Health Information Specialist

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 116,975 USD and 153,170 USD.

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*Purpose of the Position

In the context of WHO South Sudan’s COVID-19 Incident Management System (IMS), the incumbent will support the South Sudan Ministry of Health (MOH) in the collation, management, and analysis of data relevant to the pandemic, aggregate the relevant information in the form of tables, maps, and graphics for informed decision-making on the COVID-19 vaccination situation by the Incident Management Team (IMT). The role actively contributes to the design, engineering, development, and implementation of a national Health Management Information System (HMIS) for South Sudan with a special focus on vaccine-preventable diseases.

*Objectives of the Programme and of the immediate Strategic Objective

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) is to help countries coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

*Organizational context

Under the supervision of the Health Information Management (HIM) Team Lead, and in close collaboration with other Incident Management Team (IMT) members, other technical programs like EPI and HSS, and relevant partners, the incumbent will be responsible for the below outputs.

*Summary of Assigned Duties

1. Improve and maintain easily accessible platform providing real-time, quality data on ongoing COVID-19 vaccination in South Sudan, allowing continuous monitoring and informed decision-making for corrective actions.
2. Coordinate and facilitate any relevant training for MOH and NGO partners on data management
3. Collect and share relevant information on COVID-19 vaccination data management through relevant Technical Working Groups (Data Management, Vaccination) dealing with vaccine-related issues as well as other partners and fora like the COVID-19 National Steering Committee
4. Support the Ministry of Health with the strengthening of its Health Management Information System (HMIS) using DHIS2 through ensuring all WHO emergency database platforms (ODK, EWARS) have interoperability with and progressively integrated into DHIS2.
5. Provide sustainable and tangible solutions to integrate COVID-19 vaccination databases with national HMIS as well as regional initiatives such as the EACPass.

6. To support the generation of evidence to guide decision makers, through development of health policy briefs, documentation of good / best practices, writing bulletins on key events, and other methods for evidence sharing.

7. Recruitment Profile

Competencies: Generic

1. Teamwork*

2. Respecting & promoting individual and cultural differences*

3. Communication*

Functional Knowledge and Skills

1. Proven skills in capacity building
2. Demonstrated knowledge of health sector activities in the context of emergency response
3. Broad knowledge of Emergency programmers, policies and interventions
4. Ability to work under pressure
5. Knowledge of WHO mandate and goals
6. Excellent presentation skills

Education Qualifications

Essential: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems, Engineering, or other relevant area of expertise.

Desirable: Diploma in Public Health.

Experience

Essential: At least 5 years in data management.

Desirable: Experience in working with relevant nongovernmental or humanitarian organizations.

2. Use of Language Skills

Excellent knowledge of English

Other Skills (e.g., IT)

• Excellent knowledge of PowerBi, ODK, Kobo, DHIS2, Microsoft Access and other MS applications and HMIS platsforms.
• Working knowledge of GIS mapping software (or similar) would be an asset.

N.B: Women are strongly encouraged to apply

Additional Information (For HR use only):

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.
• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
• Applications from women are strongly encouraged.