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Strategic Health Information Officer – (2403455)
Grade: NO-C
Contractual Arrangement: Fixed-term appointment
Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days): 2 YEARS
Primary Location: Tanzania, United Republic of-Dodoma
Other Locations: Tanzania, United Republic of
Organization: AF_TZA Tanzania
Schedule: Full-time

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
This
support includes the creation of synergies with the Bureau WHO Regional
Office for Africa, the Ministry of Health of Tanzania and partners,
including: (i) Aligning Investment with
the national health information and monitoring and evaluation system)
Provision of technical support for the Production, collection, analysis,
synthesis, and dissemination of health data and information. Iii) For
the development and promotion of harmonized standards, tools and
Methodologies for data collection, analysis and synthesis and
dissemination of health data and information and knowledge translation.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
1.
Support the development of required capacities in the country to
generate intelligence for health. This involves strengthening of systems
for routine health facility data collection, birth death and cause of
death, surveillance data, facility and community-based surveys including
demographic and health surveys. This involves the development of norms
and standards, regular country capacity assessments to identify gaps and
provision of support to address these gaps, and regularly provide
status updates through scorecards, statistics atlas and other methods to
consolidate the country status.

2. To lead with the country, and
technical experts on analysis of existing data and statistics in order
to discern trends and patterns, plus build attribution and prediction
models for the direction of health in the country. These analytics are
at facility, sub national, national and cross-country levels. The
emerging information shall be consolidated in periodic publications that
will need to be produced, such as state of health in a member state or
the sub-region, or specific program analyses. In addition, the support
to sector monitoring and evaluation processes.

3. To support the
generation of evidence to guidedecision makers, through development of
health policy briefs, documentation ofgood / best practices, writing
health blogs on key events, and other methodsfor evidence sharing.
4.Support
the work on innovative approaches toensuring strategic health
information is available, specifically focusing onfunctioning of health
observatories in the country and harmonizing the work ondigital health.

5.
Facilitate strengthening of governance ofhealth information systems,
particularly in assessing state of healthinformation systems, and
supporting initiatives to address gaps in the capacityto generate,
analyze and use health information for decision making;establishment and
supporting data collaboratives for better use of existinghealth
information resources’ and mobilizing resources for health information.

6.
Guide the generation of institutional data,analytical and knowledge
products relating to the work of WHO and partners incountries such as
SDG monitoring, Global Action Plan status, and the WHO GlobalProgram of
Work impact framework.
7. To perform other related responsibilities
asassigned by the WHO Representative and/or the Data analytics and
knowledgetranslation team.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education

• Essential:
  Advanced University degree in health information,statistics or computer
  science, with specialization in database development and management or
  public health or epidemiology.
• Desirable: Professional training
  or degree in statistics and data base management, ideal higher education
  degree. Good understanding of IT practices.

Experience

• Essential:
  Have at least 5 years’ experience in data management, information
  management or related fields. Experience with the compilation and
  analysis of large data sets from multiple sources good knowledge of
  public health programme or epidemiology.
• Desirable: Working experience with WHO or other UN Agency would be an asset.

Skills
Seasoned
expertise in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of
epidemiological and event-based surveillance data.Demonstrate
understanding of elements of health information systems governance and
how theycan be applied to improve statistics, analytics and knowledge
use for decisionmaking.Experience with the compilation and analysis of
large datasets from multiple sources and understand and use common
sources of health data and statistics including facility-based registry
systems, community registration systems, healthsurveys, and surveillance
systems amongst others. Knowledge of the common tools and mechanisms
for collection of health data andstatistics, such as the international
disease classification, DHIS 2, conductof verbal autopsies, and others.

Demonstrated
training skills (developing and conducting training).practical
experience working in generating and using strategic health
information,specifically in generating data / statistics, and/or
analysis of data includingconducting of sector wide Monitoring and
Evaluations, and/or development ofknowledge products such as health
policy briefs.Provenability to document strategic health information
such as through production ofcountry statistical abstracts, sector
review reports, health policy briefs,best practice documentations, and
others. Considered as an asset.Advanced ability todesign, manage,
analyze and coordinate complex information system
projects,computer-based applications and databases, web-based tools.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication
• Producing results
• Promoting innovation and organizational learning

Use of Language Skills
Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Swahili.
Desirable:

REMUNERATION
Remuneration
comprises an annual base salary starting at TZS 159,842,000 (subject to
mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as
applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you
  will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the
  degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only
  considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an
  institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database
  (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities
  (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
• This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only
  applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is
  located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this
  country will not be considered.

Job Posting: Apr 19, 2024, 12:40:11 PM
Closing Date: May 10, 2024, 12:59:00 AM