Supervisor - Medical Data Entry at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Main objective and responsibility of the position

• Ensure completion of all activities related to medical data entry and data management into the mission database. Supervise, organise and plan the activity of Data Entry officers/operators, as well as identify their training needs in order to provide a good service support and reliability of the data collected.

General Accountabilities

• Supervise, organise and plan the activity of Data Entry officers to have a reliable record of medical activity performed, as well as identify their training/technical support needs in order to provide a good service support and reliability of the data collected.
• Ensure collation and entry of all data identified by project managers for collection (e.g. morbidity, mortality, surveillance of diseases of epidemics, nutrition, psychological and women’s health, etc.) into the appropriate data management system while ensuring quality of data
• Do quality control data officers’ performance on regular basis
• Know and ensure proper use of software used for recording (i.e. Fuchia, Epi Info, etc.).
• Ensure accuracy of the medical data entered into the mission’s database on a regular basis, according to MSF protocols and carry out regular back-ups.
• Provide technical support to data entry officers/operators in project sites and give response to their training needs.
• Provide regular statistical reports for the medical team as well as informing the superior of any missing information, major changes or big differences in data.

MSF Section / Context Specific Accountabilities

• Support in the development and implementation of data process flows, from data collection, entry, analysis, and reporting.
• Ensure organization of data flow and processing of paper forms from a large number of data collection teams on a daily basis.
• Compile rapid daily and detailed weekly summary reports on vaccination activities for the Project Medical Referent and Medical Coordinator.
• Support training of registrars and data entry operators on use of relevant tools for data collection and entry, including supervision of data collection during medical activities.
• Provide technical support to staff involved with data collection in MSF-supported health facilities.

Requirements (Qualifications / Experience / Knowledge)
Education:

• Essential proven computer literacy, secondary education or qualifications either in administration, data entry or in statistics.
• A Degree in Information and Technology (IT) desirable

Experience:

• Essential working experience of at least one year with MSF or a similar NGO.
• Essential working experience of at least one year with data analysis or monitoring & evaluation.

Languages:

• Mission language (English) essential. Local language desirable.

Knowledge:

• Essential knowledge of use of computer including processing of documents (Word, Excel).
• Essential experience
• Desirable knowledge on medical statistics data bases)

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioural Flexibility, Commitment to MSF Principles, Stress Management