Job Title:  Data Entry Assistants (Several Jobs)

Organisation: Uganda Case Research Collaboration (UCRC)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

The Uganda Case Research Collaboration (UCRC) is a non-government organization founded by researchers from Makerere University Uganda and Case Western Reserve University, USA. It was established in 1989 as a collaboration to foster research and care in Infectious Diseases like HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and many others. The collaboration has also expanded its mandate to include Research in non-communicable diseases like cancer, nutrition like severe acute malnutrition, body composition and genomic studies.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Enter, verify and perform quality checks on specific Case Report Forms for sponsored clinical trials.
• Promptly respond to queries from the trial data coordinating center.
• Perform source data verification as needed.
• Submit routine and ad hoc status reports on data entry progress to the data team head and study coordinator.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the lead supervisor(s), or any other relevant persons attached to the above activities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Diploma or Bachelors in Statistics or IT Related Training, Computer Science, Business administration, Information Technology, Data Management or related qualifications.
• Current certification for Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and
• Human Subjects Protection (HSP) training for research in human subjects.
• Advanced Computer literacy in Microsoft Office.

Proficiency

• Data Entry/Management Using Web-based Electronic Data Capture Software RedCap, OpenClinica, Clinical Ink or other 21 CFR Part 11 compliant data entry platform
• Good keyboarding skills (at least 45-50 words per minute general typing speed) with low entry error rate (< 1%).
• Minimal errors.
• Attention to detail.
• Works well with others.

Experience;

• Previous experience in both online or offline data entry for biomedical research or human clinical trials for at least 2 years.

Applications with a recent CV, letters from 2 relevant referees with telephone contacts, ONLY “O” / “A” level pass slips or certificates, tertiary transcripts, and certificates should be sent to:

Administrative Manager, Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration,

P.O. Box 663 Kampala,

Email: core@mucwru.or.ug

NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.