Job Summary

Department: Public Health Emergency Management Center/Core Process

Terms of Employment: 1(one) year with Possibility of Extension

Number required: one (1) for EPHI and Eight (8) for regions ( Benshangul, Gambela, Tigray, Somale, Afar, Harari, Dire Dawa, and Sidama)

Under direct supervision of the EPHI and /or the regional health bureau/public health institute, Public health emergency management center/core process, the Data Manager will be responsible for carrying out a variety of data management activities in the area of public health emergency management.

Major duties and responsibilities

The Data Manager will perform the following major duties and responsibilities:

• Develop and implement procedures for effective data management
• Assess system performance and make recommendations for improvements
• Train staff and data collectors on the use of data collection tools, data analysis, interpretation and use
• Formulating management techniques for quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy and legitimacy of data
• Create and enforce policies for effective data management
• Provide technical assistance to data collection team and others in the daily use of data and ensure adherence to legal and the institute standards
• Assist with reports and data extraction as needed
• Monitor and analyze data & information systems and evaluate their performance to discover ways of enhancing them (new technologies, upgrades etc.)
• Travel to locations where data collection is required to oversee and/or perform data collection as needed
• Ensure timely completion of the data collection
• Perform data entry in line with the set data program techniques and procedures
• In collaboration with IT team, install, configure and troubleshoot data collection tools on computers, server, tablet and smart phone & others
• Present summaries of data on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and/or as required
• Organize, store, and analyze data in an effective and profession way and ensure data security and confidentiality per the standards.
• Troubleshooting any operational problems related to data management and IT tools.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Job Requirements

• Master’s degree Informatics, Bio statistics, Statistics, public health and related field and demonstrable in skills and experience Computer Science and Information technology
• Minimum of 3(three) years of relevant experience is required
• Excellent knowledge of public health surveillance data system is highly preferable
• Experience working with a key public health stakeholder and an international organization is preferable
• An in-depth knowledge of public health issues in general

Skills:

• Strong understanding and knowledge of analytics and data management software such as R, Power Bi, Tableau, SPSS, Python, Ms-Excel, ArcGIS, QGIS, ODK, CSPro and others is highly desired
• Excellent understanding of data management functions (collection, analysis, distribution etc.)
• Excellent problem-solving skill
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to produce precise and intelligible reports and office briefs
• Excellent skills and knowledge of Information technology
• Adaptive, patient, resourceful, resilient and flexible
• Organized, able to prioritize and work independently
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure in the PHEOC and field mission, willing to work nights, weekends and holidays and meet deadlines

How to Apply

Interested applicants can register in Online through this link and send their CVs and relevant documents at the address given below within 7 days from the first appearance of the announcement

NB:-

Applicants should send their CV and credentials not more than 5 pages through ethio jobs. Applicants need to apply for the region including Addis Ababa, ( Benshangul, Gambela, Tigray, Somale, Afar, Harari, Dire Dawa, and Sidama)

which they want to work, hence the competition will also among the regions applicants. For all applicants one applicant can not apply more than one position. The selected candidates should present their release paper or leave with out pay letter from their respective organization with in five days to employ for this emergence response assignment. If not the next applicant will communicated. The selected candidates need to have and work with their personal laptops. Covid-19 risk allowance payment will not apply for all applicants

Remarks: Please attach copies of transcripts, academic degree or recommendation letters together with the application.