Electronic Data Manager (EDM) at Helen Keller International (HKI) – Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Borno and Katsina (4 openings)

Helen Keller International is recruiting four Electronic Data Managers for neglected tropical disease surveys across Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Borno and Katsina to manage digital data collection, quality assurance and field technical support.

Survey preparation and deployment

• Review protocols, survey tools and reporting standards for assessments covering trachoma, onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths.
• Configure, validate, test and deploy digital questionnaires using SurveyCTO, CommCare, ESPEN, Tropical Data or other approved platforms.
• Apply form logic, GPS checks, validation rules and data quality controls before surveys begin.
• Train and support survey teams, prepare devices for field deployment and maintain equipment inventories.

Data management and quality

• Track daily data collection, server synchronisation and timely submission of field records.
• Identify missing, invalid, duplicated, inconsistent or unusual data and coordinate documented corrections with survey supervisors.
• Provide troubleshooting for forms, devices, connectivity, storage and synchronisation issues.
• Maintain secure handling, backup, transfer, confidentiality and authorised access to survey records.
• Protect against data falsification and unauthorised modification; report suspected breaches and integrity concerns promptly.
• Compile dashboards, submission logs, attendance records, device assignments, data-quality findings and corrective-action reports.

Reporting and field responsibilities

• Prepare daily progress updates and comprehensive end-of-survey reports.
• Reconcile, validate and hand over final datasets, survey records and equipment to authorised teams.
• Attend debriefings, escalate technical or operational risks and submit deliverables according to approved workplans.
• Travel extensively to assigned states and LGAs, including overnight stays, while observing security, safeguarding, consent and PSEAH procedures.

Minimum requirements

• Either a bachelor’s degree or HND in Computer Science, IT, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Health, Epidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation or a relevant discipline, plus at least one year of relevant digital data or field-survey experience; or secondary education with at least two years’ relevant electronic data collection or survey experience.
• Practical digital collection skills, problem-solving ability, accuracy, confidentiality and a willingness to support field teams.
• Experience supporting neglected tropical disease, epidemiological, entomological, household or other public health surveys is an advantage.