Background: The Data Management Support Services project provides on-going data management support services to the Strategic Information and Workforce Development Branch (SIWD) and the Polio Eradication Branch (PEB) in the Global Immunization Division (GID) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Data Manager will support several areas of work related to polio eradication and routine immunization to prepare data entry programs, analytic databases, and corresponding documentation, and to provide computer programming support for project analyses.
Responsibilities:
- Provide on-site data management services to the SIWD Branch and the PEB Branch
- Design and create data entry programs and databases for studies and surveys conducted by Division staff
- Design and create data entry programs to handle different types of data (e.g. numeric, character, date fields) and incorporate skip patters and different checks as appropriate
- Develop plans to link laboratory data with epidemiologic data
- Monitor project data during studies (ranging from a few weeks to 6-12 months in duration) to complete data checks to insure data integrity, completeness, and accuracy
- Perform data management and data cleaning to produce analytic datasets
- Produce corresponding data dictionaries and documentation with deliverables
- Complete descriptive data analyses, including summary tables and figures
- Provide annotated programming code that documents cleaning and data management
- Use agreed upon software (listed below) to solve a variety of problems in database structure, management and analytics as necessary to complete defined tasks (solutions will not require high-level coding languages such as Python, Ruby, etc.)
- Generate maps of epidemiologic data using appropriate geographic information software (GIS)
- Produce maps of disease occurrence and disease risk as measured by immunization program indicators for surveillance, vaccination coverage, or other related programmatic indicators
- Exhibit general knowledge of Epidemiology Terminology with specific knowledge of polio while conducting all tasks associated with this service.
Qualifications:
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- Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Systems Analysis, Computer Programming, or related field
- 2+ years’ experience as a Data Manager, Data Programmer, or Data Analyst
- Minimum 2 years’ experience and high level expertise in R statistical software
- Strong attention to detail with an affinity and desire to work with data
- Ability to balance assignments, prioritize, and meet deadlines
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work on a team
- Familiarity with geographic information software (GIS) is a plus
- Familiarity with SAS, STATA, SPSS, or EPI Info is a plus