IT Programmer / Database Manager at Diadem Consults Initiative Limited / GTE


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Diadem Consults Limited is a solution and service provider to complex development, health, and environmental problems. The company is wholly Nigerian-owned and was established in 2010 by an energetic and qualified team of professionals from various disciplines to enable it provide cutting-edge service delivery in Nigeria. The company is divided into operational units; health research including monitoring and evaluation, ICT/geographic information system, health commodities (drugs, lab consumables, and hospital equipments), and logistics/supply chain management.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Programmer / Database Manager

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Contract

Job Description

  • He/She will support the coding and development of a survey tool for electronic data capture as well as provide data management support during the period of data collection.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure that IT program of the survey checklist is compatible with the database as provided by the database manager.
  • To supervise and manage all IT programming and related activities.
  • Ensure the IT program is free of error and bugs.
  • Conduct beta testing of the developed survey application.
  • Ensure the survey application is optimal and meets global standards.
  • Include relevant checks and skip patterns to ensure data collected is of optimal quality.
  • Train supervisors and enumerators on the program using tablets.
  • Provide technical support to data collection team during pilot of the program.
  • Provide technical support and data management to the data collection teams during roll out the DVE exercise
  • Collaborate with the Database Manager to ensure seamless upload of captured data on a cloud-based database
  • Conduct regular quality checks on data throughout the data collection period, and provide feedback to field teams to improve data quality.
  • Carry out data cleaning on all data collected, with clear documentation of all data cleaning steps taken
  • Prepare and submit raw and clean data in STATA and CSV format at the end of the survey, along with full data cleaning do files.

Specific Responsibilities

  • Design and code the data verification tool using an appropriate program
  • Ensure logical sequence and validation codes are embedded in the program to ensure program data quality
  • Train enumerators prior to data collection to ensure optimal data quality
  • Conduct regular quality checks on data throughout the data collection period, and provide feedback to field teams to improve data quality
  • Carry out data cleaning on all data collected, with clear documentation of all data cleaning steps taken
  • Ensure raw and cleaned survey data is provided at the end of data collection in STATA and CSV files, along with all data cleaning do files

Qualifications

  • Candidates should possess a Master’s Degree in Statistics or a related field (e.g., Program Evaluation, Demography, Computer Science or related field) with 10 years relevant work experience.

Application Closing Date
22nd June, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter as one document (in Ms Word or PDF) to: diademconhr@gmail.com using Job Title and their Full Name as the subject of the mail.

Note

  • Diadem Consults Initiative is an equal opportunity employer.
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.