Overview
Jhpiego seeks two Data Use and M&E officer for ISDA project. The ISDA supports the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) to contribute to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality and incidence of malaria in Rwanda, focusing on improving the availability, quality and utilization of RMNCH, global health security and malaria services and improving the health of women, adolescent, and children under five. Data use and M&E officer will be responsible for promoting a culture among DHMTs and health facilities to review and interpret their own routine data and use the evidence to prioritize, plan and implement interventions aimed at improving RMNCH, global health security and malaria outcomes in the supported districts. The Data use and M&E officer will work from the ISDA zonal office, they will report to the zonal manager administratively and data use specialist technically
Applications will be closed on August 25,2023
Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of Data Use and M&E interventions at zonal office
- Responsible for preparing and organizing data review sessions within their zone aimed at guiding interventions to improve the quality of RMNCH, global health security and Malaria Services.
- Ensure the facilities are implementing data management interventions according to the national data management SOP
- Conduct regular data audits with the facilities, plan corrective actions and lead actions aimed at mitigating data quality issues and improving the availability of clean data for planning and reporting purposes
- Conduct supportive supervision on data quality and use for quality improvement at hospitals and health centers to improve data quality assurance and data use in supported health facilities. This will also include remote support to help health facilities identify and correct data quality issues in the HMIS.
- Conduct routine coaching and mentorship to zonal technical team, as well as heads of services at supported facilities to contribute to their data analysis, lead the interpretation and use for quality improvement process
- Ensure that districts and facilities have the capacity to generate, interpret and utilize DHIS-2 data dashboards to identify performance gaps, perform root cause analyses and develop evidence-based action plans aimed at addressing the gaps.
- Support the implementation of Rwanda Health Analytics Platform (RHAP) and other digital health solutions including but not limited to EMR, c-EMR, e-learning platforms etc., at facility level and liaise with other project staff to provide any needed troubleshooting provide technical assistance to hospital data managers to analyze key health data and prepare engaging data review presentations for quarterly district coordination at hospitals and for DHMT meetings.
- Work with districts teams to annually select a list of key RMNCH, global health security and Malaria indicators that will be tracked and reviewed by DHMTs during quarterly meetings and to determine their baselines and set annual targets.
- Share national level data with DHMTs using a color-coded scorecard showing comparison in the performance against priority RMNCH, global health security and Malaria indicators between districts to foster/motivate data driven actions.
- Support districts and facilities to compile data from different systems, including death audits, accreditation assessments, facility assessment DQA, mentoring reports and PBF evaluations to make integrated action plans that include gaps identified through all these parallel systems.
- Contribute to periodic reporting through facilitation of all data collection and compilation efforts in their respective zone for program indicators not reported through DHIS-2.
- Any other tasks assigned by supervisor or the MEL team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, demographics, informatics or related field.
- A minimum of five (5) years working experience in monitoring and implementing programs in development field, preferably health (reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, global health security and malaria)
- Knowledge of digital health ecosystem and strategy in Rwanda
- Conversant with DHIS2 functionalities and other data visualization solutions like Powerbi, Tableau.
- Experience with supporting digital health interventions
- Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality
- Proficiency in data analysis software (Stata, R, SPSS, Python, advanced excel) and electronic data collection solutions like surveycto, kobotoolbox, ODK etc. with strong data analysis and data management skills.
- Experience using geospatial analysis software (ArcGIS or QGIS) Experience with USAID reporting regulations and requirements highly preferred
- Experience with Microsoft office apps.
Preferred Qualifications
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history.
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Jhpiego does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, orientation or any other fees
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