Health Informatics Optimizer At Jhpiego

Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families. The TMEC/RISE program is a newly-awarded 5-year, USAID-funded global HIV program that supports countries to achieve and maintain HIV epidemic control through provision of strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to improve prevention, HIV case finding and treatment programming. In Nigeria, TMEC/RISE will support the Government of Nigeria to address barriers in HIV services among at-risk adult men, women and priority populations and to build capacity of local implementing partners, continuously leveraging data to successfully course correct and achieve and maintain epidemic control. This project aims to achieve and maintain the primary prevention and 95-95-95 goals that are critical to HIV epidemic control in Nigeria. The program will also support PEPFAR’s transition of HIV service delivery to local partners, advancing progress along the journey to selfreliance. Jhpiego hereby invites applications from highly resourceful, experienced and dynamic professionals for the following:

Title: Health Informatics Optimizer
Reports To: State SI Lead
Location: Yola Adamawa

Overview

The Health Informatics Optimizer under the supervision of the Informatics Team, The Optimizer is required to support the Health Informatics team with eHealth and mHealth implementations, debugging existing systems to achieve efficiency.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide technical support for the design and content development of electronic information systems. This function will include assisting the software programming team in developing actual logic statements for the coding of M&E indicators and software business rules where necessary and checking that all software development is done according to already established standards and procedures.
2. Ensure that software and database tools are developed to meet the intended reporting and data output requirements for both internal use and donors.
3. Coordinate user support through TMEC RISE state staff and community health officers with specific assistance on maintaining existing systems at facility and LGA level.
4. Conduct assessments of health informatics environments, synthesize pertinent information, identify implications for planning and development, and provide recommendations to supervisors and management.
5. Thorough testing of the developed M&E software and database tools to the new and existing facility as identified by management.
6. Support the database staff in developing standard operating procedures, user manuals, and data management procedure documents for all of the project’s electronic information systems.
7. Prepare timely progress and periodic reports on information systems tool development and implementation.
8. Support the database staff in analyzing all data collected in all TMEC RISE electronic information systems for M&E and provide feedback in the form of data analysis meetings, and technical reports with collaboration from the staff of the M&E department as well as with staff of other departments.
9. Develop, familiarize /or adapt and monitor the use of M&E tools standard operating procedures, flow charts, data collection forms.
10. Document lessons learned and best practices in M&E, according to donor guidelines.
11. Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• HND/BSc/MS/MSc or similar Degree Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Public Health, Epidemiology, or Health Information Management with a strong background in Computer Science, Programming and Software Development or M&E with years of relevant experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation.
• Experience working at the national level on health programs with knowledge and experience with data collection and analysis.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs highly desirable.

Required Abilities/Skills:

• Require the competent skills listed below but should not be limited to any of the skills listed.

Additional skills will be an added advantage outside these preferences of programming languages. (Android Development, Java Development, Spring Boot, Angular Framework, React (Preferred), Python, PostgreSQL, MySQL).

• Degree in related field with years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of health informatics, including specific expertise in supporting databases, data warehousing, mobile data collection, and geographic information systems.
• Strong knowledge of PEPFAR Monitoring & Evaluation, and HIV program monitoring and evaluation terminology, especially standard indicators used by PEPFAR programs.
• Familiarity writing and using complex SQL queries (ex: using various joins and sub-queries), ETL processes, and related best practices.
• Ability to comprehend complex technical and logical concepts.
• Strong interpersonal skills – must be able to work effectively as part of a project team and foster team co-operation, attention to detail and maintaining high-quality standards is a must.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs highly desirable.
• Knowledge of health and development programs in developing countries in general and Nigeria specifically.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and another health programming in developing countries. Sound knowledge of M & E, research, and surveillance issues.
• Knowledge of Nigerian clinical settings, including government and non-government settings.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the social, political, and ethical issues surrounding HIV infections.
• Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants, and recipients of assistance.
• A high degree of proficiency in written and spoken English communication and well-developed computer skills.

Method of Application:

Interested candidates should submit an Application letter and a CV as ONE SINGLE WORD document to [email protected] not later than 13th July 2021 candidates that do not comply with the application instruction will be disqualified. The title/subject of your email and application should be the position and LGA you are applying for. Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview. Please note that any successful candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.