Digital System Developer at John Snow Inc - JSI

Position Category: Local hire, paid in country
Starting Date: 12/28/2020

Description

• 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).

Responsibiities

• The Digital System Developer will work in close collaboration with USAID/Nigeria, the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program (NTBLCP), and relevant TB implementing partners to improve data management to ensure real time availability of quality data for decision-making.
• The expert will ensure the integration and interoperability of the different electronic TB management information systems (TB-MIS) in Nigeria.
• The Digital System Developer will be responsible for engineering, developing and supporting digital products and solutions for NTBLCP including dashboard, situation room, mobile apps, and other solutions to ensure excellent analytical processes and visualizations.
• The consultant will have experience and expertise in data analytics with good knowledge of statistical packages to handle big data including Tableau and other visualizations software.

Specifically, the Digital System Developer will:

• Serve as an expert to develop, deliver, and maintain high quality digital health technologies for TB programs being supported by TBDIAH in collaboration with NTBLCP and relevant implementing partners.
• Collaborate with Digital Health expert and NTBLCP to understand and solve problems related to the electronic platform for managing TB data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Designs, develops, and implements digital solutions for TB M&E and surveillance using a mix of off-the-shelf, software-as-a-service, open-source, and custom-built software.
• Follow established processes and uses tools and technologies that are consistent with existing solutions, infrastructure, and support capabilities.
• Thoroughly documents all solutions so they can be efficiently supported and maintained.
• Troubleshoot, fix defects, and extend the functionality of existing websites, systems, applications, mobile apps, and content management systems for TB data.
• Contributes to the ongoing development of digital health team within NTBLCP/STBLCP by offering recommendations in the areas of process improvement and new technologies.
• Identify opportunities in creating preconditions and incentives informing digital health policy proposals, meeting NTBLCP’s mission to protect and promote public health while supporting technological advances.
• Provide advice, consultations and training to internal and external experts on the current state of digital health technologies, policies, and functionalities.
• The Digital system developer will work closely with TBDIAH’s Digital Health Expert, NTBLCP, and other subject experts from the implementing partners in Nigeria as well as TB DIAH /HQ team.

Duration:

• This consultancy will be from January 2021 to December 2021 pending project approval.

Qualifications
The following qualifications are required:

• Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Data Science, Public Health, or a related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years’ relevant experience in Information Technology (IT), software development, interoperability, and/or data visualization.
• Preferably have a good understanding of TB electronic surveillance systems and / or case- based management systems, e.g. DHIS2, eTB Manager etc.
• Demonstrated experience working in teams of developers and programmers.
• In-depth knowledge of developing and implementing health information systems.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, customer-oriented, and flexible environment.
• A bias toward action and a proven track record of delivering projects and products.
• Have excellent communication skills to engage an organization of multiple specialties.
• Ability to actively seek out multiple opinions, yet make independent decisions and influence positive outcomes.
• Have practical experience and technical expertise focusing on one or more areas of digital health, including:
  • Mobile medical apps, medical device interoperability, and healthcare cybersecurity
  • Digital therapeutics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and novel digital health technology
  • Digital health product development, software as a medical device
  • Big data and advanced analytics, cloud storage and computing and wireless communication
• Sensitivity toward cultural diversity and an ability to work across various regions of Nigeria.
• Ability to work effectively with TB DIAH project staff, USAID, implementing partners, other donors, and international organizations.
• Availability to travel within Nigeria.
• Strong interpersonal, diplomacy, organizational, oral, and written communication skills.
• Working proficiency in English.
• Consultant must be based in Nigeria.

Remuneration
Salary commensurate with experience.