Job Title: Data Officer
Hiring Organization: Centre
for Health Solutions
Location – Locality:
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Non
profit
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 04/17/2024
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 following position: –Data Officer (1 position)
CHS/HR/STP/DO/001/2024
Reports to: Data Manager
Location: Siaya County
Overall
Job Function
Reporting to the Data Manager, the Data Officer will be
responsible for the documentation and compilation of timely program data and
reporting of activities at CHS-supported health facilities in the Shinda Tena
Project.
Key
Responsibilities
- Support
Strategic Information activities for HIV care and treatment, HIV testing
Services, Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT), Voluntary
Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), PrEP, GBV, and community programs.
- Assist in the
maintenance of the routine program, donor, and MOH databases that include;
the VMMC database, EID database, KHIS, DATIM, C-RIS, 3PM, and DREAMS.
- Contribute to
the development and implementation of M&E data tools for MoH and CHS
program areas
- Monitor, review
and validate data quality in all the EMR systems in use within supported
sites
- Work closely
with the County Health Management Team (CHMT) to compile monthly and
quarterly reports as required
- Support in the
implementation and maintenance of facility-level patient databases
- Work closely
with regional Strategic Information officers and other Program officers to
manage data quality and ensure all the facilities utilise data for
decision making
- Establish and
support a strong Data Demand and Information Use (DDIU) strategy with the
development of monthly, quarterly semi-annually & annual facility and
program performance slides for all supported sites.
- Strengthening
data quality systems through routinely conducting data validation checks
to ensure data queries and data entry errors in KHIS, CRIS, and DATIM are
flagged out to foster concurrence and accuracy in all reporting systems.
- Prepare reports,
dashboards, and other graphics summarizing program results in Power BI,
excel, or any other platform.
- Develop and
manage allocated live dashboard to facilitate program weekly, monthly, and
quarterly progress review and donor quarterly progress review.
- Assist in the
timely compilation, aggregation, and generation of weekly, monthly, and
quarterly data reports to donors, the CHS program, and MoH.
- Perform data
quality audits, data cleaning through M&E field teams, and verify data
accuracy of the data before submission of all data reports
- Prepare accurate
data to be entered in PEPFAR and CDC reporting information systems (DATIM,
3PM, and C-RIS)
- Support the
uploading facility EMR data into the National Data Warehouse (NDWH).
- Attend
designated SI meetings at the national, county, and sub-county level
- Any other duties
assigned by the supervisor.
Person
Specification
- A Bachelor’s
Degree or equivalent in Statistics, Computer/IT studies, Epidemiology, or
Mathematics
- At least four
years of relevant experience in a similar/related position in a
PEPFAR-funded program.
- Experience in
working with MoH systems and HIV-related reports
- Strong Data
management and analysis skills
- Strong SQL Data
management skills
- Proficiency in
computer packages for generating and analyzing reports. Experience in the
use of visual analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc) is an added
advantage
- Expert skill
level in the use of health aggregate databases (MoH DHIS2,3PM & DATIM)
- Proficient in
statistical analysis packages (ODK/SPSS/STATA/R etc.)
How To
Apply
Interested applicants are invited to email their applications and
detailed CVs with contact details to vacancies@chskenya.org clearly
quoting the position you are applying, and reference number as indicated in the
subject line. Applications close on Sunday 21 April 2024. CVs will be reviewed
on a rolling basis.
Centre for Health Solutions –
Kenya is an equal opportunity employer. Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted for interviews. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.