Job Type : Contract
Industry : Information and Communication Technology/ Computer Science
Education Level : Managerial Level
Reports To: Regional
Project Manager
Job Summary:
The Regional Community Data Manager is responsible to
oversee data management activities in the community program of respective
region. S/he is responsible to maintain and update all supported databases,
train and mentor community district data officers, and communicate all database
challenges to Senior Data Manager. S/he is also responsible to build capacity
for program staff in data manipulation and translation.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. To develop and maintain a core database and associated
data entry and analysis applications.
2. To design, implement and maintain a database management
system using SQL, SAS and Microsoft Access.
3. To manage and support the Ministry of Health CTC-2
database and other ad hoc databases geared to improve community data collection
and reporting.
4. To perform and/or oversee software and application
development, installation, and upgrades.
5. To train community data officers to develop and implement
ad hoc queries; and provide them with technical assistance in running data
cleaning programs, to resolve discrepancies in data entry.
6. To train staff on the current software applications and
data related issues.
7. To develop and maintain software applications using
respective programming language
8. To support coordination of community data management,
quality control, analysis and report writing.
9. To perform programming to manipulate and clean data, create
variables and format libraries, develop queries for data cleaning, and prepare
analysis datasets; analyse and tabulate data; and create graphic
representations of statistical information.
10. To support the development of supportive supervision and
data auditing guidelines for community data recording and reporting systems.
11. To coordinate the support and mentorship to districts
and community teams on data management processes.
12. To develop and conduct various training and instruction
for system users on operating systems, relational databases, and other
applications.
13. To produce all relevant reports timely that is required
by the organization, donors and the MoH.
14. To coordinate appropriate documentation of all
activities performed in the SI unit.
15. To perform any other related duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
Requirements: Education, Work experience and Skills
1. Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics,
Database Development or Management of Data Systems.
2. Additional training in statistics or public health will
be an added advantage.
3. A minimum of five (5) years of experience working at a
mid-level position for data systems especially in HIV care and treatment in the
community settings.
4. Experience with National HIV M&E system especially
CTC-2, CTC3 and paper-based M&E tools (CTC-2, HTS registers).
5. Experience designing and implementing additional M&E
systems to complement community data collection.
6. Strong knowledge in PEPFAR reporting system (DATIM) and
MER indicators.
7. Working knowledge of various software languages [PHP
(mandatory), Java (mandatory), C/C++, .NET, Python] will be added advantage.
8. Demonstrated experience with development of and
management of mobile data collection tools such as open data kit (ODK),
Commcare and Kobo toolbox.
9. Strong knowledge on advanced excel tools such as power
pivot, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, Power query and What if functions.
10. Experience with various data analytic applications such
as SAS, STATA and R.
11. Ability to communicate fluently in both English and
Kiswahili.
12. Ability to work both individually and as part of a team
with minimal supervision.
How to Apply
Interested candidates for any of the above positions should
submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, names and contact
information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related
referees. The candidate MUST clearly indicate the Title of the position applied
for (as it appears in the advertisement) on the heading of the email.
Applications should
be submitted to the Human Resource Director through email hr@mdh.or.tz by 30th September 2021. MDH DO NOT
have any agents and DO NOT charge any fees to the interested candidates. Kindly
note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
(MDH) is an indigenous-Tanzanian non-Governmental Organization with principal place of business in Tanzania. MDH's central office is located at Mikocheni B, along Mwai Kibaki road in Dar es Salaam.
MDH’s work is primarily in public health service and research in Tanzania and the world at large. MDH seeks to mobilize and engage a team of skilled, experienced and motivated Tanzanian professionals to work in collaboration with the government and with other local and international experts to address public health priorities through evidence based interventions.
MDH’s core business encompasses design, implementation and
evaluation of programs and research in Communicable diseases, Chronic
non-communicable diseases, Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health,
Nutrition, Health Information Systems, Health System Strengthening and others.
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