Position: Strategic Information and Evaluation Officer (SIEOx1) Location: Bubi Reports to: SIE Coordinator. Deadline: 9 January 2025
Position Summary- The DSIEO will provide overall support for strategic information and evaluation to the Bubi district for the DREAMS program. The position is responsible and accountable for improving the quality of data generated by the districts, facility, and community service delivery platforms, as well as ensuring that data are accurately entered and reported timely onto the DHIS2 Database. The DSIEO works closely with the Program Officer and relevant stakeholders in the district and technically reports to the Strategic Information Coordinator.
Duties and Responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities • Provide overall support for all Strategic Information and Evaluation activities in the district of implementation. • Monitor program data generating process for ensuring high data quality standards across the activities at facility and safe space/hub offering site support and mentorship. • Check data quality dimensions within the perimeters. • Ensure timely entry of data into DHIS2, cleaning and analysis of programme Data. • Generate all SIE reports at district level and support overall reporting of the programme data. • Participate in strategic meetings and share SIE updates, progress on facility and community data management and data quality improvement activities and challenges. • Train/mentor and build the capacity of DREAMS team in Bubi district and KP team in Bubi and Umguza district on SIE activities and data quality including coaching both SIE and program teams on optimal utilization of the DHIS2 database. • Ensure timely data abstraction and reporting of the specific covered indicators in the district. Collect and compare figures that would have been collected. • Analyze routine weekly/monthly/quarterly data and provide feedback to programs on facility and community level performance, support documentation of best practices.
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications, Skills and Experience • Bachelor’s degree in Epidemiology, M&E, Social Sciences, Public Health, Operations Research Statistics or any other relevant degree. A Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Public health, biostatistics, M&E or similar will be an added advantage. • Minimum of 2 years’ experience and demonstrated practical skills in health-related programs monitoring. • Proficiency and competency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and DHIS2 is a must. • Demonstrate working knowledge of quantitative data collection using the MOHCC systems, including data analysis using Excel, or any other data analysis software. • Experience working with multiple stakeholders and familiarity with PEPFAR indicators and reporting requirements will be an added advantage • Minimum of 3 years’ experience and demonstrated practical skills in health-related programmes monitoring • Demonstrate working knowledge of quantitative data collection using the MOHCC systems, including data analysis using Excel, or any other data analysis software • Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision • Strong quantitative data analysis skills, including study design, applying appropriate research methods, and implementing studies according to protocols • Excellent report writing, presentation, interpersonal communication skills and demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively • Strong quantitative data analysis skills including conducting data cleaning, verification, and trend-analyses with proficiency in at least one statistical software package e.g., STATA, SAS or SPSS will be an added advantage • Experience working with multiple stakeholders and familiarity with PEPFAR indicators and reporting requirements will be an added advantage • Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills. Fluent in English and Ndebele.
How to Apply
To apply. Interested candidates should submit their application letter and detailed CV, clearly stating the position being applied for, on the subject line of the email to: [email protected] by Thursday 9 January 2025, applications will be screened on the rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
