IM Officer

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Technical

• Manage data collected by Medair or by health center staff which includes processing, verification, validation, analysis and maintaining the databases,
• Participate in the development, implementation and review of information management needs and solutions.
• Update and maintain health Dashboards and support with other dashboards when needed.
• Create and maintain surveys using ODK/Survey123
• Input into data collection plan with Health team and health center staff
• Identify gaps and technical needs and come up with solutions for these challenges
• Creation and support of IM tools
• Take part as a member of the IM Task Force at Medair with the responsibilities that it entitles
• Support in training for Medair teams, partners or different NGOs as needed.
• Support logistics activities
• Preparation of training manuals for users
• Gather and document requirements for developing any information system, including the DHIS2 modules to be developed.
• Deploy, maintain and administer the DHIS2 implementations including assigning rights to users, maintaining backups and functionality of the systems.
• Write reusable, testable and efficient code, including writing tests and test cases.
• Based on agreed specifications, design, develop and maintain the DHIS2 data entry modules reports, dashboards and visualizations.
• Develop training materials and train users on system modules and functionalities developed, in addition to conducting pre and post training assessments to gauge the effectiveness of the trainings.
• Work with existing team members in other software development projects as required in determining the appropriate frameworks, tools and technologies to be used for implementing any database or information system, taking context, existing capacity and other guiding principles (e.g. open source, already in use in the health sector) into account.
• Any other duties assigned related to this job description

Communication

• Receive and process data from Medair teams and other NGOs
• Communicate issues with data to Medair teams and other NGOs
• Communicate implementation problems or issues to Project Manager
• Follow up and send reminders of deadlines for different health centers

Teamwork

• Work where required to help the various activities carried out by Medair

Work experience

• Some experience of working in an office and with big amount of data.
• Experience in programming using JS, css, Android Mobile App, API
• Work experience in an NGO preferable.
• Work experience with open source programs/extensions (DHIS2) Experience in developing health information systems, databases and reports.