Technical Advisor : Data Quality

SUMMARY:
We are looking a Technical Advisor: Data Quality to lead the company’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.

POSITION INFO:

Only candidates with the following criteria will be considered:

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.
• Well-organized with an ability to handle a large workload, deliver on short deadlines and work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to work within a culturally diverse team.
• Excellent written and communication skills in English (proficiency in other official languages preferred).

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