Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job title: HIO Officer
Direct Supervisor: Data Analyst
Location: Dar es Salaam

Responsibilities
Provide technical assistant on HIV-related health information systems and dashboards in Tanzania, including CTC2, CTC3, CTC Analytics, the PEPFAR Monthly Portal and others.
• Supporting maintenance of the CTC3 dashboard in line with NACP and PEPFAR needs as well as adoption of user requirements to improve analytic and visualization capacity
• Support programming additions and innovations to project and collaborating health facility systems as required.
• Support the use of data visualization dashboards to inform program monitoring and improvement at all levels.
• Support development and use of electronic data collection systems to capture real-time data from the two COEs.
• Build project team capacity to use a centralized web-based data visualization platform for real-time access to data from the two COEs.
• Support data officers at the two COEs to follow data security guidelines and activities to ensure that all data are stored and maintained in a secure and effective manner in compliance with institutional and donor requirements.
• Support the development of mapping tools, manuals, standard operating procedures, and training materials to build informatics competencies in regional project teams and health facility partners.
• Liaise with national partners, Clinical partners, and technology partners to advance the integration of health informatics systems including mHealth and eHealth initiatives.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications
• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualifications in computer or information science/engineering, information systems/ technology, or related field required. Additional training in public health, health informatics, or health-related field is strongly preferred. Experience working with health information systems required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Minimum 3 years’ work experience in monitoring and evaluation of large-scale health or development projects; experience integration of data from diverse paper and electronic sources preferred. Must have:
• Demonstrated competence in frameworks and elements of informatics systems.
• Familiarity with PEPFAR-funded projects and related monitoring and evaluation components such as MER indicators and DATIM. Experience with USAID-funded projects preferred.
• Excellent computer skills, at minimum in Microsoft Office, including Excel Macros and Visual Basic; familiarity with DHIS2 and other data management software systems.
• Expertise in elements of geographic information systems and data visualization software such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with CTC2, CTC3, CTC Analytics, the PEPFAR Monthly Portal and other HIS applications in Tanzania
• Demonstrated understanding of routine PEPFAR and NACP HIV-related indicators and experience with national HIV data collection and reporting tools
• Experience managing and analyzing HIV-related health data
• Advanced experience developing data-driven applications utilizing significant relational database engines as part of the overall application architecture (experience with at least two of the following is highly desirable: MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS Access)

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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