Strategic Information and Tech Associate
Futures Group
About Us
Futures Group develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well being of people around the world.
About Us
Futures Group develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well being of people around the world.
Futures Group has deep expertise in policy and advocacy,
research and strategic information, health markets and private sector
engagement, modeling and economic analysis, patient monitoring and
management/HMIS, strategic consulting, and program management.
Purpose
Futures Group International develops and enhances strategic information (SI) systems at health facilities to collect and track data to improve patient and project outcomes, including reports for the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) indicators, National Ministry of Health (MOH) indicators, and specific project indicators.
Purpose
Futures Group International develops and enhances strategic information (SI) systems at health facilities to collect and track data to improve patient and project outcomes, including reports for the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) indicators, National Ministry of Health (MOH) indicators, and specific project indicators.
This information is essential to provide high quality care and
treatment, procurement activities, tracking progress, providing accurate
reporting to both the MOH and US Government and to be used by health facilities
for adaptive management.
Position Summary
The Strategic Information and Tech Associate will be responsible for automating collection and reporting of Health Information at health facilities and delivering technical support and supervision.
Position Summary
The Strategic Information and Tech Associate will be responsible for automating collection and reporting of Health Information at health facilities and delivering technical support and supervision.
She/he will be responsible for ensuring that data reporting is
comprehensive, clean and valid, and ensuring the further deployment of IQCare
Electronic Medical Records System (EMR) and IQTools to all service delivery
outlets in the network.
Additionally, the SI and Tech Associate will contribute in HMIS
development, through testing, recommending and implementing new system
functionality and features. The position is open to Kenyan nationals.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- IT
troubleshooting and bug reporting at health facilities that have technical
difficulties
- Assist
the SI team to remotely connect to the health facilities’ databases
- Build
capacity of local partners to manage, analyze and make use of their
data
- Assist
in the capacity building efforts of the strategic information team.
- Continued development of IQTools and IQCare via
- Programming of SQL queries for all
new clinical reports requested by the Clinical lead team and local
partners o Programming of IQTools reporting system to incorporate changes
in user requirements
Building and designing of data collection forms used in IQCare EMR system
Requirements gathering
Documentation of indicators and systems in use. - Assist
the strategic information team to deploy and manage the IQCare (EMR)
rollout and maintenance at health facilities
- Other
responsibilities as needed
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- B.Sc.
Computer science,
- 3
years of .NET programming / Microsoft SQL Server database programming
experience,
- Excellent
computer skills ( Windows ,SQL, Microsoft Office, networking)
Experience / Skills required
- Excellent
VB.NET,C#,ASP.NET programming, SQL 2005,2008 database programming
skills
- Experience
working with Patient Management and Monitoring Systems (PMMS) /HMIS
- Experience
in implementing US Government-funded projects.
- Have
a good understanding of the health systems in Kenya
- Demonstrated
ability to transfer knowledge through formal and informal training.
- Demonstrated
ability to work in a team as well as independently
- Excellent
written and oral communication skills.
- Experience
working with and designing/programming tools for health information data
entry and reporting
- Ability
to trouble-shoot, manage crisis, and problem solving
Physical Demands
- Regularly
required to stand or sit, and move about the facility
Work Environment
- Usual
office working conditions free of disagreeable elements.
Futures Group provides equal employment to all participants and
employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability,
sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
How to apply:
All applications for this position should be submitted online at www.futuresgroup.com via the Careers page.
Closing date: 17
Aug 2012