Project/Database Coordinator for CGHR - Bangalore , India

Job Description:

Successful candidates should be able to perform the following tasks and will have proven experience:  

• Technical and operational inputs for survey management
• Operational management of data entry of manual surveys along with quality control checks
• Data Analysis
• Periodic Coordination and interface with various partners
• Documenting
• Program management: keep a track of the deliverables attained and the time spent in hours by each member, dependency issues etc.

Skills, Qualities and Experience Required

• Good organizational skills, an eye for detail operational processes, and an understanding of the importance of accuracy/quality in scientific work are also required.
• Data analysis and data mining experience using SAS/STATA/SPSS, SQL and other data mining tools.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, project management and presentation skills
• Be able to work independently and with a minimum supervision.
• Candidates should have at least 3 years or more experience in these areas would be preferable;
• Good communication skills

Additional knowledge and skills preferred

• Knowledge of health care systems, medical/ epidemiology terminology and ICD-10 classification would be an asset
• Understand quantitative methods as they apply to health information.
• Knowledge and skills about creation of quality advanced graphics for scientific reports and journals 

Educational Qualification:

• Bio-statistics/Related Degree offering skills in operational management  or M. Sc. Statistics  having exposure to Database

Job responsibilities:

1. Management of large community based data from all parts of India.
2. Importing and exporting data from /to different data management systems.
3. Match and link different database with varying structures and trouble shooting.
4. Manipulate database  for  merging, sorting , matching  and transforming
5. Update  database  to correct  errors and define and review  programming edit checks
6. Routine back up of database, maintaining  data standards , analyzing  and tuning      database
7. Developing and establishing  data, consistency checks and other quality control  measure  necessary   for the final analysis
8. Writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for data dictionary.
9. Track study progress and issue periodic reports.
10. Communicating regularly with technical and others operational staff to ensure the database integrity and security.
11. Creativity  in developing  data and initiative to determine the content of the data quality checks independently;
12. Collaborate  with  database  team  in  the development   and maintenance  of data
13. Collect metric data on the data management  functions and run monthly summaries and graphs.

Job location: Bangalore

Please submit a cover letter and CV within 10 days (from the date of advertisement) to St. John Research Institute, opposite BDA complex, Kormangala, Bangalore, 560034.  You can also send the CV and application by e-mail to cghrbglr@smh.toronto.on.ca .

CGHR THANKS ALL APPLICANTS, HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.