Junior Database Developer at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia

Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, The Gambia - Works to improve the health of people in the UK and around the world by supporting excellent science, and training the very best scientists.

The MRC Unit, The Gambia is undertaking a rotavirus vaccine impact and effectiveness study in children less than 5 years old residing in Upper River and Central River Regions Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS). The proposal aims to assess the impact of a rotavirus vaccine introduction on incidence of moderate to severe diarrhoea (MSD). etiology and adverse clinical consequences.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Junior Database Developer

Location: The Gambia
Start Date: Friday, May 8, 2015.

Job Responsibilities

• The post-holder will work closely with a small team of Senior Developers.
• In liaison with members of the team, s/he will be responsible for the analysis, design and development of database systems required by studies in the Unit.
• S/he will develop custom databases and utility toolkits for electronic data capture, data integration and data export.
• The-post holder will be responsible for study related database maintenance as well as legacy and archive database management.
• S/he will also be responsible for troubleshooting, updating and modifying existing database systems.

Essential Requirements

• University Degree in Computer Science or considerable relevant experience.
• Experience of programming and database system analysis and design.
• Experience of database design and data normalization.
• Familiar with different RDBMS such as MS Access, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.
• Knowledge of writing stored procedures, triggers and database functions.
• Knowledge of client-server application design and development.
• Data access using DAO, ADO, ADO.NET, ODBC.

Desirable

• Experience of using VBA, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C# and .NET framework.
• An ability to troubleshoot and resolve database application related problems.
• Experience of working as a team leader at least for a small group.
• Knowledge/experience of agile and waterfall methodology for design and development.
• Experience/knowledge of design and development of mobile application for data collection.
• Knowledge of EAV data model and applications such as Open Clinica.
• Experience/Knowledge of distributed database application design.
• Experience/knowledge of using SharePoint/
• Some knowledge of installing and resolving issues of open source database applications.
• Some knowledge of Java.

Remuneration and Condition of Service
The appointment is to 31st March 2016 in the first instance and is subject to a probationary period of 6 months.
Salary will be in Grade 4 - 22 points.

How to Apply
Interested candidates should send an email to: [email protected] to request an MRC application form and the Job Description.

Completed application forms, together with copies of qualification and a recent CV's should be sent to:
Human Resources Office,
Vacancy for: Junior Database Developer,
MRC Unit, Fajara,
P.O. Box 273,
Banjul,
Gambia.

Telephone: 00220 4495442-6, 00220 4494072-9
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mrc.gm