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• United States Agency for International
  Development (USAID)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Peace Corps 

• The incumbent is responsible for technical
  support to existing PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)
  supported information systems used at CDC Uganda, health facilities,
  implementing partners and at the Ministry of Health.
• The incumbent will work with PEPFAR
  monitoring and evaluation staff, and other technical teams, to provide
  technical assistance in a variety of activities including, but not limited
  to, user training and support, reviewing user requirements, revising
  paper-based HMIS tools, upgrading electronic systems to adapt with changes
  in the HMIS tools, systems administration, developing procedures, and
  using techniques to integrate systems data exchange. Some of the systems
  already deployed includes DATIM, DATIM4U, Ministry of Health DHIS2,
  OpenMRS and other eHMIS software used by IPs.
• The incumbent ensures the quality of
  Health Information Systems used by CDC and partner projects and programs:
  s/he provides feedback to the data teams and management personnel in CDC
  and the partner organizations, on required systems, system enhancements,
  and mechanisms for correction of existing problems and minimization of
  future problems.
• The job holder is the lead for CDC systems
  analysts, developers and database administrators, providing insight to the
  team on the specific collection, reporting, and analysis functionalities
  required in the various health information systems. 
• The incumbent plays an oversight role over
  the systems analysts, who in turn provide system requirements
  specifications (SRS) and system design documents that include structured
  programming language code to application developers to be converted into
  application components through object-oriented programming methods to
  build re-usable objects or components for data management, reporting, and
  analysis.
• The job holder also identifies methods for
  automating data management tasks including reporting which will eventually
  be incorporated into an application front-end to a data warehouse and a
  decision support system.

• The job holder is responsible for
  technical assistance to improve the quality of data being collected by CDC
  and partner projects and programs, and provides oversight to the CDC
  systems analysts and developers who in turn provide feedback to the data
  teams and management personnel in these organizations, as well as CDC
  project officers, on data quality issues and mechanisms for correction of
  existing problems and minimization of future problems.   
• The job holder supports CDC data analysis
  needs through ensuring high data quality in terms of validity, accuracy,
  reliability and timeliness and through the training of researchers and
  other programming staff including systems analysts, application
  developers, and database administrators. After developing tools for
  assessing data quality, the job holder distributes these tools to systems
  analysts, developers and database administrators for installation and
  routine use and monitoring that the proper data management practices are
  being implemented by the various organizations at their headquarters and
  their remote sites.
Supervision of Systems Analysts and Database Administrator: 20%                                                                    
• The job holder oversees the work of
  systems analysts, developers, and database administrators on the
  team. 
• The incumbent is responsible for
  organization of these positions in a manner that is highly efficient and
  effective to carry out allocated tasks. This is achieved through regular
  meetings, feedback, annual and semi-annual evaluations, mentoring, and
  identification and recommendation of staff for training.
• The job holder constitutes teams to handle
  tasks that require multiple skills or have short execution periods to meet
  deadlines.
• The incumbent supervises assigned
  contractors on software engineering and support projects to ensure timely
  and quality deliverables.
Interagency Coordination: 20%      
                                                                                                                           
• The job holder is a member of the
  Strategic Information (SI) PEPFAR Technical Working Groups. Using analysis
  and design tools, the  job holder
  routinely presents information to members of the technical working groups,
  partner staff and other main stakeholders like Ministry of Health, on data
  quality and recommendations on how data quality may be improved and on
  priority areas as well as impact implications for scale-up of programs.
• The job holder will participate in the
  process of target setting through the SI TWG by developing innovative
  approaches to enable other technical working groups to set targets using
  data from existing systems.  This
  will be done by supporting the process of data extraction, developing
  target setting templates, and shaping targets for data exchange into
  DATIM. 
• Similarly, the incumbent will support the
  process of quarterly results reporting by working with M&E agents to
  extract data from key data source systems and shaping them for loading
  into DATIM.




Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:            
• The applicants for the United States US
  Embassy Health Information Systems Analyst Team Lead career placement should
  hold a Masters Degree in Biostatistics, Computer Science, Information
  Technology, Information Systems, Health Informatics, Mathematics, or Data
  Management is required
• A minimum of six years’ experience in
  advanced analysis and programming methods using SPSS, SQL, SAS or another
  structured programming language is required.   In addition, at least two years’
  experience in a supervisory data management and systems analysis position
  in the health field is required.
• Advanced knowledge of systems analysis and
  data modelling, management, and quality assurance is required.  Knowledge must be at a level appropriate
  for supervising other senior data management staff in partner
  organizations.
• The incumbent must have the ability to
  lead a multi disciplined team.  Keyboarding skill with speed and accuracy
  is required. 
• Previous exposure and experience in
  systems analysis, forms management, and error resolution in data entry is
  required.
• Language Proficiency:  The applicant must be fluent (Level IV)
  in English. Ability to read and write technical manuals and scientific
  papers in English is required 
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the
United States Embassy in Kampala are encouraged to Apply Online by following
the instructions below;
• Applicants shall be required to register
  under the careers page for US Embassy Kampala using the link, Click
  Here
• You will receive confirmation of
  registration and proceed to apply.
• On completion of this process you will
  receive an auto response via your email.
NB: Applicants claiming a U.S. Veteran’s preference must submit
written documentation confirming eligibility (e.g., Member Copy 4 of Form
DD-214, Letter from the Veteran’s Administration, or certification documenting
eligibility under the VOW Act with an expected discharge no later than 120 days
after the certification is submitted) by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
If the written documentation confirming eligibility is not received in the HR
office by the closing date of the vacancy announcement, the U.S. Veteran’s
preference will not be considered in the application process. Specific criteria
for receiving a U.S. Veteran’s preference may be found in HR/OE’s Family Member
Employment Policy (FMEP).
Deadline: 25^th August
2017
The US Mission in Kampala provides equal opportunity and fair and
equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color
religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital
status, or sexual orientation.  The
Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all
personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.
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