• Location: Bujumbura, Burundi
• Position Category: Local hire, paid in country
  
• Posting Date: 02/28/2024
  
• Deadline Date: 03/31/2024
  

DESCRIPTION

As part of implementing the USAID-funded Country Health Information System and Data Use (CHISU) program, JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc., seeks a Malaria Program Digital Advisor for its Bujumbura office.

Project Overview

JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a public health management consulting and research organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world over the last forty years. JSI is currently seeking an outstanding Malaria Program Digital Advisor in Burundi for a portfolio of activities on the CHISU global cooperative agreement funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

CHISU is a 6-year program designed to enhance host country capacity to produce high-quality health information, to optimally manage this information, and to institutionalize evidence-based decision-making. The program works with USAID-supported host country health managers, health workers, and other stakeholders to strengthen the enabling environment of health information management and strategic planning in order to: improve harmonization of fragmented information systems, reduce duplication of data collection, and improve monitoring and tracking of a country’s own health trends and priorities.

CHISU is seeking a Malaria Program Digital Advisor who is an expert on using digital tools in malaria, disease surveillance, health information systems development, and health sector digitalization to help CHISU envision and realize the future of malaria prevention, care and elimination in the digital age. This is anticipated to be a full-time position based in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Location of Position and duration

This position is based in Bujumbura, Burundi. The initial position term is 12 months, with an extension for additional years, depending on funding.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Leverage understanding of data and digital health landscape – both open-source software solutions and commercially licensed tools and technologies available in the private market – to support national malaria and other disease surveillance programs to identify and implement innovative digitally-enabled approaches and interventions for malaria surveillance, monitoring & evaluation,

Lead the development of collaborative, integrated digitally enabled approaches for the country with diverse malaria stakeholders at the regional, and country levels (e.g. improving community use of tools, improving data integration within existing tools),

Support partners and malaria program and other health programs with the development of digital and data governance, data sharing, and data privacy and security standards that help ensure the integrity of data and the safety of providers and clients alike,

Support the Ministry of Health and malaria program with the development of geo-registries and improving geographical data for improving data visualization and decision-making,

Advise country-based teams on the implementation of technology platforms for the collection, analysis, and visualization of key malaria indicators to facilitate data-led decisions and actions for malaria programming,

Facilitate and inform strategy discussions for digitalization in the malaria space with donors, partners, and internally at CHISU; translate existing donor strategies for health in the digital age into program design and evaluation,

Connect digital activities within CHISU’s programs (both in malaria and beyond malaria) to leverage lessons learned, translate global and country-level standards, and support implementation of digital health programs,

Link CHISU Malaria’s digital health activities to broader global digital health investments within CHISU (e.g. Digital Square) and among donors,

Support the development of proposals for additional resources to enable further digital transformation priorities,

Leverage digital health technology to improve malaria data quality and use of data for decision making,

Represent CHISU’s malaria and digital health experience and capabilities internally and externally (e.g. donors, malaria community, in-country stakeholders),

Supervise and mentor junior technical staff members.

QUALIFICATIONS

Burundian or having a work permit in Burundi,

At least 6 years of experience designing and implementing digital health programs, including demonstrated experience working with programs and stakeholders in endemic country contexts,

Advanced technical knowledge of health the sector, including existing digital tools, landscape, strategies, and donor priorities. Experience with Malaria program is an asset,

Experience with broad range of digital health tools – including both open source software solutions (e.g. DHIS2, OpenSRP, etc.) and commercial tools (e.g. Tableau),

Demonstrably strong digital system design and architecture skills including analytical skills, enterprise architecture, IT architecture and systems analysis, and excellent deductive and inductive reasoning,

Researching, designing, implementing, and managing software programs,

Testing and evaluating new programs,

Identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing these modifications,

Writing and implementing efficient codes,

Determining operational practicality,

Developing quality assurance procedures,

Deploying software tools, processes, and metrics,

Experience in systems integration and implementation as well as preference for ability to understand and engage with technical and software teams (exposure and ability to work within modern development patterns such as agile etc.),

Knowledge of international health interoperability patterns and architectures such as OpenHIE as well as standards, standards profiles and SDO’s such as IHE, HL7 (FHIR), ICD-11, LOINC etc.,

Experience with one or more of the following: data storage and management approaches (e.g. data warehouses, vs data marts vs data lakes) , geographic information systems design, data visualization, business use, and modeling as well as experience with health information systems currently in use in the global health and development landscape (e.g., EMR, LIS, HRIS, DHIS2),

Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and also have the flexibility of working both collaboratively and independently in a multidisciplinary project environment,

Experience working on USAID Projects or Programs is a key advantage,

Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work closely and in an integrated manner with a multidisciplinary team,

Strong leadership skills to work independently and with limited direct supervision in managing day-to-day activities,

Interpersonal, problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork and collaboration adaptability and project management skills,

Proficiency in English and French required.

Application

Interested candidates are invited to apply online on the JSI website.

Salary Range: commensurate with skills, experience, and job fit.

Evaluation and selection:

Application review (resume) : 30%

Skills test : 40%

Interview : 40%

Note: Only preselected candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the selection.

For inquiries about this posting, please contact: +257 22 27 86 75 or +257 22 27 86 76

Salary commensurate with experience.

Interested candidates should submit their resumes and cover letters online by 03/31/2024.