Senior M&E Specialist, Health Informatics at Management Sciences For Health - MSH

Overview

• The M&E Specialist, Health Informatics [EMR] as a member of the project M&E team is to contribute to the overall attainment of project objectives.
• H/her primary focus will be on ensuring project EMR platform and EMR-related operations are of topmost quality and effectiveness.

Specific Responsibilities

• Influence the project leadership towards delivering on project health informatics-related mandate
• Represent project in Health Informatics-related groups.
• Work with stakeholders on the development and roll out of health informatics products.
• The health informatics team will lead the design and execution of capacity and skill transfer schemes for stakeholders.
• To provide technical assistance and support in the development of health informatics-related products.
• Represent the project in Health Informatics-related groups.
• Support and review the work of consultants working on project-supported health informatics deliverables including but not limited to strengthening of DHIS2, development of interoperability systems and user-friendly interactive data use products.
• Support the development of guidance documents, manuals, concept notes and SOPs.
• Support the achievement of interoperability of multiple in-country electronic platforms.
• Support the design, development and execution of capacity transfer systems.
• Development of customized interactive data use products

Qualifications and Experience

• B.Sc. / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or any other degree with demonstrable expertise on the subject matter.
• Minimum of 5 years designing and deploying EMR systems
• Solid experience on database platforms in-country including but not limited to EMR, DHIS2, NAVISION.
• DHIS2 developer or super user experience.
• Experience with development of mobile EMR applications
• Experience with the national health management information system
• Experience designing, developing, executing and or supporting interoperability between EMR and other platforms including DHIS2.
• Minimum of 5 year working with RDBMS in particular MySQL. knowledge of PostgreSQL is an added advantage
• Experience developing interactive data use products
• Experience designing and executing capacity transfer schemes/exercises.
• Strong experience with Power BI or advanced excel, is an advantage.
• A solid understanding of M&E is a plus
• Must have excellent knowledge of Java programing language and familiar with JavaFX, Open Web App (OWA) and other java libraries
• Must have excellent knowledge of and experience in MySQL
• Competence in Python, R or equivalent programming language
• Ability to write at least 2 programming languages
• Strong competence in advanced excel and or Power BI
• Excellent knowledge of RDBMS
• Very good hands-on experience working with Linux and Windows OS
• A solid knowledge of the SDLC process
• Very good practical skills working with Tomcat and Apache web server
• Ability to deploy and manage virtual machine
• Extensive experience in computer hardware, network design and switching
• Ability to develop simplified algorithm from user specification
• Very quick in resolving software issues around Linux and windows OS
• Experience working with any electronic medical record system particularly Open Source
• Experience organizing/formatting of source code
• Ability to use analytical soft wares
• Excellent organizational skills, great attention to detail
• Strong experience in the development of procedure manuals, SOPs and guidance documents
• Excellent communications skills, including writing and oral presentation skills.
• Good analytical, presentation and reporting skills
• Excellent inter-personal and leadership skills.