Job Description

Main purpose of the job:

• Co-lead the design, oversight, and implementation of clinical research data management activities
• Analyze clinical research data for purposes of data cleaning and to inform scientific publications

Location:

• Parktown - Johannesburg

Key performance areas:

• Support the development and implementation of data management systems and reporting plans within program/study guidelines
• Development of program work plans and data management and analytics SOPs
• Lead/participate in technical meetings with internal & external stakeholders
• Provide guidance towards appropriate collection and reporting of Clinical Trials outputs and data management
• Provide technical assistance, as required, to study and program teams
• Liaise with study teams to verify, quality assure, and troubleshoot program data
• Manage the implementation dashboards, including monthly data entry, quality control, and dissemination
• Co-ordinate data reporting from internal team activities
• Support various teams with data requirements as requested, including the setup, and updating of monthly Quality Improvement Project dashboards
• Prepare data for presentations, reports, and analyses as requested
• Lead the analysis of clinical research data
• Contribute to the analysis and write-up for project publications and reports
• Manage the development of automated dashboards, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly program data with quality control and dissemination functionalities
• Lead the development of a merging, monitoring, and reporting an analytics electronic platform for automated extraction and reporting of donor and program results
• Lead the development and maintenance of an integrated data collection and automated reporting electronic platform in conjunction with external service providers, donor requirements, and collaborators
• Prepare automated data for stakeholder presentations, reports, and analyses as required
• Support the routine analysis of programmatic data and mapping
• Provide Technical support to program teams on data automation and analysis at all levels
• Identify data analysis and data presentation training needs
• Coach and Mentor data team
• Contribute to the organization's capacity development agenda
• Liaise with study team members to address training needs and implement training interventions
• Staff management/supervision

Required minimum education and training:

• Honor's Degree in Statistics or equivalent
• Proficiency in Advance Redcap, STATA, and other statistics and data science software
• Excellent data presentation skills and a good understanding of statistical analysis and data analytics

Required minimum work experience:

• 5 years in Clinical Data Analytics environment and/or Clinical Data Management environment
• Report writing, scientific writing, and publishing

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Clinical Trials experience would be an advantage
• Experience contributing to grant proposals and protocols
• Be a proactive agent influencing positive change with external stakeholders with the ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels of Ezintsha and partner organizations
• Positive, energetic team member with an ability to adapt to complex situations, manage stress, and deliver goals pro-actively
• Organized with a thorough and accurate approach to work, attention to detail

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
• Please Apply Online.
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• The closing date for all applications: 20 September 2023.
• Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.
• Note WHC, in accordance with their 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.

Please note:

• AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
• 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.
• AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.

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Company Description

Ezintsha is a group of South African academics and health professionals who work with partners around the world. They apply new technology to health-related problems and work to extend access to effective drugs so that quality health care and medicine are available to everyone. Ezintsha is a newly formed sub-division of Wits Health Consortium, which is part of the University of the Witwatersrand, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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