HMIS & Data Use Officer at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Location: Turkana & Samburu, Kenya

The Health Management Information System (HMIS) & Data Use Officer will provide technical assistance to the county government to strengthen quality and routine use of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) data, with a focus on government systems. The purpose of the role is to promote the use of data driven decision making at all levels, to improve RMNCAH outcomes.

Responsibilities for the HMIS & Data Use Officer Job

Baseline development

• Support the HMIS component of the organizational capacity assessment (OCA) and identifying capacity gaps

Capacity Development

• Work in partnership with the county government to create a capacity development plan to improve HMIS performance

Technical Support

• Coordination of M&E activities through a functioning TWG, and improved M&E planning through the development of a county M&E framework
• Quarterly data quality assessments
• Capacity building of HMIS mentors
• Availability and utilization of new MOH data collection tools
• Regular data use forums and other data use mechanisms (e.g. dashboards, scorecards, talking walls, etc.)

Health Management Information System & Data Use Officer Job Qualifications

• The candidate will hold at minimum a bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Health Information Systems, Social Sciences, Demography, Nursing, Public Health or related field
• The candidate will have at least 3 years demonstrated experience at mid-level in operational set-up improving data quality and utilisation, preferably in the health sector in Kenya
• The candidate will have demonstrated ability to work effectively with all kind of stakeholders: government representatives, local community organisations, for-profit private sectors entities, especial in building capacity in HMIS
• The candidate will be highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• The candidate will be fluent in English and Swahili.
• A practical knowledge of the Turkana and/or Samburu context would be an added advantage