Career Opportunities at NASCOP - University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

The HIS Officer will report to the NASCOP SI team lead and will work in the Health Informatics section. The HIS Officer will be responsible for guiding the overall HIV HIS
strategy, coordination of HIS partners and implementation of related activities. In addition, s/he will liaise with the HIV HIS partners and ensure implementation of projects such as the National HIV EMR data warehouse and optimization of EMR and mHealth projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Support in running the HIV Health Information Systems Technical Working Group and ensure that all minutes are filed and all action points followed and implemented.
2. Guide the process of conceptualization and implementation of HIS projects such as optimization of the EMRs at HIV service delivery points including improving reporting
   through initiatives such as Automated Indicator Reporting (AIR) and mHealth projects such as C4C and Text for Adherence.
3. Guide the expansion of the functionality of the National HIV EMR data warehouse. This will include leading in the development of data sharing protocols.
4. Work together with stakeholders to ensure that cohort monitoring using EMR based data is carried out including ensuring upload of all HIV EMR data into the warehouse, cleaning and analysis.
5. Work together with stakeholders to guide in the use of health informatics in predictive analysis of HIV programme data.
6. With stakeholders, set out the framework and procedures for the evaluation of all HIV HIS project activities.
7. Work with eHealth – MoH guide in key areas such as interoperability and national unique patient identifier.
8. Undertake regular visits to the field to support optimization of HIV EMRs and to identify where improvements might be needed.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Epidemiology or Public Health with either a background in Health Informatics or Computer Science. At least 3 years proven experience with:
• Clear understanding of use of health informatics in public health
• Data analysis and report writing
• Have excellent computer skills
• Demonstrated innovation and creativity
• Have a solid understanding of health programmes especially HIV, TB and malaria.
• Demonstrate familiarity as regards the District Health Information System (DHIS)
• Willingness to undertake regular field visits and interact with different stakeholders, especially primary stakeholders.
• Have leadership qualities, personnel and team management

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The M&E Officer will report to the NASCOP SI team lead and will work in the M&E section.
The M&E Officer will work with other programme staff in ensuring that HIV programme data is available, credible and consistent. The officer will primarily be responsible for leading the capacity building component of counties as part of improving data quality.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support in consolidation of data requirements to assist in meeting all HIV M&E global, regional and national reporting requirements including the Global AIDS Progress
   Response and the CS Performance Contract.
2. Coordinate with the counties on HIV M&E work including and not limited to monitoring the uptake of revised HIV M&E tools, reporting and assessing data quality indicators for all data reported through the DHIS2 platform.
3. Lead the preparation of quarterly feedback reports including the national and county specific components.
4. Plan and participate in field visits for data verification, support supervision and data quality assessments.
5. Support in finalization and implementation of the web based 90-90-90 ACT dashboard and later working with stakeholders to broaden this to incorporate dashboards from
   other programmes such as PMTCT and Key Populations.
6. Provide support in the preparation of the NASCOP SI work plans and budgets.
7. Support capacity building initiatives for County and Sub-County Health Management teams.
8. Ensure that all NASCOP M&E related reports, letters and other communication are compiled and filed.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management or Monitoring and Evaluation. A Master’s degree in Public Health or Monitoring and Evaluation will be an added advantage.
At least 3 years of proven experience in

• A hands-on understanding of cascade approaches to analysis of data
• A practical understanding of data quality assessment and data quality improvement approaches
• Solid understanding of health programming including HIV, TB and malaria programs.
• Solid understanding of MOH reporting structures and specifically District Health Information System (DHIS2) platform
• Strong analytical, problem solving and report writing skills
• Strong interpersonal communication and facilitation skills.
• Willingness to undertake regular field visits and interact with different stakeholders, especially primary stakeholders.
• Computer skills: Hands on competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Leadership qualities, personnel and team management

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Location: Kisumu

This position is a six-month grant-funded position based in Kisumu, Kenya reporting to the Principal Investigators and working closely with other study working group members.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, community health or related degree
• Experience in study coordination
• Experience in data collection - both qualitative and quantitative
• Experience in conducting training for field research and supervision of study teams
• Excellent organizational, logistical, analytical and self-management skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to cultivate and manage strong relationships with local partners, facility staff, etc.
• Ability to be a creative and responsive problem solver
• Ability to work in a fluid and demanding environment
• Ability to work in a team - leading, building and motivating team members
• Fluency in Dholuo and Swahili is required
• Experience in HIV/AIDS surveillance is preferred

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Additional software development needs may arise occasionally, such as the development of mobile apps or interoperability layers between existing systems. As an integral part of the UCSF Global Programs team, and the lead HIS Officer in Kenya, the Senior HIS Developer will be expected to meet with stakeholders, funders and government officials, to discuss technical requirements and system specifications, and present progress on deliverables. In all of these activities, the Senior HIS Developer will liaise closely with the Senior Manager for Global Health Informatics who is based in San Francisco, as well as the UCSF Kenya-based Director of Strategic Information and various Technical Advisors and Programme Managers.
The incumbent will oversee a small team of Nairobi-based software developers and allocate time and resources as appropriate based on needs and requirements. An understanding of popular tools currently in the health sector such as ODK, DHIS2 and OpenMRS is considered an advantage

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate, prioritise and distribute informatics activities between various informatics hub team members
• Keep track of progress, organise weekly meetings to prioritise the work
• Promote collaboration with other members of the informatics hub (outside of Kenya), where appropriate
• Primary in-country liaison for the San Francisco-based health informatics team
• Collaborate with the UCSF team, stakeholders, government and donors to establish needs and requirements for any database or information system.
• In collaboration with others, determine the appropriate frameworks, tools and technologies to be used for implementing any database or information system, taking context, existing capacity and other guiding principles e.g. open source, already in use in the health sector, into account.
• Based on agreed specifications, oversee and contribute to the design, development and maintenance of SQL-based databases, primarily using open source tools such as MySQL and PostgreSQL; web-based dashboards and other websites, including web apps that summarise, display, visualise data and make datasets available for download and further analysis; and Android-based apps.
• Oversee and contribute to the development of output reports using popular reporting tools such as Jasper Reports that pre-analyse and visualise data, and allow other people
  to pull those reports online through a website/dashboard)
• Develop interfaces for interoperability to enable data syncing between databases
• Contribute to the development of SOPs, and subsequently implement and enforcement SOPs
• Collaborate and support team members in meeting expected outcomes

Qualifications and Experience

• An appropriate degree in computer science, information systems or software engineering with a focus on software development or equivalent degree.
• At least seven years of experience in developing information systems, ideally with a focus on health information systems, in popular languages such as JAVA, PHP or Python.
  Open-source languages are highly preferable. JAVA experience is required.
• At least 5 years of experience of working in the health sector in a public health discipline, such as epidemiology, biostatistics or M&E
• Demonstrable experience of at least 3 years working with databases and SQL, including writing SQL queries
• Working experience with software development and maintenance tools like Spring, Hibernate, JQuery, Subversion, Git, Restful web services, Agile methodology, Jasper
  server, Android SDK