IntraHealth District Health Data Analysts Jobs in Rwanda

IntraHealth District Health Data Analysts Jobs in Rwanda


Summary of Role:

  • IntraHealth seeks four (4) district health data analysts for the USAID Ingobyi Activity who will be responsible for promoting culture among DHMTs and health facilities to review and interpret their own routine data and use the evidence to prioritize, plan and implement interventions aimed at improving RMNCH and malaria outcomes in the supported districts.

  • One District Health Data Analyst will be based in each of the following 4 districts – Kigali, Rubavu, Nyanza, and Rwamagana, serving at least 5 districts per catchment area.

    Essential Functions:

    • Conduct supportive supervision on data quality and use for quality improvement at hospitals and health centers to improve data quality assurance and data use in Ingobyi supported health facilities. This will also include remote support to help health facilities identify and correct data quality issues in the HMIS.

    • Provide technical assistance to hospital data managers to analyze key health data and prepare engaging data review presentations for quarterly district coordination at hospitals and for DHMT meetings.

    • Facilitate routine presentation of HMIS health indicator trends to Ingobyi zonal technical teams aimed at guiding interventions to improve the quality of RMNCH and Malaria Services.

    • Work with districts to annually select a list of key RMNCH indicators that will be tracked and reviewed by DHMTs during quarterly meetings and to determine their baselines and set annual targets.

    • Share national-level data with DHMTs using a color-coded scorecard showing comparison in the performance against priority RMNCH indicators between districts in order
    to foster/motivate data-driven actions.

    • Ensure that districts and facilities have the capacity to generate, interpret, and utilize DHIS-2 data dashboards to identify performance gaps, perform root cause analyses, and develop evidence-based action plans aimed at addressing the gaps.

    • Support districts and facilities to compile data from different systems, including death audits, accreditation assessments, ISS/DQA, mentoring reports, and PBF evaluations in order to make integrated action plans that include gaps identified through all these parallel systems.

    • Contribute to periodic reporting through the facilitation of all data collection and compilation efforts in their respective zone for program indicators not reported through DHIS-2.

    • Any other tasks assigned by supervisor or the MEL team

    Minimum Requirements

    Education & Experience:

    • Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, demographics, social sciences or related field

    • A minimum of five (5) years working experience in monitoring and implementing programs in the development field, preferably health (reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, and malaria)

    • Experience and working relationship with DHMTs and health facility level staff

    • Experience with USAID reporting regulations and requirements highly preferred

    • Conversant with DHIS2 functionalities.

    • Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality

    • Proficiency in statistical databases (SPSS, EPI-info) and other software packages with strong data analysis and data management skills.

    • Experience using geospatial analysis software (ArcGIS) a plus

    How to Apply

  • For more information and job application details, see; IntraHealth District Health Data Analysts Jobs in Rwanda


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