In this regard MDH seeks to recruit qualified individuals to fill the following position:
Position Title: SENIOR HIS PROJECT MANAGER
Location: MDH HEAD OFFICE
Supervisor: HIS PROJECT Principal Investigator (PI)
Duties and responsibilities
- Provide leadership in all HIS project activities in the organization, including ensuring that there is no missing monthly report each month
- Provide mentorships to HIS project manager and staff
- Supervise the development of HIS implementation workplan
- Advise PI on all matters related to HIS project
- Provide HIS project progress report to CDC, MOH, and other stakeholders each month
- Provide leadership in preparation of quarterly, semiannual and annual reports for program monitoring and donor reporting
- Carry out routine meetings with developers/subcontractors teams to review implementation progress, including weekly meetings with each developers
- Represent MDH in all relevant HIS related meetings with donors, stakeholders and MOHSW
- Provide leadership in writing up grant proposal especially in areas of related to M&E and electronic Data management.
- Ensure all MDH HIS data sets are updated and securely stored and all sharing of data follows organization policy
- Identify training needs and design capacity building plan for the HIS project.
- Design and provide effective model of mentorship and supportive supervision.
- Participate in designing and implementation of M&E and data parts for new upcoming projects and studies in the organization
- And all other tasks as assigned by Director of HSS & SI
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- Master’s Degree in Information Systems (or a related field.) Preference should be someone with a health informatics degree.
- Proven extensive knowledge or information technology concepts and principles, theories and functions of computer systems.
- Knowledge of electronic medical records and system interoperability.
- Training in project management and IT project management.
- Command of an Open source EMRS, client register systems
- Ability to solve difficult technical and operational problems where solutions may be of a precedent-establishing nature
- Ability to work well with diverse teams in person and remotely.
Work experience
- Three to five years relevant experience implementing health information systems at scale in an environment similar to Tanzania.
- Demonstrate experience with multi-site deployment of technologies or information systems
- Demonstrated experience in managing complex projects, including developing and managing work plans.
- Years of experience in managing health information software development and deployment
TO APPLY:
Interested candidates should submit an application letter, a detailed copy of their CV, and names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work related referees by 29th August 2018, to the Human Resource Manager through e-mail hr@mdh-tz.org or dropped by hand at the MDH’s Head Office in Mikocheni, along Mwai Kibaki Road, Plot No. 802. Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted