General Summary
The data officer will provide ongoing technical assistance to the project, district and facility teams in recording and management of national and project-related data in line with current national guidelines. S/he will also assist the MEL officer in entry, cleaning and analysis of data captured in the Project MIS, DHIS-2 and other databases relating to TB data entry at national and facility levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Mentor health facility staff in documentation into appropriate national HMIS tools.
- Ensure completeness, consistency and accuracy of data captured into the HMIS
- Support facility staff in the timely compilation of the routine HMIS reports.
- Support health facility staff in producing data summaries that inform continuous quality improvement initiatives in TB programming.
- Participate in analysis and interpretation of data
- Ensure availability of required tools at the facility levels.
- Provide forecast to avoid stock-outs of HMIS tools at facility level.
- Any other duties as may reasonably be assigned from time to time.
Person Specification
- Degree in any data management related field.
- Postgraduate training in M&E is an added advantage
- Experience in medical data management is an added advantage.
- Experience in the navigation of DHIS2 and USG-databases.
- Previous experience in supporting busy TB/HIV district data systems is an added advantage
- Ability to work under pressure and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision.
- Understands client confidentiality and exhibits a high level of ethical conduct
- Has basic computer literacy including word processing, excel, internet and PowerPoint.
- Attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
- Ability to work under pressure and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision.
- Good communication skills
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