Apply for the Vacancy for Malaria Data Advisor at STAR in Ghana. The deadline for the application is 30th November 2020.

Organization: Public Health Institute Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR)

Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI) in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). STAR is a Global Health talent hub. Through fellowships, internships, and strategic partnerships.

About

The STAR Fellowship is a two-year global health and learning opportunity with:

• Individualized, tailored support to enhance the fellow’s achievement personal and professional goals.
• Likewise, personalized learning plans and access to learning resources (courses, conferences, mentoring) based on fellow’s learning style and preferences.
• Also, access to broad professional networks to enhance peer learning and knowledge sharing.

Duties

Improve strategies on implementation of data management activities:

• Provide technical support to all areas of data management—including ensuring appropriate data ingestion (manual and automated), inventorying and cataloguing in the PMI data platform—for all malaria-related datasets (e.g. financial, programmatic, epidemiological, entomological, supply chain, demographic).
• Review and provide technical feedback on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plans submitted by PMI-funded implementing partners.
• Conduct data quality assessments on key performance indicators included in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plans of PMI-funded implementing partners

Strengthen the capacity of the NMCP and PMI/Ghana to use various digital health information systems necessary for malaria control:

• Collaborate with implementing partners and other donors to support the GHS and NMCP’s ongoing transition from paper-based to digital health information systems.
• Also, define, manage, and routinely review identity and access management (IAM) framework to ensure roles and access privileges of individual platform users.
• Likewise, ensure the PMI/ team’s electronic databases and archives are protected from security breaches and data losses

Strengthen capacity of NMCP and PMI/Ghana team to integrate, analyze and visualize data:

• Apply sound data science principles and methods to objectively and systematically track epidemiological and entomological changes
• Also, conduct rigorous analysis and triangulation of data from a variety of sources

Requirements for Vacancy for Malaria Data Advisor

Applicants must meet the given criteria to be eligible

• Master’s degree with 7 years’ experience in an applied quantitative discipline such as statistics, economics, computer science, epidemiology or health informatics or Bachelor’s degree and 9 years’ experience in an applied quantitative discipline such as statistics, economics, computer science, epidemiology or health informatics.
• Also, a minimum three (3) years of relevant professional experience applying data visualization, data analysis and/or business intelligence to inform decision-making.
• Must be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the malaria epidemiology in Ghana.
• Demonstrated ability to securely and efficiently manage large, disparate datasets and problem-solving skills working on complex projects in a highly sensitive environment.
• Similarly, strong knowledge of data wrangling, analysis and visualization practices.
• Strong portfolio of static and dynamic visualization, from simple graphics to complex stories, based on data visualization theory and techniques and built using leading tools (such as at least of the following Excel, Tableau, Power BI, R, D3.js, Adobe Illustrator, DHIS2, or similar).
• Also, experience facilitating data analysis projects through concept, iterative design and execution, delivery and on-going support.

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