Technical Advisor: Data Quality

 

Recruiter:

Broad Based Executive Appointments

Job Ref:

CM09

Date posted:

Monday, March 1, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable


SUMMARY:
Technical Advisor: Data Quality

POSITION INFO:

We are looking a Technical Advisor: Data Quality to lead Anova’s data collection efforts by providing guidance and designing or refining tools to ensure that quality data are collected and reported in an efficient and effective manner. The Advisor will liaise with Department of Health (DOH) counterparts to improve information management oversight, driving continuous quality improvement within data management for reporting.


The Technical Advisor: Data Quality will provide technical guidance on, and lead the design, development and implementation of the Anova M&E plan. They will contribute to building capacity at all program levels to develop, manage and operationalize M&E systems and plans that are aligned to program strategy, to allow for quality reporting and dissemination.


The Technical Advisor: Data Quality will provide guidance and tools to ensure high quality and accurate data are collected for analysis and reporting purposes; assist in monitoring and reporting against  programme’s performance indicators, key outputs and results; develop methods and milestones to monitor the programme’s progress towards its goals, and contribute to programme strategy to ensure that activities and assignments are carried out as planned and the programme objectives are being achieved.

Key duties and Responsibilities
Quality Data Collection and Tools

  • Define data collection methods and sources for each programme indicator in a data collection plan.
  • Define a data collection schedule in accordance with programme management need.
  • Develop a tool dictionary to ensure tools are version controlled and up-to-date.
  • Ensure data sources collect the required information to the agreed minimum quality standards.
  • Ensure that data flow and internal reporting requirements are defined, and clear guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other tools are in place for data collection, aggregation and reporting.
  • Standardize paper tools, electronic systems (DOH & Programme) and SOPs to ensure they are harmonized across all sites for data collection, processing and analysis.
  • Support the Technical Advisor: Capacity Development M&E in the implementation of the strategy and training of the company and DOH counterparts.

Qualifications and experience

  • A Master’s degree in management, monitoring and evaluation, analytics or a related field or equivalent experience is required
  • Minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible work experience in designing, establishing, and managing monitoring and evaluation systems, ensuring data quality, and managing data-intensive, performance-based programmes, preferably large-scale PEPFAR-funded programmes
  • Minimum of five (5) years’ experience focused on operationalising performance indicators and experience working within health information systems in South Africa within DOH and PEPFAR implementing partners, preferably, working within/extracting data from DATIM, TIER.Net, PHCIS, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading and motivating a technical team composed of several interdisciplinary technical experts, and to be adept at managing competing deadlines and priorities.
  • Demonstrated ability to work across business units and capture and disseminate lessons learned to ensure the continual improvement of data collection processes and outputs.
  • Ability to portray complex data sets in easy-to-understand formats including visualisations.
  • Working knowledge of South Africa’s health information systems and monitoring and evaluation processes as they relate to data collection for performance-based reporting on the NSP.
  • Demonstrated ability to work across business units and capture and disseminate lessons learned to ensure the continual improvement of data collection processes and outputs.


 

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