CHS/HR/STP/SIL/001/2024
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 by March 15, 2024 at 5.00pm.