STRATEGIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST At Center for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity

POSITION: STRATEGIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST (9)

LOCATION: MACHAKOS/KITUI/MAKUENI

REPORTS TO: STRATEGIC INFORMATION LEAD

Background

The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (CIHEB)-Kenya is a local non-governmental organization collaborating with the Ministry of Health and County Health Management Teams to strengthen health systems for improved quality of health care in Kenya. CIHEB-Kenya is collaborating with the county governments of Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Taita Taveta, Machakos, Makueni, Kitui, Nairobi, Kisumu and Migori to support the implementation and expansion of high quality, sustainable and comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment programs and expansion of COVID-19 vaccination with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the Strategic Information Lead, the SI Specialist will provide technical assistance and capacity building to M&E and data management staff at Point of Service in support of SI activities. S/he will provide support to the M&E and data management components at the Point of Service level**

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide specialized training to facility and other partner staff in Health Information Systems including IQCare and other databases
• Provide mentorship to site data clerks on HIV related M&E systems
• Provide support and data analysis training to health facility staff with focus on use of IQCare
• Conduct routine data management including data collection, collation, analysis and reporting
• Ensure that all national HIV related tools are available in supported facilities and health care workers are mentored to use them appropriately
• Data analysis, generating of reports and presentation to the program on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis to inform the program/donor/MOH
• Develop and revise M&E processes and related tools that support quality assurance for key program areas
• Provide capacity building and other form of support to site level staff on M&E activities such as data collection, analysis and interpretation
• Conduct data quality assessments with strategic action plans and share assessment findings for improvement
• Conduct targeted site visits to provide mentorship on all issues related to Strategic Information
• Conduct data quality control/assurance activities
• Manage project databases and generate reports for donor reporting and project management
• Develop SQL queries and related activities**

Qualifications and professional skills

• A Bachelor’s degree in Science, Health Information Systems, Public Health, Health Informatics, Statistics, Mathematics or any other relevant degree. A Master’s degree will be a definite plus
• Training in M&E from a credible institution is desirable
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience working with HIV data systems
• Strong analytical skills
• Advanced computer skills including advanced excel, MS access, PowerPoint etc.
• Training in a statistical data analysis software is desirable