Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR) is an indigenous nonprofit institution that works to accelerate positive health, social and economic reforms through high-quality program design and implementation, capacity building, implementation science research and knowledge generation, as well as agenda-setting and stakeholder convening across human development sectors.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Strategic Information Officer (SI Officer)
Location: Abuja
Job Category: Strategic Information Officer
Job Type: Full Time
Project: ACTION to Sustain Precision and Integrated HIV Response towards Epidemic Control (ASPIRE)
Description and Objectives
- The Strategic Information Officer will execute the day-to-day implementation plans, provide technical assistance, mentor facility staff onsite and oversee Data assistants’ activities on ASPIRE project in the FCT.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Assistaence:
- Support data assistants and surge monitors day-to-day activities on data management;
- Train data assistants and surge monitors on program reporting; weekly, monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reports;
- Oversee routine data collection, collation, and reporting on DHIS, NMRS, NDR and other program databases;
- Review and analyze program data and share insights with team for informed decision (gap analysis);
- Develop team workplan and share updates on team’s weekly activities;
- Support onboarding of data assistants and surge monitors;
- Conduct technical assistant visits to supported facilities to review data management processes, identify gap(s) and mentor data clerks, surge monitors, and facility focal persons on proper data management;
- Conduct routine data quality assessment exercises across supported facilities, address data quality gap and share exercise report for proper intervention planning;
- Review routine program reports, identify reporting gaps, mentor data assistants and surge monitors on efficient report;
- Promptly report quality program data to funder and relevant stakeholders;
- Coordinate data collection tools audit and provide relevant national HIV-related tools to supported facilities and mentor on appropriate use;
- Conduct data analytics on the DHIS2 platform;
- Coordinate and track performance on patient biometric capture on NMRS;
- Review program key performance indicators, draw insights and disseminate to team for better implementation planning;
- Conduct data quality assessments with strategic action plans and share findings for proper intervention planning;
- Support data analysis of program work areas, inference deductions, and strategy development.
Team leadership:
- Facilitate data clerk workplan development and track daily weekly output
- Facilitate SI team check-in meeting
- Facilitate SI team’s routine problem-solving sessions
- Evaluate data assistants and surge monitors performance with constructive feedback on better performance and support plan on achieving agreed milestones
Stakeholders’ engagement/Meetings:
- Support the development of discussion document for program review meetings and other stakeholders’ engagements;
- Participate in program review meetings and related engagements.
Other responsibilities:
- Participate in joint, cluster, and partner problem-solving and learning sessions to share knowledge, best practices, challenges and progress on program implementation.
- Engage actively with relevant stakeholders to foster good relationships with the organization.
- Support any other tasks as may be required by the Program Manager and Project Director.
Required competencies
Education and Experience:
- Academic training: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Monitoring & Evaluation, Demography, Biostatistics, Statistics, Analytics, Science / Computer Science or a related field is required.
- Experience: Experience in supporting M&E systems for public health projects.
Core requirements:
- Compelling evidence of interest in and commitment to the mission of SCIDaR;
- Understanding of HIV and TB M&E mechanisms including the DHIS, NMRS, DATIM, and other online reporting innovations, PEPFAR MER and SIMS requirements;
- Ability to quickly turn-around program reports while ensuring utmost reporting compliance for both routine and ad hoc reports;
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
- Knowledge of information management systems architecture;
- Good written and oral communication skills.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online