International Business & Technical Consultants Informatics Technical Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jobs in South Africa

International Business & Technical Consultants Informatics Technical Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jobs in South Africa

About Us

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and implemented over two hundred projects.

IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, economic growth, education, environment, and global health.

Overview:

Strengthening and supporting health systems are a primary focus of The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR) new Five-Year Strategy as part of an emphasis on sustainability of the HIV response in South Africa and on sustainability of PEPFAR investments.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) South Africa supports the Government of South Africa to reduce fragmentation in its health management information systems (HIS) and promote creation of national unique patient identifier and a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) system; better utilize data collected from HIS to improve quality of patient care; and strengthen program monitoring of government of South Africa and PEPFAR investments.

IBTCI seeks an Informatics Technical Advisor to provide Health Information System (HIS) support services to satisfy these overall operational objectives of CDC South Africa by providing expert scientific direction and input in the areas of HIS design, implementation and utilization.

This is a live proposal. This vacancy will be hired subject to IBTCI being awarded the activity.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

Provide relevant technical support and guidance to existing PEPFAR technical staff and cooperative agreement implementing partners.

Support the increased availability and quality of data for evidence-based monitoring and development, capacity building and increase data use at the national, sub-national, and facility levels.

Strengthen data management and quality improvement, aligning PEPFAR and Government of South Africa indicators and reporting systems.

Provide expert scientific advice, consultation, and leadership in designing, coordinating, and maintaining public health informatics project goals, objectives, and priorities.

Build technical informatics capacity within the CDC South Africa team.

Manage projects involved with public health informatics and serves as a subject matter expert in the utilization and implementation of IT systems integrating epidemiologic and other information from a scientific perspective.

Implement scientific policies

and procedures on informatics practices and principles.

Assist CDC South Africa with the development of proposals and work plans for implementing Health Information Management System.

Health information Management System (HMIS)-related activities

Conduct site meeting and visits to CDC South Africa and implementing partners to assess, monitor, and evaluate implementation of HMIS programs against goals and objectives.

Develop strategies to meet short and long-range goals for the applicable program and assures that strategies reflect most promising directions in research, preventive, and clinical approaches as it relates to public health informatics.

Coordinate the sharing of health related informational materials so that scientific advice and assistance is shared.

Apply new methods, approaches, and technology to new and unusual situations and these methods have broad applications in the field.

Collaborate and provide expert scientific advice to a variety of nation-wide and international organizations to synthesize and implement informatics policies and directions for future development.

Collaborate with and provide expert advice to all organizational levels with the agency, as well as with various partner organizations.

Other duties as required.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

International experience working with Ministries/Departments of Health, with a strong preference for prior work experience working with South Africa’s National Department of Health.

Experience in analyzing data from PEPFAR information systems including DATIM, Expenditure Analysis, and SIMS.

Advanced training in epidemiology and public health evaluation.

Must be able to obtain security clearance (Public Trust) by the National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) and a Credit Check, and possible Minimum or Limited Background Investigation.

Oral and written fluency in English required, fluency in another language preferred.

Education: Graduate degree in informatics, computer science, or other related field.

How to Apply

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