JOB OPPORTUNITY

JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is public health organization that is committed to improving the health and well-being of underserved and vulnerable people and communities throughout the world, and to providing an environment where people of passion and commitment can pursue this cause. JSI seeks highly qualified and accomplished public health leaders and staff for its United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported DISCOVER-Health project. The USAID DISCOVER Health – Project aims to improve the lives of Zambians by ensuring equitable access to and use of high-quality HIV, maternal new-born and child health (MNCH), family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) services and products at the district and community levels. The project also supports Zambia in accelerating the national rollout and scale-up of COVID-19 vaccination and the COVID-19 response

Position: Assistant Strategic Information Manager

Position Type: Full Time

Location: Lusaka Head Office

Reports to:  Strategic Information Manager

Job Purpose:

The Assistant SI Manager provides various M&E services and functions at the DISCOVER Main Office alongside the SI Manager. He/she ensures that quality data from the various Hubs is periodically collected, collated, entered and reported as required. The Assistant SI Manager ensures that all the SMART-CARE related deliverables are sent on time from all sites; they are collated and analyzed; and submitted to the relevant institutions. He/she also assists the SI Manager in the Covid-19 vaccination data monitoring and reporting requirements at national level.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

• Ensure a constant, thorough and accurate verification of all data submitted from various project sources;
•  Participate alongside other DISCOVER SI Team members in conducting data audits and data quality assessments & verifications;
•  Assist the SI Manager in the management and regular maintenance of all Project Databases;
• Aggregate and analyze monthly TDBs, MER reports and other SMART-CARE related deliverables from all implementing sites;
• Assist the SI Manager in data analysis and preparation of required reports at both Project and sub-project level, ensuring that data is complete, consistent and readily available;
• Participate in the project SI review meetings, including preparing presentations, facilitating sessions and discussing results;
• Work with the Procurement team to order all required registers and tools and arrange for their appropriate distribution to all Hubs;
• Actively participate to and facilitate the intra-departmental plan to mentor and up skill all SI Coordinators and Specialists;
• Assist the SI Manager in reviewing, processing and monitoring and reporting Covid-19 vaccination data at national level;
• Any other task assigned by the by the Strategic Information Manager.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Social Sciences, Information Technology or other relevant field of study;
• Demonstrated work experience in data management—including advanced knowledge of SMARTCARE— and management information systems;
•  Excellent understanding of HIV-related PEPFAR indicators;
• Demonstrated work experience in high-level data management within a PEPFAR-funded Project;
• At least four years of experience in data management (with preference of specialist level);
• At least five years of experience in data management at medium-high level;
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret datasets; prepare data summaries and present results for data review activities;
• Previous experience in coaching or mentoring junior staff;
• Very good computer proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.