Strategic Information Officer at Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya (CHS)
Centre for Health Solutions
- Kenya
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To provide technical support in the design and implementation of SI activities required to Act as a link between CHS and SCHMTs on both paper and electronic prevention, VMMC, care, and treatment data-related issues.
- Provide technical support to CHS-supported health facilities in the collection, collation, analysis, and reporting of health information to relevant stakeholders using national reporting systems
- Support the uploading of facility EMR data into the National Data Warehouse (NDWH) and KHIS
- Support in troubleshooting EMR-related challenges and working with the HIS and ICT teams to resolve
- Support the implementation of web-based and mobile health solutions to facilitate real-time data transmission and reporting.
- Support EMR data cleaning and monitoring of daily data entry into the systems through regular data quality audits for quality patient management and report
- Contribute to the review and/or development of monitoring and evaluation tools and systems that are responsive to data needs
- Build the capacity of HRIOS, HCWs, and other stakeholders on M&E requirements
- Work closely with other CHS staff and other stakeholders to strengthen systems for monitoring patient outcomes; monitoring quality of care; tracing patients who default; data quality assurance; and data collection, collation, analysis, and dissemination
- Provide expertise in developing and/or reviewing indicators for monitoring and evaluation of program performance
- Ensure timely and proper implementation of the Ministry of Health's (MoH) monitoring and evaluation guidelines including roll out of new tools in all CHS-supported facilities
- Strengthen data utilization for decision-making at the facility and sub-county levels
- Participate in research studies that may be undertaken by CHS or any of her collaborating partners
- Provide technical lead in quarterly data feedback to county health management teams and health facilities
- Participate in joint quarterly support supervision of health facilities as may be organized by CHMTs and CHS teams
- Provide advice to MoH through participation in relevant technical working groups
- Document best M&E practices and disseminate the same to relevant stakeholders
- Provide lead in timely collection, cleaning, and reporting of quarterly and other routine data to donors and other stakeholders
- Respond to ad hoc requests for collection and analysis of data when need arises
- Participate in regional and national stakeholder forums or conferences on health and give presentations during these meetings.
- Respond to ad hoc requests for collection and analysis of data when need arises
- Participate in regional and national stakeholder forums or conferences on health and give presentations during these meetings.
- Any other duty as may be assigned by your supervisor.
- Bachelor's Degree in Health Records, Statistics, Information Technology, Data Science, M&E, or other relevant qualification from an accredited institution
- Master's degree in Epidemiology, Statistics, Health Informatics Monitoring and Evaluation or equivalent will be an added advantage
- Experience in programming software, advanced data analysis, and management tools like STATA, R commander, SPSS, and EPI-Info will be an added advantage
- At least three years' experience in monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, PMTCT, TB/HIV, and HTC programs in Kenya.
- 3 years' PEPFAR-funded work experience and familiarity with MOH and PEPFAR data reporting and strategic information activities
- Expertise in qualitative and quantitative methods, operations research, Health Management Operations Systems and data quality assessments
- Proficient in Microsoft Office packages, IT skills, data analysis, and management skills
- Dedicated team player with excellent interpersonal, communication, problem-solving skills, capacity building skills, report writing, analytical skills, and presentation skills
- Ability to work on own initiative, prioritize and organize competing workloads, multitask to meet reporting timelines
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