Data Manager

Job Description: Data Manager

Project: HealthyStart
Duty Station: Kigali, Rwanda (with regular travel to Gicumbi District Health Centres)
Reports to: Senior Project Manager / Principal Investigator
Contract Type: One-Year Renewable (One Position)

Position Overview

The Data Manager will be tasked with overseeing all research data management activities for the HealthyStart Project. The successful candidate will ensure the quality, integrity, security, and confidentiality of research data throughout the project lifecycle. The Data Manager will work closely with investigators, statisticians, software developers, field teams, health facility staff, and other project partners to assist high-quality data collection, management, analysis, and reporting in accordance with national and international research standards.

Key Responsibilities

Data Management

• create, execute, and keep the study Data Management Plan (DMP). 
• Oversee all electronic data collection systems used by the project. 
• oversee study databases developed using CommCare and eHealthyStart. 
• Ensure proper database configuration before data collection begins. 
• track database performance and keep study metadata and documentation. 
• keep database version control and archive study datasets according to project procedures. 

Data Quality Assurance

• create data quality control procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). 
• Perform routine data quality checks and database cleaning. 
• detect and resolve inconsistencies, duplicates, and missing data. 
• Generate data queries and organize their resolution with field teams. 
• Verify the completeness, consistency, and accuracy of study datasets. 
• track adherence to study data collection standards. 

Data Security and Confidentiality

• Ensure compliance with national and international data protection regulations. 
• keep secure storage, backup, and disaster recovery systems for study databases. 
• Ensure appropriate user access controls and secure data transmission. 
• keep participant confidentiality and assist pseudonymisation procedures. 
• track compliance with institutional data governance policies. 

Data Collection Support

• assist deployment and maintenance of electronic data collection tools. 
• Assist with configuration of tablets and electronic devices. 
• organize synchronization of field data and track real-time data submission. 
• Troubleshoot data collection challenges. 
• assist electronic case report forms (eCRFs). 

Monitoring and Reporting

• create routine data quality reports. 
• Produce weekly and monthly data summaries. 
• produce recruitment, enrolment, and study progress reports. 
• Generate dashboards for investigators and project management. 
• assist monthly data evaluate meetings. 

Database Administration

• keep master study databases and participant identification systems. 
• Ensure accurate linkage between maternal and child datasets. 
• keep audit trails of database modifications. 
• Archive research datasets according to project requirements. 

Collaboration

• Work closely with the Principal Investigator, Senior Project Manager, statisticians, intervention teams, software developers, and health facility staff to assist project implementation and data management activities. 

Training and Capacity Building

• Train study staff on electronic data collection procedures and data quality standards. 
• perform refresher training as required. 
• create user manuals and data management guidance documents. 

Statistical Analysis assist

• produce clean, analysis-ready datasets. 
• assist statisticians during data analysis. 
• Document data cleaning procedures. 
• create data dictionaries and codebooks. 
• help with responding to data-related reviewer comments. 

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with: 
  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) 
  • Good Clinical Data Management Practice (GCDMP) 
  • Rwanda National Ethics Committee requirements 
  • Institutional data governance policies 
  • Study protocol and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) 
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Senior Project Manager or Principal Investigator. 

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Master’s degree in public health, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, Data Science, Epidemiology, Nursing Science, or a related field.
  OR
• Bachelor's degree in one of the above disciplines with substantial relevant experience. 
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in research data management. 
• Experience managing large health research databases. 
• Experience using electronic data capture systems such as CommCare, SPSS, Stata, Epi Info, R, or similar platforms. 
• Experience supporting multi-site health research projects. 
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. 

Preferred

• Experience in maternal, newborn, child health, nutrition, or implementation research. 
• Experience with longitudinal research studies. 
• Experience using DHIS2 and dashboard development tools. 
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Clinical Data Management Practice (GCDMP). 
• Experience working in international research collaborations. 

Required Technical Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel. 
• CommCare administration. 
• Statistical software (Stata, R, SPSS, or SAS). 
• Data cleaning, validation, and quality assurance. 
• Dashboard development and reporting. 
• Electronic data collection systems. 
• DHIS2 experience is an added advantage. 

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• High attention to detail. 
• Excellent organizational and time management skills. 
• Ability to oversee multiple priorities and meet deadlines. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively. 
• High ethical standards and commitment to confidentiality. 
• Strong commitment to research quality and data integrity. 

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should apply via this link by July 24, 2026