Senior Health Informatics Lead Institute for Health Measurement Southern Africa (IHM)

Job Purpose

This role will provide health informatics and analytics technical leadership and support to the project’s health management information systems for routine and survey data. This involves: providing and coordinating technical assistance and capacity building in DHIS 2, power BI, Tableau and other databases and statistical software used for MOH reporting, data analysis and data visualization; designing and  developing  health-related data entry  and database  applications; assisting program and/or design links between patient level  health service delivery software and aggregate databases,  or  between project and  national  level databases; supporting analysis of large datasets; leading capacity building in health informatics and data visualization, and assisting with programming charts and other data display/visualization products, and promoting easy access to these products, and enhancing the capacity to perform custom analyses within project and MOH teams.

Academic & Educational Qualification

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field  such as Information Management, Data Analytics, Statistical Modelling, Informatics, Mathematics. MA or MS degree in a related field preferred; PhD degree in a related field a plus.
• More than 10 years of experience with working in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative, and iterative development or public health environments.

Knowledge and Experience

• More than 8 years of experience with relational databases, BI, and analytics tools, including SQL, Tableau, SASS, Palantir, or others.
• More than 6 years of experience in delivering solutions that solve complex data analytics and surveillance problems and using quantitative approaches with a blend of analytical, mathematical, and technical expertise.
• Knowledge of statistical and predictive modelling concepts or machine-learning approaches.
• Knowledge of government public health approaches to surveillance systems and data architecture.
• Ability to collaborate in a matrixed environment.
• Possession of excellent analytical skills.
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent and effective communication skills – verbal and written.
• Ability to handle sensitive issues of a confidential nature with tact and professionalism.
• Ability to collaborate with others to achieve agreed results and outcomes.
• Ability to work both independently and as an effective team member
• Ability to manage time, set priorities and plan workload to meet objectives.

Key Result Areas (Major Duties and Responsibilities)

• Lead the team in reviewing output and outcome indicator calculations in databases, drilling down of analysis to facility level, and export/import of data and information products between different software applications, while maintaining data integrity.
• Lead the development and implementation of data quality control measures that will monitor accurate and complete capture of health program data.
• Lead the development and ensure adherence to policies that ensure the security and confidentiality of MOH identifiable health data, including adherence to relevant national and international standards.
• Develop strategies and activities to enhance health informatics use at all levels of the health system, particularly at facility level
• Provide technical and strategic leadership for project health data analytics, informatics, reporting, and knowledge management
• Lead the development and implementation of the health informatics strategy and performance management
• Lead efforts on automated data pipeline needed to effectively and timely produce health informatics for both health practice improvement, and health program performance
• Develop project health informatics system and tools need to generate health informatics products and capacity building of all relevant team members on the system
• Ensure that the site resources are organized to achieve quality clinical data capturing and collation of all patient data and relevant clinical information into site level data, including QA/QI dashboards
• Provide technical assistance to staff to support the reporting process including, validation and data integrity checks, use of data to monitor service usage and program outcomes
• Direct monitoring of project performance against the work plan and targets, utilize data to improve project implementation, and disseminate project results
• Lead the completion of all technical requirements, including tracking all program indicators and deliverables, and ensuring that all outcomes/objectives are met in accordance with project plan
• Develop data collection and evaluation methodologies, including format design, project criteria and requirements, data compilation, relevancy and usage for users including training programs
• Lead teams in the continuous analysis of data from the national repository, reports, and registers for purposes of knowledge discovery, identification of errors and the potential causes of those errors
• Documentation: Lead and oversees the development of concept notes, data reporting templates and tables, job aids, user guides and standard operating procedures. Documents best practices in health    informatics and disseminates appropriately.
• Health informatics leadership and support: Communicate with, supporting, and guiding counterparts in MOH regarding their health database development, data visualization and improvement needs. Adapt existing health informatics tools and data capture systems to project-specific data collection and data dissemination needs and to ensure accessibility and usability of systems for MOH and implementing partner teams