RTI is seeking a Health Information Systems (HIS) Advisor who will support CDC Tanzania in providing technical assistance to the Tanzanian government to integrate and coordinate surveillance and programmatic data analyses to support decision-making for planning and policy needs, including cataloguing, reviewing, and tracking of health-related data available in country. The HIS Advisor will work with partners and Tanzanian Ministry of Health (MOH) counterparts to design and develop a national HIS integration framework. The framework will integrate health data from all existing, diverse data sources, and will provide a secure environment for users to extract consolidated public health data. This coordination of surveillance and programmatic data analyses will support decision-making for planning and policy needs, including cataloguing, reviewing, and tracking of health-related data available in country.
Qualifications:
- University degree in information systems, ICT systems/business analysis or business and management.
- At least 6 years demonstrated experience in healthcare-related database and data warehouse design and development for U.S. Government-funded projects, other internationally funded programs, Tanzanian NGOs, or private sector.
- Strong knowledge and experience in data warehouse principles and technology
- Experience with business process analysis, workflow, requirements specification development, and data modeling.
- Strong knowledge and experience with data extract, transform, and load (ETL) principles, methods, and technology, and the use of application programming interfaces (APIs) for electronic data transfer.
- Knowledge of DHIS 2 data structures, analytics, data visualization, data import/export capabilities, and API desired.
- Strong oral and written communication skills in English required.
Please use Tanzania: HIS Advisor in the subject line.