Data Quality and Use Fellow, GHC/ IntraHealth International, Uganda

Job Description

About:

IntraHealth International:

For over 30 years, in nearly 100 countries, IntraHealth International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need. IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships. IntraHealth has been working in Uganda for over 25 years. The current project, the USAID-funded Strengthening Human Resources for Health Activity, works to strengthen the capacities of ministries, districts, professional councils, and private not-for-profit organizations to better plan and manage the health workforce for improved health outcomes. This is achieved through three main result areas:

• Result 1: Increased and equitable recruitment, deployment, and retention of health workers
• Result 2: Improved health worker performance at all levels
• Result 3: Improved pre-service training to meet the needs of Uganda

Global Health Corps (GHC):

Our mission is to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to build the movement for health equity. We are building a community of changemakers who share a common belief: Health is a human right.

Position Overview: This is a Global Health Corps (GHC) Fellowship program. The Data Quality and Use Fellow will work closely with the Informatics Senior Advisor and the Human Resources for Health Planning team, focusing on increased and equitable recruitment, deployment and retention of health workers. This work will support the vision of strengthened human resources for health systems where skilled health workers can provide higher quality services. IntraHealth has worked with stakeholders to establish a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) in 70% of districts and central ministries, and under Strengthening Human Resources for Health (SHRH) will complete this process and ensure that data is available at all levels to enhance decision making. The Informatics and Data Quality Fellow will work on health worker data analysis at the district level and with district stakeholders and senior advisors to contribute to evidence-based workforce planning. The fellow will work on data quality and creative ways to improve the culture of data use for decision making at the district level.

Responsibilities:

• Assess data quality, identifying key areas of intervention to improve data quality, and develop approaches for improving it
• Assess the usability of current data systems and advise on improvements in implementation, design, and training
• Support the informatics team in the completion of HRIS implementation across the country
• Support the Human Resources Management Senior Advisor to improve the availability, demand, and use of quality information for Human Resources for Health decision making
• Alongside the Result 1 team, work at the district level with stakeholders on district recruitment and retention plans, ensuring that said plans are prioritized and purposed towards district health needs, with special focus on hard-to-reach areas
• Work with the Gender Officer on gender-responsiveness of recruitment and retention plans
• Develop creative approaches to data presentation to encourage data use at the district level

Required Skills and Experience:

• Applied skills and experience in data quality analysis
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Flexibility in planning and implementing activities
• Conceptual thinker with excellent organizational skills, time management skills and attention to detail
• Willingness to travel within the country
• Possesses IntraHealth core competencies: Innovation, Accountability, Service Excellence, Interpersonal Relationships

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Post graduate degree in Informatics, Public Health, or related field
• Experience with GIS software packages
• Field experience in health programs, the health workforce, human resources management or health systems strengthening
• Experience working with district/local government in Uganda, or in the PNFP sector
• Private or public sector experience in improving software system usability and client experience (would be a plus but is not essential)

Living Conditions: Fellows will be provided with housing in Kampala, health insurance and a living stipend of $550/month. Additionally, fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included, including $600 in professional development funds.

*Note: the living stipend and completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the placement organization

About the Organization

IntraHealth:

Would you like to be a part of purposeful work that saves lives?

For 35 years, in 100 countries, IntraHealth International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need. IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships.

As a global champion for health workers, IntraHealth International advocates for the role of the health worker as critical in saving lives and helping the world to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. We partner with governments, NGOs, the private sector, and other organizations to foster policies that empower health workers to better serve communities in need.

Global Health Corps (GHC):

Our mission is to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to build the movement for health equity. We are building a community of changemakers who share a common belief: Health is a human right.

GHC provides opportunities for young professionals from diverse backgrounds to work on the frontlines of the fight for global health equity. We currently place fellows in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.

IntraHealth International is an equal opportunity employer.