Health Information Technology Business Analyst at RTI International

The Health Information Technology Business Analyst is a part of a geographically distributed multidisciplinary team. Responsible for managing international projects, providing international technical assistance in health information systems, and public health informatics. Duties include managing projects by overseeing the quality, responsiveness, and timeliness of projects according to RTI and USG standards; working with project teams in the United States and local project teams in respective countries to develop innovative methodologies and technologies to improve the public health services; helping to identify, develop, and obtain funding for new project opportunities; and sharing innovations and project results through publications and presentations.

Business Development

• Support RTI health information systems, and generally health information technology marketing activities in Africa by hosting meetings with potential clients and donors to showcase ICT team capabilities.
• Gather competitive intelligence and background information and other documentation to support marketing and business development activities demonstrating organization and initiative.
• Working with the ICT health program manager, review USG and other donor health informatics pipelines and identify potential opportunities
• Identify partner organizations to work with on early capture, and follow on proposal development
• Lead the development of proposals and contribute sections to other proposals let outside of the ICT team.
• Develop and submit abstracts for presentations at health IT and public health professional conferences, especially in Africa.
• Research complex health informatics issues and methods of implementation; review published and web-based health informatics information sources under general supervision of the Health Information Systems Program Manager or ICT Program Director.
• Assist project leaders in identifying ways to enhance or expand existing projects and to develop new project opportunities.
• Participate in identifying and interviewing candidates to assist with the growth of ICT team capabilities and resources.
• Identify a roster of potential local companies and consultants that could be included in proposals

Project Support

• Provide management support for at least one moderately complex to complex health informatics related research project in Africa (USD 1-2 M/year)by: upholding RTI business policy, adhering to USG or other donor contracting requirements, responding to client requests, balancing budgets, ensuring project deliverables are met, ensure RTI and in country ethical standards are observed and offering technical advisory support to project implementation teams and backstopping the in country Chief of Party.
• Direct and mentor project implementation teams in collaboration with project designated chief of parties in project countries.
• Maintain positive client relationships through collaboration, as well as prompt and frequent communication. Prepare components of project status reports for clients.
• Perform research tasks of moderate technical complexity, applying standard and established theories, concepts, and techniques in public health and health information technology.
• Encourage the application of innovative technology to support solutions for HIS project challenges and goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Public Health, Science, Epidemiology, Public Policy or Health Policy, Health Services Research, Health Information Sciences, Computer Science, or closely related field and at least six (6) years of professional experience in a comprehensive health program with health informatics responsibilities that include conducting and/or supporting informatics or health information systems projects, information architecture management, implementing data and information standards; managing a team and projects OR
• b) Master’s degree with a focus in public health, public health informatics, health care informatics, information technology, computer science, information science, public policy or health policy, statistics or a related field and four (3) years of experience in informatics including experience in conducting and/or supporting health information systems projects including data management; managing a team and projects OR
• or c) Doctoral-level degree such as PhD of Informatics, Doctor of Public Health (Dr.PH.), Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.), Ph.D. Management Information Systems and Technology, Ph.D Computer Science or closely related field with two (2) years of experience doing senior-level public health informatics or health information systems work; managing a team and projects.

Skills and Abilities

• Experience working in health information systems strengthening or a related area for U.S. Government-funded projects and/or internationally funded programs, preferably in Africa.
• Experience interacting and working with government officials, preferably within ministries of health and related agencies (e.g. national aids control program).
• Experience interacting and collaborating with international organizations that specialize in health information systems implementation.
• Experience in proposal and grant writing, preferably in response to U.S. federal government solicitations.
• Experience with business process analysis, workflow, requirements gathering, and specification development.
• Knowledge of public health informatics theories, principles, concepts, and standards; especially health information exchange standards for interoperability of subsystems.
• Knowledge of data management and data dissemination and information use strategies.
• Experience managing research and implementation of health informatics related projects, using project management principles and best practices.
• Experience managing project teams, including teams in remote locations.
• Understanding and experience in principles and international standards for disease surveillance, preferably the integrated diseases surveillance and response (IDSR) framework.
• Experience with laboratory information management systems preferred.
• Ability to work well remotely with team in the U.S. and other countries.
• Experience leading or supporting training and/or supportive supervision activities.
• Experience with information systems organizational development including capacity building plans and job description development.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines with quality products.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment, collaborating and sharing ideas.
• Ability to supervise subordinates within the team.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to work independently.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to obtain proper security clearances as noted by contracts.
• Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English, including evidence of quality report writing and presentations.
• Oral and written communication skills in French preferred.