Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 14, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Under the general guidance and supervision of the WHO IVD Focal Person, and overall supervision of the WHO Representative (WR), the incumbent will provide technical support to the Ministry of Health, Immunization and Vaccine Development program for data management, the incumbent will perform the following:

Summary of Assigned Duties:
• To support the MoHCDGEC IVD program in developing annual plans for data management (collection, storage, analysis and interpretation).
• Support and ensure development of a comprehensive chronogram for implementation of immunization data improvement activities.
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to ensure coordination and implementation of data harmonization meetings (IVD, laboratory, IDSR, DHIS).
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to ensure the compilation of Risk assessment data for polio and measles at national level and prepare mitigation plan.
• Support a Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to ensure data management guidelines and data collection tools and other materials have been developed, printed and distributed to lower level.
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to Support and ensure data management training and supervision plans at sub national level have been well conducted as per plan.
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to Support and ensure quality implementation of sentinel surveillance sites data management.
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to Support and ensure quality monitoring of data quarterly (Data cleaning and harmonization) and provide feedback to the sub-national level for correction.
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to Compilation and merging of the databases received from the sub-national level and report to WHO IST as per schedule
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to Analyse data on a weekly/monthly and share with programme officers
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to monitor the completeness and timeliness of datasets
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to collate and submit JRF before the end of March of each year
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to provide weekly/monthly feedback to sub-national levels
• Support MoHCDGEC IVD data manager to participate and provide data in all programme reviews and surveys
• Perform any other duties assigned by the WHO representative.
• Technical Supervision

Specific Requirements
• Essential: Excellent knowledge of English.
• Desirable: Working knowledge of Swahili, Knowledge of French or other UN languages is an asset.
• Education:
• Essential: Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced diploma in Computer Science, statistics or related field.
• Desirable: Advanced university degree in, IT or related field.
• Experience:
• Essential: A minimum of 3+ years’ experience in data management or analysis
• Desirable: Prior humanitarian working experience at field level in the management of disease outbreak or ant public health emergency

Skills and Competencies
• Ability to decipher and organize large amounts of data.
• An analytical mindset with superb communication and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of Epi info and GIS will be an added advantage.
• Ability to work under pressure to make decisions, elaborate strategies, and organize priorities.
• Ability to coordinate activities and undertake multitasks.
• Strong analytical skills and good judgment.
• Sense of prioritization and attention to detail.
• Ability to liaise with people at all levels and proactively search for information.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and able to innovate.
• Professional commitment.
• Ability to write in a clear and concise manner, and to present information.
• Ability to work in a stressful context and under a tight deadline
• Ability to work in an international and multi-cultural environment

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To apply follow this link https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2202265&tz=GMT%2B03%3A00&tzname=Africa%2FNairobi 

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