28 No Experience Community Data Clerk Jobs – Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)
Job Title: Community Data Clerks (28 No Experience O’ Level Jobs)
Organisation: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)
Duty Station: Masaka (5 Jobs), Mpigi (3 Jobs), Kalungu (3 Jobs), Bukomasimbi (4 Jobs), Sembabule (6 Jobs), Lwengo (3 Jobs), Uganda
Reports to: OVC/DREAMS M & E Officer
About US:
The Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) was established in 1987 as a collaboration between researchers at Makerere, Columbia and John Hopkins Universities, the Division of Intramural Research at the National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious diseases and the International Centre for Excellence Research (ICER). This was as a result of the first identification of clinical AIDS in Rakai district Uganda in 1982 by Drs. Sewankambo and Serwadda. The initiation of the Program, then known as Rakai Project led to a series of clinical studies characterizing the disease and its epidemiology; and also brought the partnership with other colleagues including Professor Maria Wawer and Prof Ronald Gray.
Job Summary: The Community Data Clerks will support the data collection function of the DREAMS & OVC programs in the respective sub county as guided by PEPFAR. The community data clerk will work with DREAMS/OVC District M&E officer to ensure that clean & complete DREAMS & OVC data is collected, properly captured, and reported in timely manner.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the collection of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual National/PEPFAR specific data/reports from sub counties of operation and source registers.
- Organize data case files, archive & retrieve data for DREAMS AGYW & OVCs at the safe spaces/ sub county and CBO respectively
- Support data capture, documentation and Update of the Integrated OVCMIS Registers and other data case management tools at the safe spaces/CBO
- Support timely and accurate data entry into the OVCMIS, UDOTS or any designated electronic capture system
- Support data quality assurance activities at the supported sites (both at the safe spaces & CBOs)
- Perform Data validation and cleaning at the supported sites as may be required
- Support back up processes for all the electronic data entered in OVCMIS and UDOTS
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold an O’ Level Certificate or any equivalent
- Computer literate
- Ability to operate a smartphone
- Data Entry Experience in OVCMIS and OVC Tracker reporting processes is essential
- Ability to work in rural setting sites assigned or support any other at discretion of immediate supervision
- Self-motivated and able to work under minimum supervision.
- Pleasant, social, hardworking, flexible, with a spirit of teamwork/building
Other Requirements
- Applicant Must be a resident of the above district or nearby areas.
- Attach a photocopy of an original National ID
- An LC I Recommendation Letter from the area of your residence
How to Apply:
All interested candidates possessing the above attributes can send their applications including a cover letter, latest Copy of CV (with 3 referees), copies of academic qualifications/certificates ( in one document (Word/PDF)) addressed to the HR Manager to jobs@rhsp.org or HAND DELIVER your applications at RHSP Kyotera cluster office Kalisizo, Mpigi cluster office in Mpigi- Kayabwe, Sembabule cluster office in Sembabule next to Centenary Bank or Kalangala cluster office in Buligo Kalangala Town council . Please clearly indicate district & health facility of interest in your cover letter. Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email. Only online applications will be considered.
Deadline: 24th March 2021 at 5:00 pm
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