The Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) at Aga Khan University is dedicated to addressing global health and environmental challenges by providing a platform for collaborative research and partnerships between AKU, University of Central Asia and the wider Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The IGHD works across four thematic areas: Sustainable Development Goals, Gender Equity and Empowerment, Climate Change, Urban Development, and Health, and Agriculture, Food Security, and Nutrition.

Job Role / Responsibilities: The position involves data management for a research project, including data plan creation, data collection software management, sample size estimation, preparation of summary statistical reports, and internal and external data presentation.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing new computer programs for assigned projects, debugging, and creating records and output
• Writing programs to select, retrieve, manipulate, edit, and analyze data
• Reviewing project protocols and data collection tools to ensure the collected data meet scientific and statistical requirements
• Supporting data presentation for the publication of research studies results
• Developing new programs and reviewing programs to ensure production of a quality program
• Liaising with project supervisors, principal investigators, and departmental heads to understand data management requirements
• Ensuring data integrity and supervising data quality assurance
• Assisting data management staff in designing study databases, reviewing study database structures, and data management project conventions
• Providing support in statistical workshops and seminars.

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:
Candidates must have:

• At least five years of relevant experience in research/MIS
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally on a regular basis
• Knowledge of databases, programming, and collecting data management requirements and estimating the efforts involved
• Ability to test products in controlled, real situations before going live and maintain systems once they are up and running
• At least a Master’s degree in Computer Sciences, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Statistics, or equivalent
• Proficiency in spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations
• Good interpersonal skills, particularly people management and communication skills