Senior
Health Information Systems – Project Manager
Management
and Development for Health (MDH) is a non-profit organization in Tanzania that
primarily aims to contribute towards addressing public health priorities
through evidence based interventions and partnerships. MDH works in
collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender,
Elderly and Children; as well as academic and non-academic institutions to
address the problems of tuberculosis (TB), malaria, HIV/AIDS, nutrition,
maternal and child health and to undertake initiatives to advance public health
research, education, and services for improving the lives of people and
communities.
In this
regard MDH seeks to recruit qualified individuals to fill the following
positions:”
Position
Title: SENIOR HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HIS) PROJECT MANAGER
Project:
HIS
Location:
MDH HEAD OFFICE
Reports
to: HIS PROJECT Principle Investigator
Duties
and Responsibilities
Provide leadership in all HIS project activities in the organization, including
ensuring that there is no missing monthly report each month
Provide mentorships to HIS project manager and staff
Supervise the development of HIS implementation workplan
Advise
PI on all matters related to HIS project
Provide HIS project progress report to CDC, MOHCDGEC, and other stakeholders
each month
Provide leadership in preparation of quarterly, semiannual and annual reports
for program monitoring and donor reporting
Carry
out routine meetings with developers/subcontractors teams to review
implementation progress, including weekly meetings with each developers
Represent MDH in all relevant HIS related meetings with donors, stakeholders
and MOHCDGEC
Provide leadership in writing up grant proposal especially in areas of related
to M&E and electronic Data management.
Ensure
all MDH HIS data sets are updated and securely stored and all sharing of data
follows organization policy
Identify training needs and design capacity building plan for the HIS project
at all levels in the country.
Design
and provide effective model of mentorship and supportive supervision for HIS
related activities.
Participate in designing and implementation of M&E and data parts for new
upcoming projects and studies in the organization
And
all other tasks as assigned by supervisor
Required
Qualifications and Skills:
Master’s Degree in Information Systems (or a related field.) Preference should
be someone with a health informatics degree.
Proven
extensive knowledge or information technology concepts and principles, theories
and functions of computer systems.
Knowledge of electronic medical records and system interoperability.
Training in project management and IT project management.
Command of an Open source EMRS, client register systems
Ability to solve difficult technical and operational problems where solutions
may be of a precedent-establishing nature
Ability to work well with diverse teams in person and remotely.
Work
experience
Three
to five years relevant experience implementing health information systems at
scale and environment similar to Tanzania.
Demonstrate experience with multi-site deployment of technologies or
information systems
Demonstrated experience in managing complex projects, including developing and
managing work plans.
Years
of experience in managing health information software development, test, and
deployment
TO
APPLY:
Interested
candidates for any of the above positions should submit an application letter
indicating the position applied for, a detailed copy of their CV, and names and
contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work
related referees.
Applications
should be submitted by 21st June 2018, to the Human Resource Manager through
e-mail hr@mdh-tz.org or dropped by hand at the MDH’s Head Office in Mikocheni,
along Mwai Kibaki Road, Plot No. 802.
Kindly
note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted