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Current Jobs at Ministry of Health Zambia: Data Management Officer

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Deadline: 12th September

The Ministry of Health (MOH) through its National Malaria Control Centre in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is conducting a project to assess practical application of a Diseases Data Management System (DDMS) tool designed to meet the data management and decision support needs of the vector-borne disease control programs as they transition through control to elimination.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure that the portal site is up and running in an acceptance manner, and perform any additional functionality as is required
  • Support collection of data and ensures that data is received and published in a timely manner from the field sites into the portal
  • Perform validation and quality assurance checks on data sets received
  • Develop meta-data for key data sets in coordination with the project partners
  • Develop maps, reports and splash board type charts as required by the project
  • Coordinate updates of manuals and standard operational procedures as it relates to key operations of the paper and web-based platform
  • Maintain confidentiality of information covered in all data collection tools
  • Any other duties that be assigned as required

Qualification

  • Full grade 12 certificate with five O level credits including English and Mathematics
  • Diploma in Computer Science (with three years experience in server and data management) or degree in Computer Science (with one year experience in server and data management)
  • Data management skills
  • Web development skills will
  • Use of open source software

How to apply
Submit written applications to the undersigned with copies of academic and professional qualifications, detailed CV and three references including their contact numbers.
The Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Ndeke House,
PO Box 30205,
Lusaka.