BENARD OTIENO OUMA
Kakamega,30
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
DATA ASSISTANT
08.2022 - Current
- USAID 4TheChild-Covid- 19 Response Project, Kakamega
- Successfully implemented robust data governance policies and frameworks to ensure data quality, integrity, and security throughout the organization, leading to the generation of valid, reliable, and up-to-date information on COVID-19 vaccine uptake
- Collaboratively worked closely with the program staff and the countyhealth promotion team to come up with feedback mechanisms for thetarget groups
- Facilitated capacity building, mentorship, and guidance to 45 youth champions across the county on timely data submission, best practices on risk communication, data quality improvement, routine data quality assessment, and strategic data acquisition, leading to the sensitization of over 200, 000 youths on the importance of COVID-19 vaccine uptake.supported the OVC program officer in OVC data validation, ensuring dataconformity in the CPIMS system and the individual files (data on CPARA,Case Plan, and CPIMS)
- Was a key member in the creative drafting and implementation of the estimation strategies for mass estimation of the number of people sensitized during national days and public events, ensuring that all themasses sensitized are correctly estimated and reported for decision-making
- Supported the project coordination process through managing projectplans, developing scopes of work, tracking expenditures, geolocating activitysites, reviewing activity targets versus deliverables, monitoringproject outcomes, and evaluating impact
- Accuratelyimplemented a comprehensive data strategy aligned with the organization's goals and objectives by identifying data-driven opportunities, assessing data needs, and outlining the roadmap for datacollection, storage, analysis, and utilization, hence fulfilling the keyareasof need for data demand and use
- Actively participated in the designing and implementation of an efficientand scalable data architecture that supports data integration, storage, and accessibility, which later ensured that data is available, accessible,and meets the organization's data demands
- Effectively implemented advanced data analytics techniques and toolsto derive meaningful insights from the data to uncover patterns, trends, and actionable insights for decision-making
- Successfullycollaborated with key stakeholders to promote a data-driven culture within the organization
- Proactive implementation of data quality management practices to improve the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data through
- Critiquing and appraisal of manuscripts
- Project planning, coordination, and implementation
- Community mobilization
- Development of data collection tools
ASSISTANT
Harvard University
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Service Delivery redesign project (Implemented by
DATA ASSISTANT
IPSOS Kenya
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Kakamega
- Successfully completed the identification and recruitment of eligible participants in the project , reducing data entry errors and data qualityissues
- Successfully implemented ethical provisions of the and good clinical practices of the study by clearly consenting to the study participants, explaining the concept of service delivery redesign leading to 100% acceptance and retention of study participants
- Efficiently completed all weekly prospective follow-ups of study participants, leading to a higher achievement rate of the project deliverables
- Carefully verified data quality, pinpointed inconsistencies and missingdata, and made possible corrections, leading to the syncronization ofhigh-quality data into the central server.
Washington State University
- 09.2021
- Implemented household identification and sampling requirements by correctly identifying the geopoints using a GPS device, resulting in the identification and sampling of over 100 households
- Continuously checked data quality dimensions before transmission to avoid data acquisition and entry errors to the main server, leading to theachievement of the project deliverables
- Successfully coordinated the daily activities of the project as a team leader, leading to the achievement of the desired project performance indicators
- Timely remunerated CHVs with their daily dues, leading to a smoothand uninterrupted work flow
- VOLUNTEER MONITORING AND EVALUATION ASSISTANTMar, Kakamega County voluntarily participated in data collection, cleaning, analysis, report writing, and dissemination to the county health management team (IMNCI, drug and substance abuse data), leading to the development ofkey policies that control alcohol and drug abuse at work places in Kakamega
- County and an improvement in the integrated managementof childhood illnesses
- Actively participated in the development of county annual workplans and scopes of work for different offices within the county department of
Volunteer
Kakamega County
06.2021 - 02.2021
- Monitoring and Evaluation Office, 2022 health, leading to accelerated and measurable service delivery practices
- Routinely designed and deployed mobile and online data collection tools(Kobo
- Toolbox, ODK, Google Forms, structured and semi-structured questionnaires) and briefly trained assessors on how to use the tools (KOBO Collect for IMNCI assessment), leading to reduced time requiredfor data collection
- Successfully supported the County M&E office in the routine data quality assessment for evidence-based service delivery based on high quality data
- Successfully converted IMNCI data collection tool from hardcopy to amobile based platform (Kobo toolbox)
- Voluntarily assisted USAID 4TheChild in the OVC validation exercise, comparing data in the case plan and CPARA and conformity.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
MMUST
10.2020 - 01.2021
- Correlates, County
- Accurately captured both qualitative and quantitative data through administration of questionnaires, Key informant interviews and focusedgroup discussion leading to collection of high volume and high quality data
- Actively participated in the data transcription exercises,bleading to generation of highly desirable data elements
- Successfully coordinated the movement of other research assistants , leading to collection of data that is generalizable by properly samplingstudy participants
- Voluntarily assisted in the data entry, cleaning and analysis , generatingkey insights for decision making.
Education
BSC. - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS (MEDICAL STATISTICS
KENYA - undefined
CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (KCSE - undefined
Skills
Data managementSystem /Software proficiency (SPSS, Stata, Microsoft ExcelKHIS, KQMH, KOBO, CPIMSRedcap, Epi Info and Power Bi)Research DesignCollaborationAnalytical thinkingMultitaskingCoordinationPublic speakingTask prioritizationTeamworkCreativityCapacity building
Attention to Detail
Organization and Time Management
Attention to Detail
Active Listening
Flexible and Adaptable
Data Entry
Multitasking Abilities
Accomplishments
- Good clinical practices training and certification (USAIDhechild, Washington State
- University, Global Health Kenya)
- Work ethics training -IpsosKenya
- USAID 4 The Child,Maisnde
- Muliro University
- Department of Public Health
- Child protection policy –
- USAID 4Thechild
- Countering misinformation and
- Disinformation -YALI
- Monitoring and evaluation -
- Alison
- LANGUAGES
- English , Fluent
- Swahili, Fluent establishing data quality metrics, conducting data audits, and working with data owners and users to address data quality issues and ensuredata integrity
- Effectively communicated data-related insights, strategies, and initiatives to different stakeholders, including the county health management team and other key stakeholders, leading to acceptabilityand compliance with the project objectives.
Additional Information
- Mr. Otieno is a dedicated and accomplished professional with three years of experience in the field of research. He has demonstrated a strong passionfor exploring and analyzing complex topics as well as a commitment to contributing tothe advancement of knowledgeand understanding. Throughouthis career, Mr. Otieno has exhibited exceptional skills in conducting research and gathering relevant data from various sources. He is adept atutilizing both qualitative and quantitative research methods to obtain valuable insights and draw meaningful conclusions. His attention to detail and analytical mindset enable him to critically evaluate information, ensuring theaccuracy and reliability of his findings.
Timeline
DATA ASSISTANT -
08.2022 - Current
ASSISTANT - Harvard University
03.2022 - 07.2022
DATA ASSISTANT - IPSOS Kenya
09.2021 - 02.2022
Volunteer - Kakamega County
06.2021 - 02.2021
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - MMUST
10.2020 - 01.2021
- Washington State University
- 09.2021
Muliro University of Science and Technology - BSC., EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS (MEDICAL STATISTICS
- KENYA,
St. Josephs School Rapogi - CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (KCSE,