Regional Health Information Advisor at GIZ Kenya Health

Responsibilities

The regional health information advisor will have the following responsibilities:

• The regional health information advisor is part of a dynamic and agile team supporting the
• implementation of COVID-19 Surveillance & Monitoring Digitalization as well as Pandemic Preparedness in the IGAD region.
• The Health Information Advisor, based in Nairobi, Kenya, will provide technical assistance
• to increase the use of available information to inform decision making processes at regional & member state level. The Health Information Advisor will report to the Head of Component and work closely with the project team, IGAD staff and consultants.
• He/She is as well providing support in mapping and analyzing the digital health ecosystem
• in the Horn of Africa with a focus on pandemic preparedness, supporting the COVID-19 surveillance & monitoring digitalization in the IGAD region.
• The Regional Health Information Advisor (m/f/d) furthermore provides Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning support for the implementation of the project component.
• The role also supports the implementation of the activities with other knowledge management
• activities like establishing training facilities.
• The regional health information advisor works closely with the GIZ project team and supports IGAD and its member states.

The regional health information advisor shall perform the following tasks:

Regional Health Information Ecosystem Mapping

• Identifies and selects the most suitable ecosystem mapping technology for the purpose of this project
• Develop & maintain a stakeholder mapping as a repeated and continuing process, concerning digital pandemic preparedness and disease prevention
• Engages with stakeholders and other resources to develop a deeper understanding of the regional ecosystem for this project and potential for cooperation & coordination in the project
• Analyzes the Ecosystem Map and creates & disseminates an understanding on opportunities
• Facilitate documentation and reporting of assessments, program data, lessons learnt and best practices for internal and external sharing.
• Managing knowledge by disseminating and documenting know-how, experience and information.

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Overall M&E guidance and ensure existence of a functional M&E system that
• supports the implementation of the Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management
• and Analysis System
• Reviews the planned digital health intervention to determine the key indicators to use for monitoring progress and ensuring that needs for reporting indicators are met
• Routinely review and monitor implementation of M & E management systems and
• guidelines for measuring and tracking project performance
• Coordinate the implementations of baseline surveys, follow-on monitoring and evaluation
• exercises
• Build capacity of partners and staff on data management, data analysis and results-oriented programming, monitoring and evaluation and report writing techniques and requirements
• Documents, develops and evaluates processes and procedures.

Other Knowledge Management

• Identifies innovative solutions for process improvement to make processes work better for Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System for IGAD and their member states
• Supporting the establishment of a mechanism for the systematic collection and analysis of digital health related data as well as preparation of learning experiences
• Support IGAD & its member countries in establishing procedures and tools for data collection and/or analysis/visualization
• Establishing a network of training facilities on Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis Systems in the IGAD region
• Fosters a positive and constructive teaching environment by identifying learning opportunities that are valuable and in alignment with the project objectives
• Support the preparation of reports.

Other duties/additional tasks

• Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management
• Coordinates with other relevant IT Initiatives in the Horn of Africa Context (Digital Transformation Centres, HoA Initiative, etc.)
• Supports the implementation of the relevant project activities.

The regional health information advisor will have the following profile:

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Health Information Management, Information Management, Population and Social Statistics, Public Health, International Relations, Communication Sciences or any other Social Sciences from a recognized institution.

Professional experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience working in health information (health information
• strategy and policy, health systems strategy, database management, data collection and analysis, M&E systems development)
• Experience with development and management of data governance policies and procedures
• Experience in data architecture modelling and design
• Knowledge of interoperability standards in healthcare and the global health data
• landscape
• Familiarity with eHealth/mHealth mechanisms and solutions
• Several years of experience in professional knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation preferably in the field of health information management as well as in regional organizations or multi-country programs
• Relevant experience with data collection and analysis tools, expertise and experience in visualization of data sets using common digital solutions
• Demonstrated experience improving capacity for data quality, data management, and data use in organizations
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, or other standard information products

Other knowledge, additional competences:

• strong organizational and writing skills
• experience in office management and administrative tasks
• good interpersonal, management and communication skills
• proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Experience working in the health sector in the IGAD Region or its member states
• Excellent communication and writing ability
• Experience with the East African / Horn of Africa IT sector and with government relations
• in the IGAD Region
• Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required; knowledge in French and German
• is an asset
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work independently as well as function as team player