Intervention sites (epidemiological data, statistics, project data), and elaborate regular reporting weekly and monthly reports with the medical team,
• Site visits to verify data in order to have updated and reliable information
• Assign duties and coordinate data collection and entry service.
• Updates monthly BDD at least 10 days before the end of the month.
• Managing patient trends and projecting future and keep the teams current of changes.

More specifically, the Data manager and analyst will be under the supervision of the medical referent:

• Set up various databases for all project intervention sites and emergency interventions; Update databases used in the mission as required.
• Work with Data collectors/Encoders in all projects to ensure patient files are properly stored in an accessible manner.
• Monitor the quality of data collection:  ensure the data collectors have the right source of documents within the projects; ensure the quality of the data contained in the compilation tools and ensure respect for the principles of confidentiality of patient data.
•  Supervise and train data collectors in the projects:  Supervise the project data entry operators and identify the difficulties they face in terms of the use of tools and send them or notify them to the project activities manager and the Meal manager; Provide support and on the job-training to data collectors; Organize training for data operators on identified needs.
• Train new staff e.g. MedRefs and other staff involved in data collection on how the data tools work.
• Carry out data analysis of various orders according to the request by informing the Medco of the needs expressed in advance.
• Inform the MedRefs and MedCo of communicable diseases with epidemic potential: Hold a database or a history of alerts and emergencies according to the scenarios (Measles, Cholera, and Meningitis) and other situations (population movement or IDP, inflow of wounds). Also, in case of emergency intervention ensure that projects or databases / line list updated if necessary and uses it. Monitor, compile and analyze the database on a weekly basis;
• Data analysis: Conduct analysis on databases collected with MedRefs and the Medical coordinator of the mission and give a short weekly/ monthly summary: and advise the projects and medical coordination on the situation in terms of the achievement of indicators, targets, alert situation for epidemiological diseases and errors identified in the projects databases in terms of collection or encoding.
• Reports: Compile monthly data from project locations into a monthly data report and maintain a reporting system for weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for all medical activities for the projects, internal and external partners such as different donors, nutritional sector, health sector, SGBV sector, UNICEF and WHO, etc. While ensuring that the requests are in agreement with the organization and donor targets.

Participate in cluster and HIS meetings organized by the MoH of the Borno region:

• Troubleshoot problems that may arise with the databases.
• Liaise with the IT staff in Dakar regarding DHSI2;
• In the event of assessment, research, surveys he/she will have to contribute to the preparation of the plan and analysis of the data (recommendation of the software best adapted for high quality analysis).
• Perform all other tasks as requested by the mission.

Management lines

• Report to (Direct): Project Medical Referent Medical
• Report to (Functional):  Medical Coordinator
• taff Reporting to him: Data entry clarks.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Degree in Statistics / Computer Science degree. A master in Epidemiology or Public Health with strong knowledge in epidemiology and statistics is an added advantage.
• Degree in Health Sciences (Medicine, Nursing) with strong knowledge in epidemiology and statistics.

Experience:

•  2 years of experience in data analysis & management            

Conditions

• Contract term: contract under Nigeria Law, 6 months’ renewable.
• Salary: According to ALIMA function grid.

Note

• To apply, please send your CV and Cover Letter and credentials on the above link before (31 July 2024).
• Applications are processed in the order of arrival and we reserve the right to close the offer before the term initially indicated if a good application is successful.
• Only full applications (CV + Cover and Credentials as single attachement) will be taken into account.