Job Description

The Management Information Systems Officer works under the supervision of the MEL Advisor in ensuring the organization’s information security and rollout of the electronic case management system. The Officer is responsible for data security governance and promoting application of innovative evidence-based mobile data collection. S/he will create project mobile data collection tools and database systems to collect, store and analyze project data. The Officer will provide capacity building to staff and community volunteers on data security and utilization of mobile data applications. S/he shall enforce implementation and monitor compliance to information security policies. The Officer will also support the organization’s work through generating infographics, reports, storyboards and data visualisations. The individual must be an independent thinker who is creative, self-confident and can apply statistical methods to complex datasets to drive operational decision-making within HOSPAZ projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the project in rolling out the electronic case management system.
• Identify evidence-based open source mobile data collection applications compatible with DHIS2, suitable for low-resource settings, for utilization by the organisation for electronic case management.
• Build custom applications/ electronic data collection tools to collect, manage and analyze project data.
• Produce user manuals for custom applications/ electronic data collection tools developed.
• Provide capacity building and sustained technical support to staff and community volunteers on the utilization of mobile data collection tools.
• Deployment and monitoring utilization of the mobile applications.
• Cleaning the data erroneously captured by users into the mobile applications, and uploading the data into the OVC MIS DHIS2.
• Generate reports, infographics, storyboards and data visualisations.
• Prepare monthly Power Point Presentations documenting MIS issues, updates and key indicators performance, for presentations in OVC SI TWG and Data Review meetings.
• Manage configuration requests (document issues, provide troubleshooting, confirm resolution).
• Ongoing quality assurance (investigation of irregularities, documentation, escalation to project staff, and community volunteers).
• Enforcing and monitoring compliance to Information Security policies by staff members and community volunteers.
• Training staff and community volunteers on data security guidelines and regulations.
• Conducting information security audits, and monitor implementation of key action points.
• Monitoring information technology (IT) and network security all the times and keeping logs of activities.
• Assist in maintaining high data quality, and information security by establishing and enforcing HOSPAZ ICT and data security standards.

Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications and Requirements
• Minimum of University Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Statistics, or any other IT Diploma with at least 2 years relevant experience.
• Or MS/MA Information Technology, Computer Science or its recognized equivalent, and 1-year relevant experience is an added advantage.
• In-depth understanding of DHIS2 user roles, sharing settings and models, metadata structure.
• Detailed knowledge of DHIS2 tracker programs architecture and related objects.
• Customer care/customer service skills.
• Ability to connect/maintain DHIS 2 objects with custom app's purpose and operation
• Quality assurance testing lifecycle and processes.
• Mastery of DHIS2 system administration tasks including overseeing analytics and system processes.
• Software deployment processes and procedures.
Knowledge, Skills & Attributes
• IT and network security.
• Mobile data applications compatible with DHIS2.
• Maintain data administration and maintenance tasks.
• User security and sharing.
• Metadata management.
• Adherence to metadata naming convention and architecture.
• Deployment scheduling.
• Upgrade coordination.
• QA/testing.
• Custom App Management (including upgrade QA).
• Log interpretation.
• Coordinate scheduler-based system tasks and other custom scripts.

How to Apply

Applications must be sent by email to [email protected] with the subject heading “MIS Officer”. The application should be accompanied by a cover letter outlining relevant work experience; and CV by no later than February 25, 2024.