Position: Service Provision Assessment/SPA/ data entry clerk

Terms of employment: Contract

Duration of contract: Five month

Work Place: Ethiopia Public Health institute

Reporting to: Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate

Number needed: Two/2/

The state of health in a country can be measured through indicators describing long-term program achievements and effects on the populations. Measures such as the levels of fertility or child mortality can be obtained through surveys conducted at the household level. These measures, in turn, are affected by a number of factors, such as the general standard of living, socioeconomic conditions of the population, their accessibility to health services, and the capacity and quality with which the services are delivered.

A health facility requires minimum infrastructure and supplies to operate effectively and without introducing harm to the population. Thus, selected indicators need to be measured to obtain data on the facilities, supplies, and services for informed decision-making.

EPHI has been designated as the survey manager for Service Provision Assessment (SPA) to be conducted on behalf of the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Ethiopia. The survey is to be conducted on a nationally representative sample of Health Posts, Health Centers, private clinics, and census of Hospitals, to document the presence of infrastructure, equipment, supplies, medicines, other resources, and functioning systems required to support quality maternal-child and reproductive health services. The Service Provision Assessment (SPA) survey is a sample survey of formal sector health facilities with the objective of providing information on the overall service environment and the functioning of the various components of the health system that may affect the quality of services.

The purpose of the 2021 SPA is to provide a comprehensive overview of the country’s health service delivery, specifically an assessment of the capacity and potential of the health care facilities in the current health system to provide quality health service in Ethiopia. This information will enable the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) as well as other national and international institutions working on the health system strengthening.

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) included monitoring and evaluation as an invaluable component of Health Sector Development Plan. It is technically impossible to obtain all health and health related data exclusively through HMIS. Conducting regular surveys is crucial to capture selected set of data and triangulate various sources in order to improve the quality of health services and improvements in the health system. The last SPA was conducted in 2014. In order to better measure progress in the health system and quality of care, it is critical to conduct this survey for improved planning and management of the health sector. This information will be critical to the development of the Health Sector Transformational Plan II (2020-2025).

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute, therefore, would like to hire competent applicant as per the following requirement. 

Roles and responsibilities·      

• Develop data entry plan with the team based on priorities, timely compile conduct
• Daily and regular data entry data cleaning using Excel applications and other databases
• Review and understand documents before entering the data and consult data manager(s) if any incomplete, inconsistent or illegible data exist.
• Ensure data quality using different techniques to detect an error
• Compile, sort, and verify the accuracy of data to be entered.
• Review data sources and follow the protocol
• Maintain data entry requirements through data program techniques and procedures.
• Verify entered data using different techniques such as reentering data; combining data, eliminate duplication of data.
• Secure information by completing database backups.
• Maintain confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential
• Any other related activities as per guidance of the supervisor

Job Requirements

• BSc Degree in computer science/statics with 0(Zero) years’ 
• Knowledge of data entry methods and procedures
• Ability to organize and schedule data entry work
• Ability to operate computer software packages relevant to the work
• Knowledge of computer systems and operations
• Demonstrated communication skills

** Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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