Job Description

 Summary Scope of Work

The Digital Health Solutions Advisor will be tasked with development of digital data tracking system, creation of data visualization dashboards, development of electronic database and application and with basic data management tasks for MER unit of Jhpiego/Ethiopia Office. S/he will work as part of monitoring, evaluation, learning and research (MELR) unit and works closely with learning technology and HRIS advisors’ issues related to digital systems use. The digital health solutions advisor will provide advice to Jhpiego Ethiopia and its supported institutions on technical issues related to electronic data tracking databases and application development and will follow guidance from monitoring, evaluation and learning advisor.

Reporting Structure                                            

• Position Reports To: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) advisor

• Position Supervised: None

 Responsibilities (include Leadership, Business Development, and Knowledge Management)                                                                                                                   All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above.

• Actively participate in the business development process.

• Actively participate in the knowledge sharing and transfer process.

• Make responsible decisions that result in both time and cost containment.

 Major roles:                                                              Systems development

• Provide technical support for defining standard processes for supporting country office to build and monitor mobile applications and data dashboard specifications.

• Provide technical guidance and support to develop specifications for building and/or configuring applications (ODK, CommCare, SMS applications, DHIS2), dashboards and other technology based solutions

• Provide technical analysis and recommendations for mobile platforms that are appropriate to Jhpiego projects

• Develop mobile/web/desktop based applications to data collection, analysis, visualization and use related to Jhpiego program activities, outputs and outcomes

• Liaise with technology partners, digital health team at the head quarter, and country office staff to review specifications, workflows and code for applications and dashboard development.

• Keep up to date with latest industry trends and to recommend the appropriate new technology solutions for low and middle income systems.

• Provide guidance on how Jhpiego can support approaches that consider interoperability and data standards at national and global levels

• Introduce business intelligence tools for interoperability of data systems to make data aggregation and visualization faster

• Lead the development and use of Data visualization tools, Digital data tracking mechanisms, and dashboards to facilitate learning among technical staff and supported institutions

• Build capacity of government stakeholders with digital solutions including data aggregation and visualization

• Maintain the web based data management system and incorporate additional features based on emerging needs of programs

• Support ministry of health and Ron data base system management of health workers for in-service training sites 

• Participate in innovative mobile health (mhealth) implementation programs

• Develop data entry template to enter rigorous research data and supervise data entry personnel;

• Help develop scope of work, system design documents and other related documents that may assist in the development of any technological related outputs for Jhpiego Ethiopia programs

• Participate in technical forums related to electronic database and electronic application development for government stakeholders (ministry of health, ministry of education etc) that Jhpiego supports

Database management

• Develop and manage training data management database

• Manage project related data with JEIS including activity tracking dashboard

• Provide training on JEIS and any other database application systems for all regional M&E officers across Ethiopia

• Provide need based reports for all Jhpiego staff members from any of Jhpiego database systems.

• Enter program accomplishment data into other Jhpiego database (such as JADE and S-BMR, JEIS) under the guidance of supervisor;

• Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges).

• Locate and identify potential problems with databases and report to relevant manager;

• Assist MER team in identifying problems in data collection, data management and quality

• Work with data management applications such as MySQL, and querying languages such as SQL to quickly generate reports and provide input for technical staff.

• Conduct function/non-function test on application

• Evaluate existing application to reprogram, update and add new features

• Write documentation for systems developed/designed 

Job Requirements

Education & Qualifications:                                          

• B.Sc. degree in Computer Science, MIS and Other related fields with computer science as minor; MSc degree in computer science is an advantage.

• Five to six years of directly relevant experience in webpage/mobile application development and database management;

• Fluency in English and Amharic. 

 Required Skills & Abilities:                                

• Competency in programing PHP, C#, Node, MySQL, Java Script HTML, CSS and SQL

• Understanding of Model-View-View Model (MVVM) pattern with Knockout JS or Angular JS, HTML 5 and CSS / with knowledge of Twitter Bootstrap is an advantage

• Fluency in database design and management/ MYSQL, SQL and others/;

• Knowledge in data collection applications such as Open data kit (ODK), EPINFO, CommCare and RedCap

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work in a multi-disciplinary team setup;

• Ability to work with minimal supervision;

• Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to maintain high data quality;

• Flexible and ability to work under pressure;

• Demonstrable experience in database management and web based system development.

How to Apply

APPLICATION INSTRUCTION

Applicant are expected to STRICTLY follow the below listed application procedures:

1. Only qualified and interested applicants can submit application letter and well written curriculum vitae saved in one complied PDF format.

2. Applicants are required to state their current basic salary in their application letter.

3. Applicants must make sure their application document is saved by their full name in PDF format.

4. CREDENTIALS OR WORK CERTIFICATES MUST NOT BE SUBMITTED.

5. The job position being applied for must be explicitly stated in the application letter.

6. Applicants must use this E-mail HREthiopia@jhpiego.org to submit applications and make sure to state the job position title applying for in the subject line.

7. Applications not fulfilling the requirements stated above will automatically be rejected.

 Equal Opportunity Employer

 Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package. The winning candidate is expected to start within short period after finalization of the recruitment process. 

The deadline for applications is July 24, 2022.