Population Council Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) Program Officer Job in Kenya

Population Council Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) Program Officer Job in Kenya
The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources.

The Council conducts research in three areas: HIV and AIDS; poverty, gender, and youth; and reproductive health. Established in 1952, the Council is governed by an international board of trustees. Its New York headquarters supports a global network of regional and country offices.

The Population Council's work ranges over the broad field of population: from research to improve services and products that respond to people's reproductive health needs to designing interventions to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases; from studies of the effects of population factors on a country's ability to provide a better life for its citizens to research that investigates the influence of education and livelihood opportunities on young girls and women. The Council is also concerned with the reproductive health and well-being of the one billion adolescents in the developing world who are about to enter their reproductive years and whose behavior will shape the future of their countries. These are some of the global issues that engage the Council and its scientists.
Population Council with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is implementing a research project in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Cambodia to strengthen the evidence of the population and facility level benefits, facility quality and costs, and reductions in inequalities following implementation of reproductive health voucher programs.
To implement this research Population Council seeks to recruit a Program Officer.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the organisation, planning and management of all research activities in the HMIS and voucher information systems and collaborate closely with voucher management agencies and ministries of health in all countries at national, provincial, district and facility levels to review information systems and evaluate their effectiveness.
There is a strong emphasis on capacity building in MIS development and implementation in voucher programs. In addition, the Program Officer will work closely with MIS and M&E consultants to collect data information system design and pilot data visualization designs.
Qualifications:
·         Master’s or doctorate degree in epidemiology, statistics, management & organizational studies, information systems or related discipline, or equivalent qualification and experience.
·         Experience and familiarity with issues in the population or public health field.
·         At least five years experience in the preparation, organisation and management of large-scale research projects.
·         Extensive international experience in capacity building in management information systems with strong experience in database design and data visualization is desired.
·         Extensive practice with in-depth data analysis using statistical software (eg: Epi-Info, SPSS, Stata) is a plus.
·         Excellent writing skills, especially the ability to translate technical information for non-technical audiences.
·         At least one published paper desirable.
·         Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
·         Strong organizational skills.
·         Good interpersonal and communication skills.
·         Availability for national and international travel as required.
Interested candidates should send their resume and cover letter to the attention of:

RH Program Coordinator
P.O. Box 17643-00500 Nairobi
or email: jobs-nairobi@popcouncil.org
Applications must be received not later than October 29, 2010.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.