Strategic Health Information Officer at WHO
Strategic Health Information Officer – (2403455)
Grade: NO-C
Contractual Arrangement: Fixed-term appointment
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 2 YEARS
Job Posting: Apr 19, 2024, 12:40:11 PM
Closing Date: May 10, 2024, 12:59:00 AM
Primary Location: Tanzania, United Republic of-Dodoma
Other Locations: Tanzania, United Republic of
Organization: AF_TZA Tanzania
Schedule: Full-time
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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
This support includes the creation of synergies with the Bureau WHO
Regional Office for Africa, the Ministry of Health of Tanzania and
partners, including: (i) Aligning Investment with the national health
information and monitoring and evaluation system) Provision of technical
support for the Production, collection, analysis, synthesis, and
dissemination of health data and information. Iii) For the development
and promotion of harmonized standards, tools and Methodologies for data
collection, analysis and synthesis and dissemination of health data and
information and knowledge translation.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
1. Support the development of required capacities in the country to
generate intelligence for health. This involves strengthening of systems
for routine health facility data collection, birth death and cause of
death, surveillance data, facility and community-based surveys including
demographic and health surveys. This involves the development of norms
and standards, regular country capacity assessments to identify gaps and
provision of support to address these gaps, and regularly provide
status updates through scorecards, statistics atlas and other methods to
consolidate the country status.2. To lead with the country, and
technical experts on analysis of existing data and statistics in order
to discern trends and patterns, plus build attribution and prediction
models for the direction of health in the country. These analytics are
at facility, sub national, national and cross-country levels. The
emerging information shall be consolidated in periodic publications that
will need to be produced, such as state of health in a member state or
the sub-region, or specific program analyses. In addition, the support
to sector monitoring and evaluation processes.3. To support the
generation of evidence to guidedecision makers, through development of
health policy briefs, documentation ofgood / best practices, writing
health blogs on key events, and other methodsfor evidence
sharing.4.Support the work on innovative approaches toensuring strategic
health information is available, specifically focusing onfunctioning of
health observatories in the country and harmonizing the work ondigital
health.5. Facilitate strengthening of governance ofhealth information
systems, particularly in assessing state of healthinformation systems,
and supporting initiatives to address gaps in the capacityto generate,
analyze and use health information for decision making;establishment and
supporting data collaboratives for better use of existinghealth
information resources’ and mobilizing resources for health
information.6. Guide the generation of institutional data,analytical and
knowledge products relating to the work of WHO and partners incountries
such as SDG monitoring, Global Action Plan status, and the WHO
GlobalProgram of Work impact framework.7. To perform other related
responsibilities asassigned by the WHO Representative and/or the Data
analytics and knowledgetranslation team.
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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Essential: Advanced University degree in health information,statistics
or computer science, with specialization in database development and
management or public health or epidemiology.
Desirable: Professional training or degree in statistics and data base
management, ideal higher education degree. Good understanding of IT
practices.
Experience
Essential: Have at least 5 years’ experience in data management,
information management or related fields. Experience with the
compilation and analysis of large data sets from multiple sources good
knowledge of public health programme or epidemiology.
Desirable: Working experience with WHO or other UN Agency would be an asset.
Skills
Seasoned expertise in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of
epidemiological and event-based surveillance data.Demonstrate
understanding of elements of health information systems governance and
how theycan be applied to improve statistics, analytics and knowledge
use for decisionmaking.Experience with the compilation and analysis of
large datasets from multiple sources and understand and use common
sources of health data and statistics including facility-based registry
systems, community registration systems, healthsurveys, and surveillance
systems amongst others. Knowledge of the common tools and mechanisms
for collection of health data andstatistics, such as the international
disease classification, DHIS 2, conductof verbal autopsies, and others.
Demonstrated training skills (developing and conducting
training).practical experience working in generating and using strategic
health information,specifically in generating data / statistics, and/or
analysis of data includingconducting of sector wide Monitoring and
Evaluations, and/or development ofknowledge products such as health
policy briefs.Provenability to document strategic health information
such as through production ofcountry statistical abstracts, sector
review reports, health policy briefs,best practice documentations, and
others. Considered as an asset.Advanced ability todesign, manage,
analyze and coordinate complex information system
projects,computer-based applications and databases, web-based tools.
WHO Competencies
Teamwork
Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
Communication
Producing results
Promoting innovation and organizational learning
Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Swahili.
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REMUNERATION
Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at TZS 159,842,000
(subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health
insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only
applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is
located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this
country will not be considered.
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