Data Managers are often based at a regional health facility or a program or administrative unit and serve many local facilities. They are responsible for collating and reporting on community and health system data. Their work often involves following up with supervisors and nurses to verify data and retrieve missing information.
“It’s all about training them. The Community Health Workers are just villagers and farmers, so it’s training and more training.”
About
Paul has worked at BRAC for two years. He’s very focused on his career and has lots of IT projects running. He is responsible for training the branches on how to use the mobile phones. Right now Paul is looking for the right quality of phones. He also wants to understand how the database will ensure reliable syncing.
Values
Critical thinker
Strong communication skills
Integrity
Creativity
Accuracy and attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Team player
Responsibilities
Collating health system data from the field
Verifying data for accuracy and completeness
Aggregating data and providing reports to nurses, supervisors, and health system officials with raw numbers and trends on key metrics
Designing and maintaining data systems and databases
Using statistical tools to interpret data sets
Preparing reports that effectively communicate trends, patterns and interesting observations
Needs
Accurate data reported by CHWs and verified by CHW Supervisors
Systems that check the completeness of data
Access to statistical tools
Robust systems that can handle large data sets
Motivations
Helping the organisation to make data driven decisions