DHIS 2 Intern at John Snow Inc - JSI

Background

Tuberculosis Data, Impact Assessment, and Communications Hub (TB DIAH) is a five-year Associate Award funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The objective of TB DIAH is to ensure optimal demand and analysis of both routine and non-routine TB data for decision-making and their appropriate use to support interventions, policies, and performance management of national governments, ministries of health, national TB programs, USAID and other stakeholders. TB DIAH is implemented by the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and sub-recipient John Snow, Inc. (JSI).

The importance of data use for program management cannot be overemphasized as key policy decisions depends on it. It is also important that the people who manage data have adequate knowledge and skills to interrogate the data to make sense of it. TB Data use at all levels has remained a challenge that needs to be addressed. Program managers and officers saddled with this responsibility at state and local government levels require periodic training to build their skills in data use. The rate of attrition of trained staff within the national TB program has also contributed to the dearth of skilled officers who are able to use data for program management.

Therefore, to address this gap, TB DIAH is seeking the technical support of interns to be responsible for technical support of key information systems that drive TB DIAH operations with TB LON partners in Nigeria. The Interns will primarily focus on delivering solutions with respect to DHIS2 configuration, setup and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with all roles within the team to implement DHIS2 in data collection and data entry relevant projects
• Develops, updates, repairs and modifies DHIS2 modules to comply with project requirements
• Creates forms built using category options, combinations and organization units on the DHIS2
• Supports team members and partners in analyzing collected data
• Trains DHIS2 users among USAID partners on data management and provides technical support at all levels
• Supports users by developing documentation, quality assurance, collection and assistance tools.
• Provides technical leadership on DHIS2 implementation and makes recommendations how to integrate DHIS2 into business operations following best practices for quality, testability & operability.
• Approaches others in a tactful manner and treats them with respect regardless of status or position.
• Participates in and promotes a positive, supportive, cooperative team environment.
• Works closely and extensively with stakeholders.
• Backup of databases used.

Qualifications 

The following qualifications are required:

• Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Statistics, Social Science, Medical Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or a related field. A postgraduate degree is desirable.
• Minimum of 2 years documented practical DHIS2 implementation experience
• Experience implementing DHIS2 Tracker
• Experience with DHIS2 Mobile Applications
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in data management and analysis
• Experience developing, upgrading and repairing DHIS 2 modules
• Experience collecting and/or managing public health data on a national level
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation practices
• Experience in Software Development (JavaScript, HTML and CSS especially.) is desirable
• Experience using cloud services (Azure and AWS preferred) and using a variety of open-source technologies
• Minimum of 1 years’ experience in public health sector is desirable
• Documented experience in training, facilitation and coordination
• Organizational skills, great attention to detail
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from SI Directors, Program managers, and other stakeholders.
• Intern must be based in Nigeria