Oxford Policy Management is searching for a data processing consultant to work in Africa, Asia, and other locations. There are full- and part-time positions based in Oxford, England. Applications must be submitted by 19 April. For more information, please see the official posting: http://www.opml.co.uk/news/data-processing-consultant

Some details from the announcement:

The Official Statistics portfolio supports the modernisation of national statistical offices and governments' wider national statistical systems. To help national statistical offices achieve their objectives, our expertise includes institutional reform and modernisation of national statistical systems, survey design and implementation, statistical quality and international statistical standards, local and regional statistics, statistical capacity building, and statistical modelling.

Applicants should have extensive experience in the following areas:

• designing computerised processing systems and data entry applications for data collected from large-scale sample surveys of households and enterprises;
• developing computerised validation programs for checking the validity and consistency of data;
• experience with traditional data entry of paper questionnaires as well as Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI);
• experience of working with data processing programmes commonly used in developing country statistical offices, such as CS-Pro, would be an advantage; and
• experience with training and supervision of data entry staff.

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is looking for a qualified candidate to develop a CSPro data entry system for a study in Kigali, Rwanda.

Proposals for the position are due on 5 April, and the proposed start date for the short-term assignment is 6 May. Much of the work could be handled remotely, but one or two trips to Rwanda may be required.

The Foundation is looking for a candidate with several years experience working with CSPro. The candidate does not need to be Rwandan, and does not need to speak French. English fluency is a must, however.

You can view the Request for Proposal here: RFP: Kabeho Study Database Developer

A cheat sheet detailing the CSPro language can now be found on the Reference page, or viewed directly here.

The U.S. Census Bureau's International Programs Center for Technical Assistance will conduct an Intermediate CSPro workshop in Washington, DC from May 20 – 31, 2013. This workshop, for intermediate or advanced users of CSPro, will introduce features of the program that streamline the creation of dynamic and powerful applications. Participants will learn about ways to automate data processing tasks, how to design CAPI applications for enumeration on tablets, how to implement hotdecks for data editing, how to create advanced tables, and how to use CSPro's web dissemination tools. Participants will also learn from each other about how other organizations handle data processing tasks. To learn more about the workshop, view the announcement.

The CSPro Version Shifter is a new program posted on the Tools page. This program is designed for power users who have multiple versions of CSPro on their machines. It can change the registry to associate all of the CSPro files (.dcf, .ent, etc.) with an older version of CSPro. (Some users will have to run the tool in administrative mode to allow for this functionality.) The program can also change the version numbers embedded in CSPro files. This is useful if you want to make a newer application work in an older version of CSPro.