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DHIS2 Program Manager
Nairobi CBD Nairobi Details Number of Positions 1 Years Experience 5 years Minimum Qualification Bachelor Job Level Senior level Work Type Full time Company Industry NGO Employer Population Services International Description
Population Services International (PSI), thanks to the PMI Impact Malaria (IM) project, seeks a dynamic candidate with an interest in project management for a Digital Health team for the position of DHIS2 Program Manager.
Who we are
We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to be healthy by providing access to products and services that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing. There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds - from the medical industry to the music business - all with unique skills we bring to the job.
Join us!
The US Presidents Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria project is PMI’s flagship global malaria service delivery project, helping to improve the quality and increase the delivery of malaria diagnosis and treatment services in up to 27 countries around the world. PMI Impact Malaria is a USAID contract hosted and led by PSI as the prime contractor. PMI Impact Malaria works with national malaria control programs to help tackle these challenges by:
• Closing the gaps in malaria service delivery to get the right medicine, with the correct diagnosis, to patients in need, in the timeliest manner.
• Unlocking the potential of key drug-based approaches, by helping countries to introduce, implement, and scale-up proven innovations to move countries forward in their elimination efforts, according to each country’s unique malaria situation.
• Strengthening malaria health systems and the use of data for decision-making to link operational research and country-led dialogue with global technical leadership for the means of accelerating service delivery improvements and advancing key learnings.
The PMI Impact Malaria (IM) team is a results-focused, multi-disciplined and multi-cultured team, based out of Washington DC, working through PSI country offices as well as through our partners Jhpiego, MCDI and UCSF.
Population Services International (PSI), thanks to the PMI Impact Malaria (IM) project, seeks a dynamic candidate with an interest in project management for a Digital Health team for the position of DHIS2 Program Manager. The successful candidate will work closely with teams from two different global departments to provide project management and coordination for a team supporting Data Hub (the Impact Malaria project management information system) and other Digital Health initiatives. The role will work closely with the IM HQ M&E team, Digital Health and Monitoring Advisor for the PSI’s Malaria Department and the Sr DHM Program Manager/Deputy Director Monitoring. The main focus will be coordinating a dedicated team to ensure timely and quality implementation of activities related to digital health for the PMI Impact Malaria project, and to support troubleshooting, general system administration, analytics and dashboard development, maintenance of program monitoring systems in DHIS2. The position will work closely with DHIS2 Specialists, DHIS2 Officers, MIS Officers and Country System Admins across IM country offices.
Sounds interesting? Read on!
Your contribution
Coordinate a dedicated team to provide timely and quality implementation of digital health activities
• Coordinate the IM staff working on digital health activities for the project (Systems Specialists, MIS Officer and Digital Solutions Consultant); keeping the team very organized and on track to meet deadlines and key deliverables
• Ensure planning and execution of IM digital health activities in line with the project workplans by coordinating technical resources to meet project deliverables and maintaining all Digital Health planners and trackers
• Act as the focal point to the Impact Malaria team within PSI’s Digital Health and Monitoring (DHM) Department to provide updates and reports on implementation of activities
• Help monitor IM helpdesk and respond to requests; ensure rapid turnaround to questions and ensure all tickets are completed and closed out
Provide technical support in the areas of DHIS2 and other digital health initiatives
• Support system administration, maintenance, and analytics and dashboard development of the Impact Malaria project monitoring system, digital supportive supervision tools, and any other digital tools to be developed, including supervision to troubleshooting and technical assistance to Country System Admins and IM DHIS2 Officers
• Provide front-end quality checks of digital products
Manage documentation for IM Digital Health Team
• Ensures Digital Health documentation is up to date including training documents and videos, presentations manuals, and guidance documents
• Support maintenance and use of capacity building resources and platforms to maximize long-term sustainability of capacity building efforts
What are we looking for?
The basics
• Degree in Public Health, Data Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science, Health Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field
• At least 5 years of experience in managing complex public health information systems
• Proven experience coordinating teams of MIS/digital health/ HIS technical experts for public health programs; experience developing workplans
• Excellent skills in project management (meeting coordination, developing workplans, timelines and budgets); works independently and is a self-starter
• Excellent coordination, organizational and multitasking capabilities and keeping a team on track to meet deadlines
• Excellent cross-cultural, interpersonal, written, and oral communications skills
• Nice-to-have: Certified in Program Management, SCRUM, Agile, or similar certifications
• Nice-to-have: Experience working with DHIS2 on system configuration, maintenance, and use
• Nice-to-have: Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages
• Nice-to-have: Experience working on USAID funded projects
How to apply
