Summary
Date Posted: Friday, April 08, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
This position is based in Dodoma. The initial position term is 6 months, with an extension for up to 3 years, depending on funding.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Lead the development of national and regional situation room including clear implementation plan
• Serve as the Data.FI lead in TAG meetings, led by PORALG, to design, implement and refine multi-stakeholder regional and national strategies to leverage quality improvement (QI) principles and data use through integrated information systems to improve health outcomes.
• Facilitate technical meetings to evaluate and provide leadership for the application of different quality improvement methodologies and data use practices, seeking consensus among diverse stakeholders.
• Work in collaboration with government counterparts to develop, refine, and deliver QI data use guidance, training materials and coaching modules, harmonized with existing health sector and other national policies.
• Communicate learnings from ongoing QI/QA and data use initiatives, as well as existing health information systems (HIS), identifying bottlenecks and making recommendations for programmatic and HIS enhancements to meet PORALG needs.
• Lead conversations with POLARG and other stakeholders to identify priority indicators for data use, including the incorporation of corresponding data into iMES.
• Oversee the development of data visualization efforts to support data use at the national, regional and council levels.
• Oversee the development or adaptation of orientation materials designed to promote data use at national, regional and council levels and assure implementation according to workplan and within budget.
• Promote knowledge management efforts to document lessons learned while harmonizing quality improvement efforts, during implementation and, when possible, across councils.
• Lead or support the development of data use briefs, senior leadership reports, coaching modules and other internal and external technical reports.
• Supervise District Quality Advisor(s) and Senior Quality Advisor
• Provide budgetary programmatic inputs to Finance Director on a monthly basis
• Serve as technical lead of the project and deputize for the Country Director/Project Director as needed
• Other project management duties, such as:
• Developing or contributing to activity workplans, including budgets and staffing plan, interfacing with clients and staff
• Maintaining project documentation, including project schedules and training materials
• Contribute to progress reporting
• Ensure learning is captured and disseminated internally and externally

Required Qualifications:
• Masters level education in public health, health informatics, monitoring and evaluation, or another relevant field of study; MD would be an asset.
• At least 8 years of technical experience in monitoring and evaluation, data use or QI/QA. Experience supporting stakeholders with key data analytics and data visualizations to improve data use and program performance strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with both PEPFAR indicators and Government of Tanzania indicators for monitoring HIV, FP, Nutrition, Malaria and other health programming.
• Considerable demonstrated experience developing and implementing joint workplans with multiple stakeholder groups, including high level stakeholder engagement skills; experience working with USAID, UNICEF, and PORALG in Tanzania is strongly preferred.
• Experience working at different levels of the health system in Tanzania, from the district to the national level.
• Knowledge of international and national quality improvement and data use guidelines, strategies, policies and innovations.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering training materials related to QA/QI, data use and M&E, including for training of trainers, for government audiences.
• Knowledge of project management principles and ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to effectively write technical documents, lead meetings, conduct trainings and deliver presentations.
• Ability to travel 50% within Tanzania.
• Fluency in English and Swahili required.
• Must be able to legally work in Tanzania

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To apply follow this link https://palladium.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/13178?c=palladium 

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