Experience and other Requirements:
• Minimum 5-years of experience in the related field.
Following capabilities are mandatory:
• Excellent English communication skills, both conversational and written.
Job Responsibilities:
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Creating the study database for all forms in Access and protocols
(including the pilot, randomized controlled trial, intervention,
laboratory, and sample collection and sample receiving databases).
• Reviewing and piloting all forms on the study database and making any necessary revisions prior to use by the study team.
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Assisting with designing quality control protocols for collected
questionnaires, and environmental, blood, and fecal samples together
with the Project Coordinator.
• Helping in the translation of all
study forms, meeting notes, interviews, focus group discussion, and
protocols within 1 week of completion.
• Developing and implementing a five-day database training with Project Coordinator
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Providing daily to the study team consent forms, study questionnaires
and forms (e.g. spot check and structured observation forms), barcode
labels for blood, stool, and water samples. This task will include the
following:
--- Printing and distributing
consent forms and barcodes for study forms, consent forms, fecal, blood,
and water samples collected during the study period.
--- Ensuring the computers are functioning well and fix any problems that may arise.
--- Retrieving study data from the netbooks of the interviewing team both in the hospital and in the field.
--- Merging and updating the main access database daily.
--- Entering fecal, blood, and environmental samples collected into the
fecal, blood, and environmental sample receiving database.
--- Entering all study forms into the form receiving database.
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Assisting with piloting all study questionnaire forms and protocols in
the field and providing written feedback to the Principal Investigator
and Project Coordinator.
• Weekly visits to field to conduct quality control visits to ensure study protocols are being followed.
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Tracking all study questionnaires and materials, consent forms, and
stool and blood and water samples collected during the study period
using a barcode system and receiving/tracking database.
• Ensuring that all questionnaires and consent forms are completely and correctly filled out by the field staff.
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Follow-up with all project staff daily to make sure all study forms for
intervention, evaluation, and laboratory activities are entered into
the database.
• Performing data cleaning weekly for all study forms
and stool, water, and blood samples from laboratory and all sample
databases.
• Creating queries and following up on missing samples and
incorrect or missing study data, and consent forms. This includes
informing the Project Coordinator on queries so the field team can
follow-up on them.
• Assisting the Project Coordinator with conducting quarterly refresher trainings.
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Provide any additional assistance the evaluation team may need during
the study period including conducting interviews, spot checks, and
structured observations.
• Entering paper forms into the database.
Everyone on the team must support this task. However, this will be the
primary reasonability of the study data manager.
• Updating the database to include new forms, questions, or sections.
• Coding open ended questions for knowledge, handwashing, and water treatment questions.
• Uploading study database daily to the JH Drive.
• Compile data for weekly reports on visits and activities completed.
• Re-entry of 10% of paper forms for quality control check.
• Transcription and translation of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions.
• Data analysis in R, SAS, or Stata to analyze data for weekly reports, monthly uptake reports, and presentations.
• Mandatory weekly Skype meetings with Study Principal Investigator.
• Assisting with the preparation of posters, manuscripts and reports.
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Assisting in any other aspects of the pilot or intervention studies as
directed by the Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator.
• This position will sometimes include work early in the morning and late in the evenings and on Fridays and Saturdays.
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