Vacancy title:
23 Data Officer

Jobs at:
Management and Development for Health (MDH)

Deadline of this Job:
23rd November, 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 13th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a local non-governmental organization, determined to contribute towards a robust health system, able to support delivery of quality health services through evidence based interventions and ultimately have a healthier and prosperous society. MDH works in partnership with various organizations to support health care delivery services in Tanzania mainly provision of HIV care and treatment services, maternal and child health, nutritional interventions, prevention and control of NCD’s and community interventions

JOB DETAILS:
In Dar es Salaam, MDH supports the Government of Tanzania through the Municipal councils of Ilala, Temeke, Kinondoni, Ubungo and Kigamboni in implementation of the program on HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment and monitoring of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In order to strengthen care and treatment of PLWHA in Dar es Salaam, MDH on behalf of the above mentioned Municipal Councils seeks to employ Data Entry Officers and Clinical Trackers as follows:

Duties and Responsibilities
Data Entry Officers will be under the direct supervision of a data Supervisor and reporting to the site manager.
Tasks for a Data Entry Officer will include but not be limited to the following activities.

• Enter quickly and accurately clinical, laboratory, tracking or other forms into database under the monitoring of District Data Coordinator, Data Supervisor and reporting to the Site Manager
  
• Produce, review and share as per agreed schedule weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for various program areas such as HTS, index testing, enhanced PITC, PMTCT and TB/HIV
  
•  Routinely analyze and produce lists of patients for follow up such as missing appointment, LTFU, Viral Load, etc.
  
• Facilitate simple data analysis and interpretation at the facility level to encourage data use for planning and decision making at the facility level
  
• Communicate both verbally and in writing with supervisors regarding forms with problems
  
•  Monitor various databases at the facility and communicate both verbally and in writing with supervisors regarding database challenges.
  
•  Reconcile differences between different databases by running queries, reviewing appropriate form and correcting all differences
  
• Locate and review archived or filed forms if necessary
  
• Attend data staff meetings at the specified times
  
• Communicate both verbally and in writing suggestions for improvements to data entry or data flow to supervisors
  
• Complete other data tasks as assigned
  

REQUIREMENTS:

• A Minimum of form four education, certificate or diploma level training on computer study.
  
• At least one (1) year experience of data entry
  
• Good communication skills
  
• Able to work independently and in team
  
• Committed to work and adheres to work regulations
  
• Maintains confidentiality in all aspects
  
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, multi-tasking and organizational skills.