Descripción de la Oferta

Responsibilities:
- Work with CHAI country associates, regional senior research associate and the country support manager tounderstand technological requirements for malaria surveillance, including the monitoring of malaria epidemiology and the impact of malaria interventions
-Develop coherent and technology-appropriate specifications for meeting user requirements
-Advise on strategies for storing, cleaning and analyzing data and producing automated reports for more efficient and effective operational response
-Play a translational role in communicating user requirements and technical specifications to non-technical staff within CHAI management and ministries of health
-Liaise with and manage software developers to build applications meeting user requirements
-Design and develop custom data collection forms as required (e.g. ODK or Survey CTO)
-Design and develop disease information dashboards as required (including format and content)
- Help cultivate a culture of data-use within malaria programs by strengthening usage and analysis of data by the malaria program and the quality of data inputs.
-Assist with the troubleshooting, installation, and implementation of systems
-Develop training materials and help train country staff in the use of information technology and support the training of program staff on the system to be used, devices and any other end-users issues related to IT problems.
In the near term,
-Support the national malaria program in Haiti to design, operationalize, and roll out an electronic case-based
reporting system in DHIS 2
-Design and integrate a new malaria module into Panama’s national surveillance system.
-Support connectivity-related issues at various locations in Panama so as to ensure there is no disruption for
submitting and accessing data in the malaria program.
-Work with the malaria program in Honduras to roll out and monitor the use of the newly adopted DHIS2-based
malaria surveillance system.
-Work with the Guatemala NMCP and CHAI's country and technical teams on a day-to-day basis and be the focal
point the communication and managing matters related to a new malaria surveillance module in Guatemala’s
new Integrated Surveillance System. Assist with the implementation of the malaria module by coordinating ,
supervising and providing the requirements needed to implement the module at all levels.
-Assist in the surveillance of malaria program data by ensuring accurate data collection, integration from various
sources, timely reporting, and display of information via user-friendly interfaces.
-This role requires travel to remote regions with limited infrastructure and medical care travel to remote regions with limited infrastructure and medical care.
Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology;Master's degree preferred
-At least three to five years’ working experience as a business analyst, technical project manager, or in a similar role working closely with stakeholders to define and deliver business requirements for technology initiatives.
-Proven experience in implementing technology-based solutions with users, preferably for disease surveillance
-Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal skills. Experience communicating technical concepts to nontechnical users
-Understanding of disease surveillance (including surveillance platforms) with knowledge of global health issues; knowledge of common health information management systems such as DHIS 2 strongly preferred
-Familiarity with emerging technologies for data collection and reporting (including experience using open source data collection tools like ODK); comfort with developing basic data collection forms and reports preferred
- Familiarity with emerging technologies for web or mobile application development for data visualization and analysis
-Experience in data management (including managing databases) and data analysis

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