Data Quality and Technology Manager
Management Sciences for Health
Remote
The DQTM will oversee digital systems supporting microplanning, household registration, ITN distribution, logistics, in-process monitoring, independent 5% verification, and post-campaign assessment, ensuring that systems are fit for purpose, user-friendly, secure, and aligned with MSH, NMEP, SMEP, and donor requirements.
The DQTM will report to the Project Manager, with the designated M&E Director serving as the dotted-line supervisor. The DQTM will supervise the M&E Officer and ICT4D Consultants, providing technical oversight and guidance on data quality, digital systems, and technology implementation.
Key Responsibilities
Digital Technology and System Management
- Lead the design, configuration, testing, deployment, and maintenance of campaign digital data systems using platforms such as Digit Technology, KoboToolbox, ODK, or other approved platforms.
- Configure digital workflows for:
- Settlement-level microplanning
- Household registration and mobilisation
- ITN distribution
- Logistics and commodity tracking
- In-process monitoring
- Independent 5% verification
- Post-distribution monitoring
- Develop automated validation rules to improve data completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and system refinement before campaign implementation.
- To support infrastructure management.
- To define the workflows in HCM and to help analyse data and generate insights
- Develop and implement the campaign data quality assurance framework and protocols.
- Establish automated checks for completeness, consistency, validity, duplication, outliers, GPS compliance, interview duration, and household size.
- Conduct daily data quality reviews and coordinate timely resolution of identified issues.
- Monitor data synchronization and ensure availability of high-quality, near real-time data.
- Flag suspicious records requiring verification and corrective actions at State, LGA, Ward, and field levels.
- Maintain secure databases and perform regular data cleaning and quality checks.
- Monitor interview duration.
- Develop and maintain real-time campaign dashboards for monitoring key indicators.
- Produce daily and weekly analytical products covering:
- Household registration and distribution progress
- Team productivity
- ITN Coverage and missed households
- GPS coverage
- Data synchronization
- ITN accountability
- Performance by State, LGA, Ward and settlement
- Provide actionable data insights to guide supervision, resource allocation, and corrective action.
- Lead the use of GIS and geospatial technologies for campaign planning and monitoring.
- Generate maps showing settlements, distribution hubs, household visits, coverage, missed areas, hard-to-reach locations, and distribution density.
- Use GPS and spatial analysis to verify field movement and identify potential gaps in campaign coverage.
- Support geospatial analysis for microplanning, supervision, and campaign evaluation.
- Coordinate phone configuration before deployment.
- Ensure installation and updating of all campaign applications.
- Provide remote and on-site technical support.
- Resolve synchronization issues.
- Troubleshoot device failures.
- Coordinate software upgrades.
- Develop digital training materials.
- Train national, state, LGA and field personnel on:
- Digital/Mobile applications
- Data synchronization
- GPS use
- Dashboard interpretation
- Data quality standards
- Support refresher trainings throughout implementation.
- Mentor State Technical Assistants and other relevant personnel on ICT4D systems.
- Produce:
- Daily Situation Reports (SitReps)
- Weekly analytical reports
- Campaign dashboards
- Performance scorecards
- Data quality reports
- End-of-campaign analytical reports
- Support donor and government reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with data protection policies.
- Manage user accounts and permissions.
- Maintain secure server backups.
- Monitor data access and system integrity.
- Ensure confidentiality of campaign data.
- Collaborate closely with:
- Project Manager
- Project Team
- Logistics Team
- Director M&E
- M&E officer
- State Malaria Elimination Programmes (SMEPs)
- National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP)
- Technology vendors
- Independent Monitoring Teams
- Development partners.
- Master's degree (preferred) or bachelor's degree in:
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Statistics
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Geographic Information Systems
- Data Science
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- or related discipline.
- Minimum 7+ years’ experience in digital health data management.
- Experience supporting nationwide public health campaigns.
- Demonstrated experience managing electronic data collection platforms such as:
- Digit technology,
- Ipolongo
- RedRose
- KoboToolbox
- ODK
- SurveyCTO
- CommCare
- Experience with:
- DHIS2
- Power BI
- GIS mapping
- SQL databases
- Excel
- Data visualization tools.
- Mobile data collection systems
- Dashboard development (Power BI/Tableau)
- GIS and spatial analysis (QGIS/ArcGIS)
- Database management
- Data quality assessment
- Statistical software (R, STATA, SPSS)
- Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
- API integration
- GPS data management
- Server administration (desirable)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent leadership and team coordination.
- High attention to detail.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Commitment to data quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Fully configured electronic data collection system.
- Successful completion of User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Real-time campaign dashboards.
- Daily campaign performance reports.
- GPS coverage and geospatial analysis maps.
- Data quality assessment reports.
- Clean, validated campaign datasets.
- Final campaign database and analytical report.
- Comprehensive documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
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