County Coordinator job at John Snow Inc (JSI)
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Vacancy title:
County Coordinator

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:

John Snow Inc (JSI)

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, June 16 2023 

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 08 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
Their specific responsibilities will include but shall not be limited to:
• Assist CHISU’s Resident Advisor with activities implemented at the county level in Kenya.
• Supervises and assists County Officers with the implementation of CHISU’s work plan activities at the county level. Including:
• Implement a training plan for county level staff in data management and data quality assurance.
• Facilitate the analysis, visualization, interpretation and understanding of malaria data in data review meetings in designated counties.
• Contribute to efforts to obtain, analyze and visualize data in ways that meet the information needs of data users in the health information system.
• Lead workshops for the review of performance data in the designated county.
• Provide technical assistance to enhance capacity in the designated county to use data collected through the HMIS effectively for decision-making. With county stakeholders and partners, plan and conduct assessments to understand barriers to information use and develop tailored interventions to improve data use.
• Provide support at the county level in the use of robust methods for analyzing health data to improve county capacity to understand barriers to coverage, access, and quality in Malaria programming.
• Promote consistent use of standards-based data quality assurance tools to gauge the quality of public health data and understand gaps and weaknesses in health data. Assist with the development of plans and interventions to improve the quality of data used for monitoring, evaluation & planning.
• Promote gender equity in program implementation.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in one of the following disciplines is required: information systems, computer science, epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, or a related field;
• A minimum of five years of experience in the management of health information systems or disease surveillance information systems in a developing country is required;
• Understanding of the national HMIS, and data collection at the community level in low resource settings, especially Kenya is required;
• Previous work with the Ministry of Health at central and subnational levels is preferable;
• Expertise in data exchange and data visualization tools would be an asset;
• A solid understanding of DHIS2 software especially it’s implementation methodology as a national HMIS is essential;
• Familiarity with some the following tools is highly desirable: ODK, Advanced MS Excel, GIS platforms, Statistics (Epi-Info, R, Stata), Android/iOS development;
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret, and present data to decision makers is required;
• Ability to engage key stakeholders, manage expectations, as well as plan and coordinate tasks and deliverables is required;
• Experience in providing training, coaching, and mentoring with success in enhancing the capacity of government staff is required;
• Excellent writing skills and ability to synthesize information into a coherent report is required;
• Excellent interpersonal skills required, including the ability to work closely and in an integrated manner with a multidisciplinary team;
• Ability to take initiative to produce expected results is required;
• Strong leadership skills required to work autonomously and with limited direct supervision in the management of day-to-day activities
• Native/Fluent English required.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, June 16 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 08-06-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 08-06-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 08-06-2066
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