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Position Title: Team Member - Data Quality Assurance (DQA) (multiple positions)
Type of Contract: Specific Task 
Duration: Short-term 
Reports to: Team Leader - Data Quality Assurance (DQA) 
Job Location: Mwanza  
Travel: Up to 75% in intervention districts outside of job location 
Overall Job Function: 
The Team Member - DQA will support a data quality assurance exercise at the health facilities. Tasks will  involve obtaining all the testing, enrollment, and care & treatment records of all clients at the health facility,  including reviewing all paper and electronic documents of clients to establish the status of the clients. In  addition, under the supervision of the RHMT and CHMT members and ICAP team, s/he will work with Health  Care Workers (HCWs), Facility Data Officers, and Expert Clients (EC) to verify patient data. 
Specific Responsibilities and Duties: 

Conduct facility-based meeting to review the submitted data and orient staff on the indicators for  DQA as well as the tools under the support of R/CHMTs  
Implement the provided guidance on data triangulation and standard operating procedures for data  quality assessment exercise. 
Review patient information and data collection and monitoring tools (source documents)
Review all the facility client files for completeness and correctness 
Check the client files against information that is in the database to ensure that it is up to date
Record all clients with information not updated in the database and provide files to data clerks to  update 
Identify all clients attending the facility yet in the records appear as missing appointments and  support HCWs to update accordingly 
Document all challenges associated with information recording, data entry and storage
Provide daily feedback to facility authority  
Share daily and weekly report with Team Leaders 
Identify indicators that need immediate remediation depending on the magnitude of the problem
Assist to prepare a report showing findings and recommendations that address the observed gaps. 
Perform any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.  

Required Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills: 

Required Education: A diploma or degree in health-related courses  
Required Experience: Experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) programming, must have  demonstrated experience supporting activities at care and treatment clinics  
Must have strong computer skills (MS Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint at minimum)
Flexible to work after regular working hours and weekends  
Ability to interact well with others 
Demonstrated knowledge on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, and adherence and  psychosocial support programs is an added advantage  
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with fluency in Kiswahili and English