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Job ID: req19281
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
 

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 seeking a Mobile App Developer Intern for the health informatics unit to support the design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation of the mobile applications being developed.
• The intern will work with the mobile application developer to optimize mobile applications and work with users and implementing partners.
• He/she will report to Senior DevOps Manager in the Health Informatics Department.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, testing, maintaining, and deploying software on the Flutter or React Native framework and Dart language.
• Developing and implementing user interface components following well-known Flutter / Dart workflows and practices.
• Support the development, testing, and documentation of the mobile application for NOMIS and LAMISPlus
• Write unit and UI tests to identify malfunctions in the applications.
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize the performance of the mobile applications.
• Design, develop, and test mobile applications for the iOS & Andriod platform
• Participate in the entire mobile application development life cycle.
• Works to keep informed on the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in mobile software development.
• Write clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Works on project teams or individually to develop new mobile applications.
• Follows best practices for development, testing, and change management procedures.
• Works with project stakeholders to develop an enhanced user experience.
• Ensure codes comply with standards.
• Undertake any ad-hoc duties assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Health Informatics, or its recognized equivalent with 1-3 years post National Youth Service relevant experience.
• Experience in developing Android/iOS applications and have deployed them on Google Play/App Store.
• 1+ years of knowledge in mobile app development.
• Familiarity using version control tools like Git, Subversion etc., and IDEs like Android Studio, VS Code, etc.
• Understanding of the Agile Software Development Life Cycle and knowledge of Scrum projects.
• Knowledge of Dart programming language, Rest APIs, and integration of various APIs from third parties.
• Strong problem-solving capacity.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

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Purpose of Position

• Palladium is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) / Data Analytics (DA) intern to work in close collaboration with the project Data Analytics and Data Use team in support of USAID’s Strategic Information (SI) team and service delivery implementing partners (IPs) to leverage weekly PEPFAR data to support control of HIV epidemic.
• The M&E/Data Analytics intern will report to the Data Analytics, and Data use Team Lead. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support review of high-frequency reporting (HFR) data sets for weekly reporting
• Conduct data validation and logic checks for data across reporting systems i.e., Data for Accountability, Transparency, and Impact Monitoring (DATIM), the National Data Repository (NDR), and HFR
• Conduct data collection and collation at the state level.
• Support the development of analytic products to provide insights for decision-makers.
• Support implementation of the Weekly Data Review for Rapid Action methodology at the state level and across hierarchies
• Working with the Strategic Information Advisor(s), support IPs to facilitate and support HFR processes to identify barriers to data use and generate solutions to address those barriers
• Support documentation of best practices, data use cases and stakeholder engagements at the state level 
• Implement data quality strategies and activities at the state level and other hierarchies as advised
• Support regular analysis and reviews of performance on key priority indicators for HIV and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programs
• Support any other activity as assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications:

• A degree in Public Health, Statistics, Health Informatics, Computer Science, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field 
• Knowledge of health management information systems or routine health information systems
• Basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS programs, including District Health Information Software, version 2 (DHIS 2) preferred but not mandatory.
• Knowledge of patient-level and aggregate data management systems i.e., electronic medical records (EMR), logistics information management systems (LIMS) 
• Working skills in data analysis with proficiency in a statistical package, i.e., Stata, SPSS, advanced excel, or Business Intelligence applications.
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English