• Company: John Snow, Inc
• Location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
• State: Lusaka
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: IT/Telecom Jobs in Zambia

SAFE OVERVIEW

John Snow, Inc. (JSI) seeks highly qualified and accomplished public health professionals for the recently awarded United States Agency for International Development (USAID) PEPFAR-funded Supporting an AIDS-Free Era (SAFE) Project in Zambia. The five-year project which will be led by JSI in partnership with Abt Associates, mothers2mothers, and the Catholic Medical Mission Board, will work to reduce HIV mortality, morbidity and transmission, while improving nutrition outcomes and family planning integration in three provinces: Central, Copperbelt, and North-Western. USAID SAFE will work with the GRZ, private sector and civil society institutions at the national, provincial, and district level to increase access to ART for HIV positive adults and children, reduce the incidence of new infections, improve Nutritional Assessment, Counseling and Services (NACS) and family planning services, and increase the capacity of local health institutions to better serve affected populations.

• Position Title: Senior Strategic Information Assistant
• Supervisor: Senior Strategic Information Officer
• Contract: Full time/ Fixed Term Contract (6 months)
• Location: Central Province

POSITION PURPOSE

Building a robust culture of data use including data management is an integral component of the HIV/AIDS program implementation, especially on initiating adults and children who test HIV positive. To achieve the required standards of data quality and management, SAFE requires the services of Senior Strategic Information Assistants (SIA) to assist with HIV/AIDS monitoring and evaluation in Zambian government health facilities across all the districts in Central Province. The senior SIA will be critical in enhancing data use for decision making amongst existing facility based teams of SAFE supported clinicians, volunteers, professional counsellors and SIAs. Whilst the Senior SIA shall be reporting primarily to SAFE Senior Information Officer, S/he will also be reporting to the District Health Information Officer/Hospital Information Officer/Health Facility Officer in Charge administratively. The Senior SIA will regularly travel to other facilities within the District to provide onsite supervision and support in data collection, data analysis, data review meetings and ensuring that high quality clean data is available to guide the project at both the facility and district level.

VACANCIES AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS AND HEALTH FACILITIES

1. Chibombo – Liteta Hospital (2)
2. Itezhi-tezhi -Itezhi-tezhi Hospital (1)
3. Kabwe – Kabwe General Hospital (2)
4. Kapiri Mposhi – Kapiri Urban Clinic (2)
5. Mkushi – Mkushi District Hospital (1)
6. Mumbwa – Mumbwa District Hospital (2)
7. Serenje – Senrenje Urban Clinic (1)

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior SIA will work in close collaboration with the District Health Information Officer/or Hospital Information Officer and/or Facility in Charge in the management of HIV related data, including compilation of daily, weekly and monthly reports and analysis, data verification and data entry related to patient care and to perform all necessary functions and obligations as defined and delegated by these supervising officers. He/she will be required to perform the following duties:

Leadership

• Work with District Health Information Officers (DHIOs) with guidance from the project’s Senior Strategic Information Officer to implement the JSI SAFE M&E system With support from Senior Strategic Information Officer, the Senior SIA will lead the District efforts to improve the use of facility data either from Electronic Health Records (SmartCare) and/or paper records in managing clients and reporting.
• Provide leadership in the implementation of the project’s provincial M&E plan.
  Conduct monthly supervision of SIAs within their assigned District
• Provide technical support to facility staff and health workers in HIV/AIDS data management
  Build capacity in data use among SIA and facility staff Supervision at Facilities for Site Level M&E support
• Ensure the SIA’s contribute as an integral member of a larger facility based team of SAFE supported clinicians, volunteers, professional counsellors.
• Ensure that documentation is complete in all HIV related registers across all facilities in the District
• Ensure that all facilities are using the Electronic Health Record System (SmartCare), as needed, for reporting
• Provide leadership in ensuring that all SIAs have a system in place to inform clients and maintain appointment dates for next visitation with clinician.
• Ensure that the facility filling system adheres to the set data management standards
• Provide leadership in updating HIV/Care cards for all activities and events for clinic days (where still in use).
  Provide leadership in maintaining constant feedback with health facility pharmacy staff on patients who have collected their drugs at commencement.
• Support the SIA’s in developing data use culture working in close supervision with the facility in-charge, conduct monthly data review meetings

Project Reporting

• Monitor the consumption of stationery and request in advance of anticipated stock needs across all facilities
• Coordinate the compilation and transmission of daily updates on key indicators to facility and SAFE staff
• Coordinate the compilation of monthly reports for HIV/AIDS services and related Laboratory and Pharmacy service statistics and submit monthly reports to Provincial SI officers and respective DHIO’s/Health information officer.
• Reconcile HMIS reports with SAFE monthly summation (This applies to indicators are that part of MoH SAFE tracking)
• Ensure that data is Verified before submission to SAFE SI/or MoH information officer
  Coordinate the physical count of active clients on ART on a monthly basis
• Participate in data verification exercises, checking the data records at other facilities.
• Perform any other HIV-related data collection duties as assigned by the supervising officer of the health facility and/or SAFE SI Officers.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of Health Management Information System (HMIS)
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS information systems
  Strong background in HIV/AIDS data analysis
• Previous experience working as a data entry clerk for at least 3 years
• Three years working experience in the health sector
• Degree in statistics, computer science, monitoring and evaluation, social sciences, project management or related field desired
• Experience working with MS Access, Excel and Word
• Proven ability to design and manage monitoring and evaluation systems on development projects
• Demonstrated capacity to facilitate training workshops on M&E with local organizations
• Ability to travel at least 40% of the time
• Knowledge of USAID M&E Reporting systems

How to Apply

• Please send the application via email to:  [email protected]
• The subject line must specify the District name and facility you are applying for; only those applications that reference the position in the subject line will be reviewed.
• Your application should consist of a cover letter and CV with three references and full addresses and contact information.
• The closing date for receiving all applications is 10th September 2018.

*Please note that hard copy applications will not be accepted and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 14 days from the close if the advert.