Main purpose of the job:
- To coordinate and analyse Health Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) data sets and targets working with the field team and research leadership
Location:
- Wits Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto - Johannesburg
Key performance areas:
HDSS data management
- Check, analyse, formulate and clean incoming data in line with project requirements
- Capture cleaned data into the relevant database/s or programme/s and/or implement systems around effective data capture and quality checks
- Generate, review and submit data quality reports and address queries
- Support management with quantitative research-related and HDSS dataset activities required
- Coordinate data analysis processes with data management teams; oversee integrity and quality of data
- Check, analyse, formulate and clean incoming data in line with project requirements when required
- Submit Data Quality report to your line manager when required
- Provide guidance to data collection teams on data quality issues as and when it arises
- Intermediate or advanced use of Stata or R for data analysis
Research and analysis
- Conduct literature reviews
- Prepare data tables and analysis as required
- Prepare and deliver presentations and reports
- Lead and produce own publications where possible with research leadership
- Assist with related research objectives and projects as required
- Assist in writing research protocols
Customer Service & stakeholder relations
- Manage internal and external stakeholder expectations and communicate appropriately with initiative and solutions
- Maintain high standard and successful internal and external stakeholder relations
- Escalate issues appropriately, ensuring adequate discretion, risk management integrated problem-solving
- Communicate with donor representatives as required
- Effectively collaborate through work processes in order to maintain high levels of productivity
Effective self-management and performance ownership
- Actively and consistently maintain high standards of professionalism in all aspects of personal presentation and delivery
- Apply knowledge of the organisational systems, structures, policies and procedures to achieve results
- Follow through to ensure that productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained and provide appropriate resolution for tasks or deadlines not met
- Support and drive the organisation’s core values
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership for driving own career development
Required minimum education and training:
- Degree in Demography or applicable demographic
Required minimum work experience:
- 2 years of experience working in research environment
- Demographic surveillance experience preferred
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:
- Ability to work under pressure
- Willingness to work extended hours
- Willingness to travel
- Openness to working in rural areas and cultural awareness specifically of Soweto and surrounds
- Deadline driven
- Able to work without supervision
- Willing to contribute to and lead own publications and research questions
- Advanced computer literacy with emphasis on working with SAS, STATA or SPSS
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: 23 February 2024.
- 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.
