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Abuja |
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JOB TITLE: Strategic Information Officer (SI Officer)
JOB LOCATION: Abuja
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JOB DETAILS:
- The Strategic Information Officer will execute the day-to-day implementation plans, provide technical assistance, mentor facility staff onsite and oversee Data assistants’ activities on ASPIRE project in the FCT.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Assistaence:
- Support data assistants and surge monitors day-to-day activities on data management;
- Train data assistants and surge monitors on program reporting; weekly, monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reports;
- Oversee routine data collection, collation, and reporting on DHIS, NMRS, NDR and other program databases;
- Review and analyze program data and share insights with team for informed decision (gap analysis);
- Develop team workplan and share updates on team’s weekly activities;
- Support onboarding of data assistants and surge monitors;
- Conduct technical assistant visits to supported facilities to review data management processes, identify gap(s) and mentor data clerks, surge monitors, and facility focal persons on proper data management;
- Conduct routine data quality assessment exercises across supported facilities, address data quality gap and share exercise report for proper intervention planning;
- Review routine program reports, identify reporting gaps, mentor data assistants and surge monitors on efficient report;
- Promptly report quality program data to funder and relevant stakeholders;
- Coordinate data collection tools audit and provide relevant national HIV-related tools to supported facilities and mentor on appropriate use;
- Conduct data analytics on the DHIS2 platform;
- Coordinate and track performance on patient biometric capture on NMRS;
- Review program key performance indicators, draw insights and disseminate to team for better implementation planning;
- Conduct data quality assessments with strategic action plans and share findings for proper intervention planning;
- Support data analysis of program work areas, inference deductions, and strategy development.
Team leadership:
- Facilitate data clerk workplan development and track daily weekly output
- Facilitate SI team check-in meeting
- Facilitate SI team’s routine problem-solving sessions
- Evaluate data assistants and surge monitors performance with constructive feedback on better performance and support plan on achieving agreed milestones
Stakeholders’ engagement/Meetings:
- Support the development of discussion document for program review meetings and other stakeholders’ engagements;
- Participate in program review meetings and related engagements.
Other responsibilities:
- Participate in joint, cluster, and partner problem-solving and learning sessions to share knowledge, best practices, challenges and progress on program implementation.
- Engage actively with relevant stakeholders to foster good relationships with the organization.
- Support any other tasks as may be required by the Program Manager and Project Director.
Required competencies
Education and Experience:
- Academic training: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Monitoring & Evaluation, Demography, Biostatistics, Statistics, Analytics, Science / Computer Science or a related field is required.
- Experience: Experience in supporting M&E systems for public health projects.
Core requirements:
- Compelling evidence of interest in and commitment to the mission of SCIDaR;
- Understanding of HIV and TB M&E mechanisms including the DHIS, NMRS, DATIM, and other online reporting innovations, PEPFAR MER and SIMS requirements;
- Ability to quickly turn-around program reports while ensuring utmost reporting compliance for both routine and ad hoc reports;
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
- Knowledge of information management systems architecture;
- Good written and oral communication skills.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for the ongoing Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR) job opening, visit the job APPLICATION PORTAL to submit your application!
Deadline: November 30, 2024
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