Vacancy title:
MIS Specialist

Jobs at:
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Deadline of this Job:
28th November 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 14th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) seeks an HIS/ICT Specialist for the CDC funded Tanzania Technical Support Services project (TSSP) that will provide technical assistance to Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC) and Public Health institutions (PHI) in Tanzania including; the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and the Zanzibar Integrated HIV, TB and Leprosy Program to lead and manage the HIV response and build sustainable health system.

JOB DETAILS:
The HIS/ICT specialist is a core member of the project team who will be closely guided by Chief of Party and the MOHCDGEC ICT Director in her/his day to day work. S/he will also work under the guidance of the home office Project Strategy Lead, and in close coordination with the donor (CDC) and project partners and is responsible for providing technical assistance (TA) to the Ministry and PHI to improve HIS and ICT to support access to data and to improve data analysis, dissemination, and use to support evidence-based decision making for management of a sustainable HIV response in line with prevailing GoT strategies and guidelines.

Specific Responsibilities

Provide Technical Assistance to MOHCDGEC and PHIs to;

• Coordinate HIS and ICT activities to implement the national HIS Investment Framework
  
• Define technical requirements (both user and system requirements) to guide electronic medical records (EMR), interoperability, and automated reporting solutions.
  
• Support building a Master Health Sector client registry linked to the national ID system
  
•  Identify best IT solutions on the market to address GOT needs
  
•  Perform Database Performance Tuning, Database Management, Requirements Analysis, Software Development Fundamentals, Problem Solving, Documentation Skills, Verbal Communication, Data Maintenance and Database Security.
  

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor Degree in computer/information sciences, Computer engineering, or related field
  
• Minimum of 3 years of experience providing technical assistance to government agencies in developing and strengthening health information and ICT systems in Tanzania
  
• Good knowledge of database Management Systems, including relational Databases
  
• Demonstrated experience designing and managing electronic data management systems and platforms such as EMR, , Open Health Information Exchange including system analysis, development of user-and system requirements, and oversight of software development
  
• Demonstrated experience building health worker capacity in the use of ICT solutions, data analysis, interpretation and use for program management