Appel à manifestation d’intérêt : Pact recrute un.e Administrateur.trice de systèmes d’information stratégiques au Zambie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide a summary of all data entry progress and challenges that may occur between the Facility (SmartCare/SmartCare+), District level (Aggregate DHIS 2) and imPact database to the Strategic Information team to ensure timely follow-up on data entry into systems for efficient data use at central level.

  • Monitor systems downtime, analyze the implication of such for data availability for program monitoring and reporting and provide technical assistance/ guidance to reduce/ address impact of downtime on data management. The specific duties to be carried out by the successful candidate are listed below:

    Elicitation, documentation and implementation of user requirements

    • Gather and document requirements on edits that may be required in the Zambia Integrated Health data systems including visualizations and addition of content to the database.
    • Work with National and District Health Informatics Officers, Strategic Information team and Pact Home Office Information systems Administrator to review, prioritize and implement user requirements identified that are essential for improving system performance.
    • Work with Strategic Information team and Health Informatics Officers to test implemented user requirements.

    Development and maintenance of Information systems

    • Develop new modules in the custom imPact database in collaboration with Pact Home Office Information systems Administrator.
    • Collaborate with the PEPFAR SI partner in developing and implementing new modules in SmartCare/ SmartCare+, Aggregate DHIS2.
    • Collaborate with the PEPFAR SI Partner, MOH and other relevant stakeholders to support ongoing efforts to optimize the interoperability between HMIS systems and partner-specific systems to improve analytics and increase national data use.
    • Provide day to day support in maintaining imPact and SmartCare/ SmartCare+, Aggregate DHIS2.
    • Development and maintenance as appropriate of all Application Programming Interfaces that are linked to the data management systems.
    • Quality assurance of data management systems.
    • Manage data warehousing within the project.

    User training and provision of technical assistance

    • Provide user training and collaborate with PEPFAR SI partner and Pact Home Office Information systems Administrator in updating user training manuals and all administrator manuals.
    • Identify and document training needs for users of the imPact database and all custom project applications supporting data management systems, design and conduct/ identify appropriate trainings that meets the user needs.
    • Identify and integrate emerging data management resources and train users on said technologies
    • Provide ongoing technical assistance to programs and Strategic Information staff to effectively utilize the Database and other technologies for data management and reporting.
    • Conduct quarterly site level user support clinics to provide one to one mentoring to Provincial and District level data management systems users.
      • Work in collaboration with Strategic Information team and Home Office Learning Evidence and Impact team to institute data quality assurance measures in the data management systems
      • Continuously review and analyze data for quality standards and highlight any issues arising to the programs and Strategic Information teams for action.
      • Troubleshoot issues that may arise from the data management systems.
      • Analyze systems performance, identify challenges, troubleshoot and produce regular data management systems performance reports.
      • Provide a summary of all data entry progress and challenges that may occur between the Facility (SmartCare/SmartCare+), District level (Aggregate DHIS 2) and imPact database to the Strategic Information team to ensure timely follow-up on data entry into systems for efficient data use at central level.
      • Monitor systems downtime, analyze the implication of such for data availability for program monitoring and reporting and provide technical assistance/ guidance to reduce/ address impact of downtime on data management.

    Data Quality management

  • Work in collaboration with Strategic Information team and Home Office Learning Evidence and Impact team to institute data quality assurance measures in the data management systems
  • Continuously review and analyze data for quality standards and highlight any issues arising to the programs and Strategic Information teams for action.
  • Troubleshoot issues that may arise from the data management systems.
  • Analyze systems performance, identify challenges, troubleshoot and produce regular data management systems performance reports.
  • Provide a summary of all data entry progress and challenges that may occur between the Facility (SmartCare/SmartCare+), District level (Aggregate DHIS 2) and imPact database to the Strategic Information team to ensure timely follow-up on data entry into systems for efficient data use at central level.
  • Monitor systems downtime, analyze the implication of such for data availability for program monitoring and reporting and provide technical assistance/ guidance to reduce/ address impact of downtime on data management.

Basic Requirements

  • Master’s degree with six (6) years work experience or bachelor’s degree with at least eight (8+) years work experience
  • Master’s degree in Health Informatics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or related fields.
  • 7+ years of experience in the development and operations of health information systems.
  • Demonstrated strong DHIS 2 skills at systems administrator / developer level.
  • Experience working with donor projects reporting systems, particularly PEPFAR/USAID
  • Experience in rollouts of data management systems
  • Experienced in applying user-centered requirements processes for systems design
  • Experience in working with scripting languages (JavaScript in various forms; Node.js, Ajax etc.)
  • A strong understanding and working knowledge of database design and conceptualization
  • Working knowledge of database management systems (SQL server, MySQL, Postgres preferred)
  • Demonstrated skills with data visualization software and applications such as Power BI, Tableau, QLIK Sense, Apache Superset, Metabase.
  • Strong analytical skills.

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