ICAP Senior Data Use Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
ICAP Senior Data Use Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
Job SummaryThe Senior Data Use Advisor will be responsible for building the capacity of the Data Management teams at the Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) Directorate of the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI).
S/he will also support the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, and the Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPMED) directorates of Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH).
S/he will support the management and coordination of the immunization and Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPD) surveillance data and database, including data cleaning, quality checks and build the necessary skills to analyze, visualize, interpret and make use of data for action.
S/he will provide technical assistance to the Growing E-health Expertise Knowledge and Skills (GEEKS) teams to develop appropriate tools for strengthening data use and will follow up and mentor GEEKS fellows including reviewing and ranking GEEKS projects proposals.
Duties and responsibilities
Build capacity of national level stakeholders to regularly use data to inform routine and strategic decisions
Provide technical assistance to GEEKS teams to develop appropriate tools for strengthening data use by developing dashboards and data visualization as required by the sub-projects
Provide feedback and technical assistance to address weak performance and process indicators at all levels
Facilitate training workshops on immunization and VPD surveillance data use, data quality such as Communicating Data for Decision Making
Support the implementation of GEEKS for all program components including reviewing and ranking GEEKS projects proposals
Support the extended Project on Immunization [PI) and VPD surveillance
data use and data quality activities
Provide technical assistance in data review meetings, stakeholder meetings to document instances of data quality and use
Represent ICAP at relevant working groups at the FMoH and EPHI on maters related to the GEEKS Project
Compiles and submits reports as per the direction from ICAP in Ethiopia
Undertakes other project related activities s advised by this supervisor
Job Requirements
Master’s Degree in public health, Informatics, Epidemiology or related field
At least 5 years’ demonstrable experience in using data for decision and policy making
Proven experience in training others in data use, data quality, data management supportive supervision and advocacy for evidence informed decision making
Experience building capacity of national, regional and district-level stakeholders to use data to inform routine and strategic decisions regularly
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail
Knowledge and experience in public health, particularly Routine Immunization and VPD
Experience working with District Health Information System (DHIS)2 or other related HMIS, MS Office packages, Epi Info, Open Data Kit (ODK) and Mapping software such as ArcGIS or QGIS.
Strong interpersonal skills, motivational, and able to inspire others
Demonstrate experience in managing large datasets from program/surveillance data
Must be able to mentor project teams and workgroups on data analytics, visualization and dissemination
Must be Ethiopian citizens or resident and eligible to work in Ethiopia.
Must be fluent in Amharic and English
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; ICAP Senior Data Use Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
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