Job announcement: Data Manager (DM) Chennai, Salem, and

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Data Manager - Monitoring and Evaluation for Chennai, Salem, and

Tirunelveli

Applications are invited for the position of a full-time, Data

Manager (DM) at Chennai, Salem, and Tirunelveli (3 posts) for

Monitoring & Evaluation (M & E) activities of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS

care and treatment project in Tamil Nadu, which includes provision

of antiretroviral (ARV} therapy. The M & E activities of this three-

year project will be coordinated by Yale University, Center for

Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) through its Yale-India

office in Chennai. The project will be directed by the Tamil Nadu

State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) and implemented through

Government Medical Colleges located at each of the three sites –

Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai, Salem Medical College

Hospital in Salem, and Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital in

Tirunelveli. A Site Supervisor (SS) for M & E will be based at each of

the three Government Hospitals. An M & E India Project Director based

in Chennai will provide scientific expertise and coordinate the M & E

activities across all three hospitals. The DM will report to the SS

and the India Project Director.

Skills and experience

Candidates with Masters Degree in Statistics or allied disciplines

will be preferred. Bachelor's degree candidates with specialization

in Statistics or allied sciences with substantial experience in

analysis and management of HIV data will also be considered. The

candidate must have excellent computer skills (word processing,

spread sheets) and be very familiar with data analytic softwares,

such as Microsoft Access, SPSS, other quantitative and qualitative

statistical softwares), The DM should also be proficient in Tamil

and English. Prior experience in data collection, entry,

compilation, analysis, and maintaining computerized data recording

systems will be an advantage.

Key Responsibilities

The DM will assist the SS in collecting clinical, psychosocial, and

textual data by reviewing medical records and conducting interviews

with patients and their family members at the Government Hospital

and in the community. The DM will ensure that the data is being

collected ethically and is secure at all times. The DM will perform

data entry, conduct preliminary analyses, and be responsible for

maintaining the computerized data recording system for the

activities of patients/families at their Government Hospital site.

The DM will report these activities on a regular basis to the SS and

to the India Project Director. The DM should liaison with the local

hospital teams, NGOs and others involved in the implementation of

the ARV project, and will attend district-level project meetings as

required. The DM will occasionally be required to travel to the

neighboring districts from where patients will be enrolled for the

study and occasionally to the Yale-India office in Chennai to

provide project updates.

Overall the DM should be an individual with excellent organizational

skills who can manage the computerized data recording system of all

the M & E activities at their hospital site and assist the SS in the

day-to-day activities.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Interested candidates may please e mail their resume (detailing

their experience in similar project/s with two names as references)

as WORD attachment to yaleproject@...

or write to

Project Director, Yale-India office,

Corium House,72/58, Harrington Road,

Chetpet, Chennai 600031. India

E-mail: yaleproject@...

The last date for receipt of application will be 30th April 2005.

Only candidates who are found suitable for the position will be

invited for an interview.