Job Details

TITLE:  Health Management Information Officer

TEAM/PROGRAMME: HEALTH
LOCATION: Abyei

GRADE: TBC
CONTRACT LENGTH: 5

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:   Level 3: √ the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.  

ROLE PURPOSE: Manage the health information system of the Health Programme.      

SCOPE OF ROLE:   Reports to: Health Coordinator   Key working relationships:.Health,Nutrition officers,Coordinators,Manager&Extrenally with MoH and Health partners.  

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :  

• Support routine data collection and entry of health data into the program database, SCI IMPACT.
• Ensure health facilities have reporting tools and staff understand how to use them. These includes summary sheets, registers.

• Analyze weekly, Monthly and quarterly program data and advise the program team on the indicator’s performance.
• Work with the County and state HMIS officer to ensure data from SCI supported facilities are reported in the DHIS2.
• Ensure timeliness and accuracy of the program data.
• Lead on conducting data quality audits at the health facilities and ensure corrective actions are in place to correct variances.
• Support the health facilities in the preparation of monitor charts, morbidity tends and ensure they are up to date and displayed on the walls.
• Participate in programme data review meetings and work closely with the MEAL officer in conducting monitoring visits.
• Participate in cluster information working groups and ensure SCI effectively contributes to the discussions.
• Keep documentation of the facility summaries.
• Ensure facilities observe best practices on health data management, safe patient record keeping.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values;
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved;

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same;
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale;

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters;
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength;

• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to;

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions;
• willing to take disciplined risks;

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity;

QUALIFICATIONS 

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS  Essential

• Bachelor degree/Diploma in Nursing health sciences, Statistics, Public health and other related field.
• Experience working in similar roles.
• Training in Monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Fluency in the local language is an asset. Desirable:

• Diploma in statistics.

Additional job responsibilities The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures;

Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff: The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Humanitarian response In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly

Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

  JD Prepared by: Ibrahim Abdirahman Date :