Private Sector PMTCT Data Assistants, Harare, Zimbabwe
Employment at EGPAF: Private Sector PMTCT Data Assistants, Harare, Zimbabwe
Private Sector PMTCT Data Assistants
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
Job Code: 1211
# of openings: 1
Description
VACANCIES
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and its partners, EGPAF objectives are to support delivery of integrated pediatric HIV prevention, treatment and care services in support of families with a focus on pregnant women, mothers and children for an HIV free generation.
Position Details
Job title: Private Sector PMTCT Data Assistants
Location: Harare and Bulawayo
Primary Manager: Program Database Specialist
Job Summary The Data Assistant will be responsible for providing support to selected private sector health facilities on PMTCT data collection, aggregation, cleaning and analysis. He/She will work as part of EGPAF Zimbabwe’s AIDSFree private sector PMTCT project team that supports the MOHCC to attain the elimination of paediatric HIV in Zimbabwe.
Essential Duties and responsibilities
- Support a comprehensive health facility assessment that informs program support implementation and expansion in selected private sector health facilities
- Capture high quality PMTCT client data for all Antenatal care, Labour and Delivery and Postnatal care visits at selected private sector health facilities into a computerized database.
- Ensure complete, accurate and timely capturing of data into the database.
- Upload the data into the central database.
- Liaise with the private sector health personnel to resolve questions, inconsistencies, or missing data on entering client data into the database.
- Review and make necessary corrections to the data captured in the database.
- Maintain confidentiality of information collected through the electronic database
- Respond to inquiries regarding entered data as requested by the AIDSFree data firm lead M&E Officer and database specialists at EGPAF Zimbabwe. Perform data quality checks, verify and clean all data before storage,
- Triangulate and validate data from supported sites with DHIS2 and other available data sets to ensure data harmonization
- Generate reports from the database to assess site performances
- Capacitate private sector staff to validate and utilize data at site level
- Prepare & participate in data review meetings
- Identify site PMTCT training needs, coordinate, conduct and facilitate trainings to enhance capacity of the health care workers in the private sector to provide comprehensive PMTCT services in line with option B+ and pediatric HIV care and treatment
- Support facilities in stock management of PMTCT and pediatric HIV commodities
- Perform any other duties assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications
- Minimum of a Diploma/Degree in Nursing
- 5 “O” Levels including English, Science and Mathematics
- At least 2 years post graduate experience in data capturing and data management within health facilities
- Certificate in M&E will be an added advantage
- Computer literacy (ICDL) certificate is an added advantage
Skills, experience and competences
- Good knowledge of HIV prevention, treatment and care issues in Zimbabwe, particularly in the area of PMTCT
- Experience in data capturing or typing.
- Excellent computer skills
- Good attention to detail
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Application Procedure
- To apply email Cover Letter and CV to zimrecruiting@pedaids.org
- Applications received outside the stated channels will be disqualified.
- In the subject line, please state the title of the position you are applying for.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Closing date is Friday 20 January 2017
EGPAF IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER