Consultant - Enterprise Architect for Health Information Systems, WP/DSI
Conduct stakeholder consultations and develop digital health architecture for Cambodia.
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Overview
Conduct stakeholder consultations and develop digital health architecture for Cambodia.
You have:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or related field.
- At least 7 years of experience working with countries in the field of digital health.
- Extensive work in digital health enterprise architecture, governance, interoperability and standards particularly working with the HL7 FHIR standard.
- Experience in leading stakeholder consultations across a diversity of stakeholders.
- Proven experience as a solutions architect.
- Strong foundation in working with Health Information Systems and health informatics.
- Advance written and spoken fluency in English.
- Proficiency in Khmer would be an added advantage.
1. Area of expertise Consultant for Cambodia – Enterprise Architect for Health Information Systems
2. Purpose of consultancy
To conduct wide stakeholder consultations and develop a digital health reference architecture for Cambodia and a five-year costed implementation plan.
3. Background
Cambodia's health information system (HIS) is characterized by fragmentation, with multiple uncoordinated systems operating across different health programmes and facilities. The lack of interoperability, standardized data governance, and integrated digital health solutions hinders access to good quality data for effective decision-making, resource allocation, and patient care continuity. Additionally, donor-driven investments in HIS often lack harmonization, leading to duplication of efforts and inefficiencies by taking up a lot of health workers’ time and effort. In order to address this key challenge, the Ministry of health of Cambodia intends to develop a digital health enterprise architecture blueprint that is informed by the national digital health strategy and a costed 5-year implementation plan 2026 - 2030 which would include an interoperability operational plan. The objective of the enterprise architecture blueprint and its costed 5-year implementation plan, or action plan, is to support the establishment of a unified, scalable, and interoperable HIS framework leveraging whole-of-government digital public infrastructure. Furthermore, the Enterprise Architecture is expected to ensure alignment of digital health investments with national health priorities, promote the adoption of global health data standards, and facilitate system integration to improve data-driven healthcare delivery and reduce the reporting burden on health workers.
The world Health Organization (WHO) in Cambodia aims to strengthen its support to the Ministry of Health and key stakeholders as they aim to harness digital health to improve health service delivery and seeks the services of a digital health enterprise architect to support the development of a digital health enterprise architecture blueprint and a costed implementation plan.
4. Deliverables
Output 1: Development of Cambodia’s national digital health enterprise architecture blueprint.
Deliverable 1: Develop current state assessment report by conducting an in-depth analysis of the existing HIS ecosystem including infrastructure, services, applications, data flows and interoperability gaps through desk reviews and stakeholder consultations.
Expected by: 30 June 2025
Deliverable 2: Develop the target enterprise architecture blueprint including system integrations, standards and data governance through country-wide stakeholder consultation and close coordination with the relevant units of the Ministry Health, leveraging digital health enterprise architecture best practice. Consultations should include stakeholders such as Ministries of Health, health workers, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications Ministry of Finance, donors, private sector, civil society, and more.
Expected by: 31 July 2025
Output 2: Provide technical guidance on interoperability and integration based on the developed target enterprise architecture blueprint.
Deliverable 1: Develop an interoperability strategy document defining integration standards, APIs and frameworks to be used for seamless data exchange.
Expected by: 15 August 2025
Deliverable 2: Develop context-specific guidance for key stakeholders to be able to implement standard data exchange protocols such as HL7 FHIR.
Expected by: 15 August 2025
Output 3: Develop a costed 5-year implementation plan for the target enterprise architecture blueprint.
Deliverable 1: Develop a clear 5-year implementation plan for the target enterprise architecture which outlines the steps for transitioning from the current state to target state with clearly articulated timeline of activities, key milestones and checkpoints, dependencies, assumptions, and roles and responsibilities for each activity.
Expected by: 31 August 2025
Deliverable 2: Cost the implementation plan using standard costing methodologies
Expected by: 31 August 2025
Deliverable 3: Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework that can be used as a project management tool to track and report on progress of implementation according to the defined implementation plan.
Expected by: 31 August 2025
5. Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering or related field.
Desirable: Master’s level degree in computer science, software engineering, public health, and related areas.
Experience
Essential:
- At least 7 years of experience working with countries in the field of digital health.
- Extensive work in digital health enterprise architecture, governance, interoperability and standards particularly, experience working with the HL7 FHIR standard.
- Experience in leading stakeholder consultations across a diversity of stakeholders.
- Proven experience as a solutions architect.
- Exposure to enterprise-level design principles, patterns and architectures
- Exposure to cloud-based service-oriented architectures
Desirable:
- Experience is mostly done at country-level.
- Experience in leading the development of a digital health enterprise architecture.
- Experience in working with countries in the WHO Western Pacific Region is an advantage.
- Experience working in Cambodia is preferrable.
- Experience working with governments, beyond Ministry of Health, is an advantage.
Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:
- Enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
- Interoperability standards particularly HL7 FHIR
- Strong foundation in working with Health Information Systems and health informatics
Desirable:
- Digital health enterprise architecture frameworks such as OpenHIE
Languages and level required (Basic/Intermediate/Expert):
Essential: Advance written and spoken fluency in English is essential.
Desirable: Proficiency in Khmer would be an added advantage.
6. Location
On site: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
7. Travel
The consultant would be expected to undertake duty travel (mission) to provinces as part of this assignment. Exact dates are subject to agreement with WHO Country Office and Member State Government.
Potential interview questions
| Describe your experience working in digital health and any specific projects you have led in this field. | This question assesses your relevant expertise and leadership in digital health initiatives. | Detail your previous roles in digital health projects, mentioning specific outcomes and your contributions. |
| What methodologies do you use for stakeholder consultations, and can you provide an example of a successful consultation you have conducted? | The interviewer wants to understand your approach to engaging diverse stakeholders. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Explain the importance of interoperability in health information systems and any experience you have with HL7 FHIR standards. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What is your approach to developing a costed implementation plan for a digital health project? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Share an example of how you have aligned digital health investments with national health priorities in past projects. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What enterprise architecture frameworks are you familiar with, and how have you applied them in your work? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you describe a challenging situation you faced while working with multiple stakeholders and how you resolved it? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure the sustainability of digital health solutions once they are implemented? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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