Job Title: Strategic Information Officer
Hiring Organization: Centre
for Health Solutions
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Healthcare
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 02/01/2024
Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya (CHS) is an indigenous,
not-for-profit organisation, that utilises local expertise and strategic
partnerships, to ensure the implementation of evidence informed solutions and
interventions to existing and emerging public health concerns.
CHS is currently sourcing for a high-calibre, self-motivated, and
dynamic individual to fill the position of a Strategic Information Officer in
Siaya County under the Shinda Tena project.
Overall job function
Reporting to the Strategic Information Lead, the Strategic
Information Officer will be coordinating all Strategic Information
field-related activities for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services, and
HIV/TB services and provide constant feedback to both the technical and program
teams including health care workers in health facilities.
Key
Responsibilities
Provide
technical support in the design and implementation of SI activities; required
to act as a link between CHS and SCHMTs on both paper and electronic
prevention, VMMC, care, and treatment data-related issues
Provide
technical support to CHS-supported health facilities in the collection,
collation, analysis, and reporting of health information to relevant
stakeholders using national reporting systems
Support
the uploading of facility EMR data into the National Data Warehouse (NDWH) and
KHIS
Support
in troubleshooting EMR-related challenges and working with the HIS and ICT
teams to resolve
Support
the implementation of web-based and mobile health solutions to facilitate
real-time data transmission and reporting.
Support
EMR data cleaning and monitoring of daily data entry into the systems through
regular data quality audits for quality patient management and report
Contribute
to the review and/or development of monitoring and evaluation tools and systems
that are responsive to data needs
Build the
capacity of HRIOS, HCWs, and other stakeholders on M&E requirements
Work
closely with other CHS staff and stakeholders to strengthen systems for
monitoring patient outcomes; monitoring quality of care; tracing patients who
default; data quality assurance; and data collection, collation, analysis, and
dissemination
Provide
expertise in developing and/or reviewing indicators for monitoring and
evaluation of program performance
Ensure
timely and proper implementation of the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) monitoring
and evaluation guidelines including roll out of new tools in all CHS-supported
facilities
Strengthen
data utilisation for decision-making at the facility and sub-county levels
Participate
in research studies that may be undertaken by CHS or collaborating partners
Provide
technical lead in quarterly data feedback to county health management teams and
health facilities
Participate
in joint quarterly support supervision of health facilities as may be organised
by CHMTs and CHS teams
Provide
advice to MoH through participation in relevant technical working groups
Document
best M&E practices and disseminate the same to relevant stakeholders
Provide
leadership in timely collection, cleaning, and reporting of quarterly and other
routine data to donors and other stakeholders
Respond
to ad hoc requests for collection and analysis of data when need arises
Participate
in regional and national stakeholder forums or conferences on health and give
presentations during these meetings.
Respond
to ad hoc requests for collection and analysis of data when need arises
Participate
in regional and national stakeholder forums or conferences on health and give
presentations during these meetings.
Any other
duty as may be assigned by your supervisor.
Person
Specification
Bachelor’s
degree in Health Records, Statistics, Information Technology, Data Science,
M&E, or other relevant qualification from an accredited institution
Master’s
degree in Epidemiology, Statistics, Health Informatics Monitoring and
Evaluation or equivalent will be an added advantage
Experience
in programming software, advanced data analysis, and management tools like
STATA, R commander, SPSS, and EPI-Info will be an added advantage
At least
three years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS care and
treatment, PMTCT, TB/HIV, and HTC programs in Kenya
5 years’
PEPFAR-funded work experience and familiarity with MOH and PEPFAR data
reporting and strategic information activities
Expertise
in qualitative and quantitative methods, operations research, health management
operations systems and data quality assessments
Proficient
in microsoft office packages, IT skills, data analysis, and management skills
Dedicated
team player with excellent interpersonal, communication, problem-solving
skills, capacity building skills, report writing, analytical skills, and
presentation skills
Ability
to work on own initiative, prioritise, organise competing workloads, and
multitask to meet reporting timelines.
How To
Apply
Interested applicants are invited
to email their applications and detailed CV with contact details of three
referees to vacancies@chskenya.org clearly
indicating the subject title as Strategic Information Officer:
CHS/HR/STP/SIL/001/2024.
