Data Officer
Kampala, Uganda * Full-time
Infectious Disease Institute
Category: Other
Total Positions:
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Full-time
Salary: Not mentioned
Posted 1 year ago
Effective October 2024, the direct district-level scope of USAID LPHS-TB Activity was modified to include all the nine districts of Karamoja sub-region in North-Eastern Uganda i.e. Abim, Amudat, Kaabong, Karenga, Kotido, Moroto, Nabilatuk, Nakapiripirit and Napak. The USAID LPHS-TB Activity builds on the successes of the USAID PACT Karamoja project and successes registered in the last three years of Activity implementation to address the remaining gaps in TB/HIV prevention, identification, and treatment.
In order to successfully implement the project in the Karamoja sub-region, IDI is looking for a competent and experienced individual to fill the position of Data Officer.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide leadership and management oversight to facility data teams to ensure timely delivery on key project tasks.
• Lead mentorship and training efforts to build capacity of facility teams to generate and maintain high quality patients’ data using standard HMIS tools.
• Establish systems that support confidentiality and safe storage of patient clinical care records within facility premises at all times.
• Maintain up-to-date electronic paper-based records of TB and TB/HIV patients in care including registers, clinical notes, lab results etc in line with the current national MEL system.
• Support stock monitoring and management of facility data tools and all data-related supplies to avert stock out.
• Support facility performance monitoring initiatives and routine data use activities to continuously guide implementation of key project activities.
• Guide health facility teams to conduct regular data quality assessments, and to implement and document data quality improvement activities.
• Support facility data teams to compile and submit accurate HMIS and programmatic reports according to the set project, donor and Ministry of Health reporting timelines.
• Any other duties as may reasonably be assigned from time to time.
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QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• Degree in any data management related field
• Postgraduate training in M&E is an added advantage
• Additional training in medical data management.
• Degree in any data management related field
• Postgraduate training in M&E is an added advantage
• Additional training in medical data management.
• Experience in the navigation of eCBSS, DHIS2 and USG databases
• Previous experience in supporting busy TB/HIV district data management systems is an added advantage
• Previous experience of working in hard-to-reach sub-regions of Uganda is an added advantage
• Up-to-date technical knowledge of HIV/TB data management.
• Good communication, leadership, organization, and management skills.
• Understands client confidentiality and exhibits high level of ethical conduct
• Has strong computer literacy including MS package
• Good understanding of public health systems and the national HMIS.
HOW TO APPLY
Please follow the application instructions provided in the full job description above.
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