2 JOB POSITIONS AT IntraHealth : ( Deadline : 28 November 2019 )
District Health Data Analyst AT IntraHealth : ( Deadline : 28 November 2019 )
Job Details
Description
Why Choose IntraHealth
At IntraHealth, we are a global team of creative, committed humanitarians on a mission. We are advocates, technologists, health workers, and communicators. Program officers, finance experts, and technical leaders. We are passionate and diverse. And we’re united in our belief that everyone everywhere should have the health care they need to thrive. That’s why we work every day to improve the performance of health workers around the world and strengthen the systems in which they work.
For almost 40 years in over 100 countries, IntraHealth has partnered with local communities to make sure health workers are present where they’re needed most, ready to do the job, connected to the technology they need, and safe to do their very best work.
Our programs are designed with a deep understanding of and appreciation for the context of human rights, gender equality and discrimination, economic empowerment, and changing populations. And the longstanding relationships we’ve built with government agencies, private-sector partners, and members of civil society make our efforts stronger and more effective. Join us and together we can make lasting changes in global health—for all of us.
The Ingobyi Activity is a five-year cooperative agreement to improve the quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) and malaria services, in a sustainable manner with the goal of reducing neonatal, child and maternal mortality in Rwanda. The Ingobyi Activity will build upon the tremendous gains Rwanda has made in the health sector as well as previous USAID investments in the health sector to provide a healthier, more productive future for all Rwandans. Ingobyi will improve the availability, quality and utilization of RMNCH and malaria services with resilience and sustainability. The Activity will partner with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) to build on the country’s considerable achievements, guided by national health strategies, goals, objectives and data.
SUMMARY OF ROLE:
IntraHealth seeks District Health Data Analyst for the USAID Ingobyi Activity for Western Zone to be based in Rubavu district. This position will be reporting to zonal Coordinator with close collaboration with MEL Team based at Main Office and with dotted reporting line to the Senior Data Demand & Use Advisor.
The District Health Data Analyst will be responsible for promoting a culture among DHMTs and health facilities to review and interpret their own routine data and use the evidence to prioritize, plan and implement interventions aimed at improving RMNCH and malaria outcomes in the supported districts. s/he will be serving at least 5 districts in Western Zone catchment area
Essential Functions:
• Work with districts to annually select a list of key RMNCH indicators that will be tracked and reviewed by DHMTs during quarterly meetings and to determine their baselines and set annual targets.
• Provide districts with technical assistance in analyzing data for the selected indicators and generation of data visualizations as needed. Support the development of presentations on progress of the selected indicators toward achieving the set targets for DHMT and quarterly review meetings.
• Share national level data with DHMTs using a color-coded scorecard showing comparison in the performance against priority RMNCH indicators between districts in order to foster/motivate data driven actions.
• Ensure that districts and facilities have the capacity to generate, interpret and utilize DHIS-2 data dashboards to identify performance gaps, perform root cause analyses and develop evidence-based action plans aimed at addressing the gaps.
• Support districts and facilities to compile data from different systems, including death audits, accreditation assessments, ISS/DQA, mentoring reports and PBF evaluations in order to make integrated action plans that include gaps identified through all these parallel systems.
• Contribute to periodic reporting through facilitation of all data collection and compilation efforts in their respective zone for program indicators not reported through DHIS-2.
• Any other tasks assigned by supervisor or the MEL team.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience:
1. Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, demographics, social sciences or related field
2. A minimum of five (5) years working experience in monitoring and implementing programs in development field, preferably health (reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, and malaria)
3. Experience and working relationship with DHMTs and health facility level staff
4. Experience with USAID reporting regulations and requirements highly preferred
5. Conversant with DHIS2 functionalities.
6. Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality
7. Proficiency in statistical databases (SPSS, EPI-info) and other software packages with strong data analysis and data management skills.
8. Experience using geospatial analysis software (ArcGIS) a plus
Competencies:
Managing Performance: Ability to plan and design practices, processes and procedures that allow for effective management of people, resources and processes to optimize overall organizational performance. Managing for performance includes the ability to delegate and encourage growth and leadership across the team(s) as part of maximizing performance and productivity.
Strategic Thinking: Applies organizational knowledge to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for IntraHealth while recognizing, anticipating and resolving organizational challenges. Ability to develop organization- and industry-specific expertise and apply sound decision-making processes to reach productive resolutions that translates strategy into actionable business plans.
Effective Communication (Oral & Written): Understands effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience; and receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors
Risk Management: Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling the organization’s exposure to risks of various kinds; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Innovation: Develops new, better or significantly different ideas, methods, solutions or initiatives within assigned role that result in improvement of IntraHealth’s performance and meeting objectives, results and global commitments.
Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for all work activities, research and personal actions and decisions; follows through on commitments and focuses on those activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable high-quality results for IntraHealth’s success. Exercises ethical practices, respectful words and behaviors, and equitable treatment of others in all activities.
Service Excellence: Knowledge of and ability to put into action customer service concepts, processes and techniques to access internal and/or external client needs and expectations and meet or exceed those needs and expectations through providing excellent service directly or indirectly
SUMMARY OF BENEFITS
IntraHealth International, Inc. is a great place to work and prides itself on its comprehensive benefits package. We offer competitive salaries and a dynamic inclusive work environment which supports health workers so they can improve the lives of people throughout the world.
IntraHealth International is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and requires affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. This is also to include inquiry about, disclosing, or discussing their compensation or the compensation of other applicants or employees.
Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor AT IntraHealth : ( Deadline : 28 November 2019 )
Job Details
Description
Why Choose IntraHealth
For almost 40 years in over 100 countries, IntraHealth has partnered with local communities to make sure health workers are present where they’re needed most, ready to do the job, connected to the technology they need, and safe to do their very best work. Our programs are designed with a deep understanding of and appreciation for the context of human rights, gender equality and discrimination, economic empowerment, and changing populations. And the longstanding relationships we’ve built with government agencies, private-sector partners, and members of civil society make our efforts stronger and more effective. Join us and together we can make lasting changes in global health—for all of us.
The Ingobyi Activity is a five-year cooperative agreement to improve the quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) and malaria services, in a sustainable manner with the goal of reducing neonatal, child and maternal mortality in Rwanda. The Ingobyi Activity builds upon the tremendous gains Rwanda has made in the health sector as well as previous USAID investments in the health sector to provide a healthier, more productive future for all Rwandans. Ingobyi improves the availability, quality and utilization of RMNCH and malaria services with resilience and sustainability. The Activity partners with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) to build on the country’s considerable achievements, guided by national health strategies, goals, objectives and data.
Position Summary
The M&E Advisor will work as an integral part of Ingobyi Activity MEL Team. S/he will report directly to the Implementation Scientist. The objective of this position is to strengthen and promote a culture of reflection, critical thinking, learning, and adaptation across the project and among project partners. S/he will be a leader, subject matter expert, and focal point for in-house program monitoring tasks and initiatives of Ingobyi Activity. Her/his main tasks will be to:
Strategic planning and action
• Responsible for providing statistical support for all learning leads in sample size determination, sampling methodology, database development, data cleaning, development of analysis plans and conducting complex statistical analyses for investigators as needed with minimal supervision.
• Lead the monitoring of Ingobyi Activity’s progress toward desired outcomes by working closely with the technical teams to select, analyse and visualize trends of priority indicators and by measuring and disseminating progress toward set targets an ongoing basis.
• Monitor the implementation status of the project’s annual work-plan activities and ensured that all technical teams in the project to stay on track in implementing their scope of activities within the set timeframes.
• Contribute to the routine collection, compilation, cleaning, analysis, interpretation of program data from DHIS-2, complementary reports and Ingobyi records as well as target setting for PMP indicators.
• Work with the Implementation scientist to integrate learning with other M&E and broader project activities by organizing reviews of routine data, result chains and theories of change, and suggest programmatic changes.
• Work with the technical team and mentors to identify positive deviants and ensure those are documented and develop mechanisms to disseminate those lessons and integrate the lessons in development programming.
• Fill critical gaps in Ingobyi staff technical understanding related to the achievement of project objectives, by organizing learning workshops and other information exchange events to promote knowledge and learning among Ingobyi staff and partners.
• Contribute to annual work planning process.
Capacity strengthening and documentation
• Contribute to the program’s technical briefs, infographics, newsletters, and other internal and external communication materials.
• Support identification of best practices and organize learning events to share lessons learned and best practices internally and with partners.
• Document and share progress and outcomes of high-impact interventions such as mentorship and rapid response teams for learning purposes.
• Build capacity of project staff on principles of data management and use.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, or related health field.
• At least 8 years of experience in knowledge management, M&E, organizational learning and/or strategic learning in an international development context.
• Ability to analyze project progress, communicate findings to a range of external and internal stakeholders, and apply learning to strategic planning and performance improvement.
• Experience convening people across technical teams to build consensus and achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrated superior writing, reporting, and oral presentation skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required. Working knowledge of French a plus.
Summary of Benefits
IntraHealth International, Inc. is a great place to work and prides itself on its comprehensive benefits package. We offer competitive salaries and a dynamic inclusive work environment, which supports health workers, so they can improve the lives of people throughout the world.
IntraHealth International is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and requires affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.
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