Description and purpose:

The successful persons will be working closely with other professionals on the study team to support data quality, data management and field coordination for the BD/LEN study. The Research Assistants will work closely with the Data Manager, Research Associates and other members of the study team.

Required qualifications and Profile:

A Bachelor’s degree or Higher Diploma equivalent in a health–related field or social sciences. At least 2 years’ experience working in a Health or clinical research data handling setting and computer literacy is required. Commitment, reliability, attention to detail, and personal integrity are essential for this position.

Duties:

• Coordinate scheduling, facility entry, and logistics for each data abstraction round at the selected study ​​facilities.
• Support Research Associates with health facility record abstraction from the Integrated ANC/PNC registers, PrEP registers and the Prevention Tracker, where designated.
• Run errands between MU-JHU and study facilities to facilitate data collection activities, including ​management of tablets and study materials.
• Monitor daily data entry and synchronisation of tablets (REDCap Mobile App) to the MU-JHU REDCap server and run REDCap Data Quality rules and scripted checks for completeness, validity and consistency.
• Provide real-time data review feedback to Research Associates and the study team, and raise, track and close data queries using the REDCap Data Resolution Workflow.
• Carry out quality control measures through the review of collected data for completeness and validity.
• Perform ongoing data cleaning per abstraction round, ensuring facility identifiers and variable definitions ​are harmonised across rounds.
• Maintain and verify a log of facility-specific LEN introduction dates used to classify observations as pre-implementation or post-rollout.
• Troubleshoot to identify common causes of errors during documentation /protocol deviations and report them to the Data Manager for corrective/preventive actions.
• Perform designated administrative duties and assist the Data Manager in compiling study reports; ​coordinate with the Program Manager on report inputs as needed.
• Support the consent process for health facility managers and qualitative participants where designated and trained.
• Review consent documents for completeness before handing them over to the Regulatory Affairs office for safe custody.
• Adhere to confidentiality agreements and data security procedures in line with the protocol and the Data Management SOP.
• Any other duties reasonably assigned by the relevant authorities

• Coordinate scheduling, facility entry, and logistics for each data abstraction round at the selected study ​​facilities.
• Support Research Associates with health facility record abstraction from the Integrated ANC/PNC registers, PrEP registers and the Prevention Tracker, where designated.
• Run errands between MU-JHU and study facilities to facilitate data collection activities, including ​management of tablets and study materials.
• Monitor daily data entry and synchronisation of tablets (REDCap Mobile App) to the MU-JHU REDCap server and run REDCap Data Quality rules and scripted checks for completeness, validity and consistency.
• Provide real-time data review feedback to Research Associates and the study team, and raise, track and close data queries using the REDCap Data Resolution Workflow.
• Carry out quality control measures through the review of collected data for completeness and validity.
• Perform ongoing data cleaning per abstraction round, ensuring facility identifiers and variable definitions ​are harmonised across rounds.
• Maintain and verify a log of facility-specific LEN introduction dates used to classify observations as pre-implementation or post-rollout.
• Troubleshoot to identify common causes of errors during documentation /protocol deviations and report them to the Data Manager for corrective/preventive actions.
• Perform designated administrative duties and assist the Data Manager in compiling study reports; ​coordinate with the Program Manager on report inputs as needed.
• Support the consent process for health facility managers and qualitative participants where designated and trained.
• Review consent documents for completeness before handing them over to the Regulatory Affairs office for safe custody.
• Adhere to confidentiality agreements and data security procedures in line with the protocol and the Data Management SOP.
• Any other duties reasonably assigned by the relevant authorities

• Computer literacy
• Data quality
• Data management
• Field coordination
• REDCap Mobile App
• REDCap Data Quality rules
• REDCap Data Resolution Workflow
• Data cleaning
• Troubleshooting
• Administrative duties
• Report compilation
• Confidentiality
• Data security

• Bachelor’s degree or Higher Diploma equivalent in a health–related field or social sciences.
• At least 2 years’ experience working in a Health or clinical research data handling setting.
• Computer literacy is required.
• Commitment, reliability, attention to detail, and personal integrity are essential.