Position Overview

The Family Health and Nutrition Activity (FHN) is a five-year, USAID-funded initiative aimed at reducing maternal and under-five mortality. This will be achieved through collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ), the Ministry of Health (MOH), local communities, and other partners to enhance health system performance and deliver high-quality, accessible reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH&N) services.

The successful candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract for a period of six months. FHN operates in four provinces: Eastern, Luapula, Muchinga, and Southern. It will work alongside MOH provincial and district counterparts to provide high-quality services, strengthen health systems, and increase community engagement.

The Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) Advisor will be based in one of these provinces and will be responsible for implementing FHN’s strategy to improve MOH’s data collection, analysis, and use for informed decision-making. The Advisor will also cultivate and maintain strong working relationships with MOH counterparts at the district level.

Responsibilities

Lead FHN’s HMIS-focused TA in assigned province guiding planning, budgeting, scheduling, and implementing activities under medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) and/or RMNCAH&N CoC program.
Coordinate FHN’s expansion of community-HMIS and decentralized DHIS2 data entry.
Establish and foster productive working relationships with MOH counterparts at provincial and district health offices.
Liaise with FHN’s Behavior Integration Advisor to identify barriers of community reporting and design interventions to improve the practice.
Coordinate with provincial MEL Officer and DHIOs to prepare monthly dashboards for use in routine reviews and provincial and district integrated meetings.
Conduct routine mentorship and coaching sessions (virtual and/or in person) with District Health Information Officers (DHIO) to improve quality of collection, analysis, and use of data.
Provide TA to DHIO when conducting routine data quality assessments.
Coordinate with USAID Evidence 4 Health province or district-based staff to align FHNs HMIS activities.

Qualifications

Seven years’ experience.
Advanced degree in public heath.
Demonstrated familiarity with HMIS and DHIS2
Understanding of Zambia’ public health system and knowledge of RMNCAH&N indicators and data requirements.
Experience with data dashboard design and use.
Strong knowledge of RMNCAH&N monitoring and evaluation terminology.
Strong communication, coaching and mentorship background.
Demonstrated critical thinking skills and sound use of judgement
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently, setting and executing work schedule.