ICAP of Columbia University is
working in partnership with the Ministry of Health in Kenya to strengthen HIV
Prevention, Care and Treatment services in County and Sub County health
facilities.
The Children’s Investment Fund
Foundation (CIFF-UK) and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR) have launched an ambitious initiative called ‘Accelerated Children’s
HIV/AIDS Treatment ( ACT)’ which aims to double the total number of children on
antiretroviral therapy (ART) to 300,000 across ten priority African countries
by September 2016.
Position: Data Manager - Health Informatics Systems (HIS)
Location: Nairobi
with travel to selected ICAP facilities
Overall Job Function: Under the overall supervision of the Director of
Monitoring, the Data Manager-HIS will be responsible for the building and
maintenance of ICAP health databases, will help in any on-going analysis of
aggregate and patient level data for ICAP, and facilitate the timely reporting
of data to funding agencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead in the development and deployment of
software modules for the ICAP patient-level electronic medical records
system (C-PAD), and DHIS2 aggregate databases
- Manage data files and conduct script
driven-data extraction from routine aggregate and patient-level databases
in Java, MySQL, PostgresSQL scripting languages and in building of
relational and flat database structures
- Ensure timely data collation, data cleaning
and reporting of program data on a monthly, quarterly and/or annual data
reports to funding agencies and other stakeholders
- Write programming scripts to perform automated
data accuracy checks and generate reports of any identified
inconsistencies
- Generate monthly data summaries to help track
and inform on program performance
Requirements
- Masters degree or equivalent in Computer
Science, Information Technology, Statistics or related field
- Strong Data management and analysis skills
- At least 4 years relevant experience and expert
skill level in the use of PostgreSQL, MySQL and Java scripting languages
- Advanced knowledge in Excel, PowerPoint and
any statistical program (e.g. SPSS or STATA) is an added bonus
- Experience in working with MOH health
information systems and working with HIV-related PEPFAR reports will be an
added advantage
All applications including a current
CV, telephone number and referees (either current or former supervisor) should
be sent to the
Director- Human Resources,
ICAP,
jobs@icapkenya.org
on or before May 9, 2016.
Do not send certificates.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted
ICAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer
