Data Management Officer- ICT at Centre for Health Solutions - Kenya (CHS)

Overall Job Function

Reporting to the data manager, the Data Management officer-ICT will be supporting data management and information technology activities within the project and in health facilities. The position is also expected to provide support to the ongoing roll out of the electronic medical records and other e-platforms in support of the program in the CHS-supported facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Initial work of populating the project information system with project information and data.
• Perform data quality control functions to ensure integrity and quality of data that is posted on the project database
• Support the roll out of IQ Care EMR; patient level databases within the supported facilities
• Overseeing the process of configuration of the information technology equipment for both program staff and supported facilities
• Take proactive actions to ensure the smooth running of the network at both the program and health facilities. Troubleshoot, take corrective actions and resolve network issues. Monitor and maintain network switches. Perform network cabling extensions and drop installations including terminations.
• Carrying out repairs and maintenance of ICT equipment within the project
• Verifying, validating and certifying of ICT equipment
• Administration of desktops and servers including backup systems and database upload management processes.
• Provide Information Management services to support monitoring activities within CHs; in areas of information flows, dissemination, processing, analysis, and dissemination.
• Preparing, deploying and maintaining mobile devices for data collection by ensuring the devices are deployed with required apps, optimized for maximum performance and meets the recommended specifications and security standards
• Support program teams in different program areas to oversee data collection process and access to EMR platform backend for data retrieval.

Person Specification

• Degree in Information Technology or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience working in a busy IT related environment
• Strong Data base management and Information Technology skills
• General knowledge on database applications and practices (SQL).
• Knowledge and experience in network CATS, 6 cabling and termination.
• Good knowledge and experience of programming languages (PHP, HTML, JAVA, C++).
• Good knowledge of desktop and business applications (MS Office, MS Dynamics).