Health Informatics Intern at Palladium Group

Project Overview and Role

• Data.FI is a five-year global project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the HIV and COVID-19 response. Data.FI partners with programs to accelerate and sustain access to high-quality data to expedite HIV and COVID-19 epidemic control and maintenance. By improving global, regional, national, and community/local in-depth analyses of HIV and COVID-19 epidemiologic and programmatic data, Data.FI expedites program achievements to improve client services and attain and sustain control of the epidemics.
• Data.FI supports host country governments to enhance existing health information systems (HIS), informing management responses to gaps in programming and sustaining impact by supporting local partner transition.

Purpose of Position

• We are recruiting interns for the health informatics unit to support the design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation of all Data.FI-supported electronic information systems.
• The interns will also be responsible for a wide range of duties including supporting the Health Informatics Community of Practice (HI-CoP) and managing the informatics service desk in addition to general ICT support for system users and implementing partners.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of web application and mobile app development lifecycles. Take part in software and architectural development activities.
• Participate in the design, coding, and testing of new program modules or revisions to existing programs.
• Conduct software analysis, testing, and debugging. Identify production and non-production application issues.
• Participate in the preparation and release of software components.
• Support Informatics governance and participate in the HI-COP.
• Responsible for the HI-CoP and project service desk and providing general ICT support for users.
• Compile the documentation for the application and users’ guides.
• Management of the HI-CoP and other websites, and social media pages as necessary.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Health Informatics, or its recognized equivalent with 1-3 years post National Youth Service relevant experience.
• Self-drive with attention to detail.
• Critical thinking ability.
• Strong problem-solving capacity.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public-sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is desirable.