Data Officer (19 Posts) at MDH
Job Overview
Data Officer (19 Posts) at MDH
MDH – Management and Development for Health (MDH)
Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose primary aim is to contribute to address public health priorities of the people of Tanzania and the world at large. These priorities include: communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Reproductive, Maternal, New- born and Child health (RMNCH); Nutrition; Non-Communicable Diseases of public health significance; as well as Health System Strengthening. MDH strongly believes in and works in partnership with various local and global institutions, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC); President’s Office Regional Authorities and Local Government (PORALG); donor agencies; academic and non-academic institutions; implementing partners; civil society, community-based and faith-based organizations and others.
In Dar es Salaam, MDH supports the Government of Tanzania through the Municipal councils of Dar es Salaam City Council; Temeke, Kinondoni, Kigamboni and Ubungo Municipal Councils Together with Amana, Mwananyamala and Temeke Regional Referral Hospitals in implementation of the program on HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In order to strengthen the care and treatment of PLWHA in Dar es salaam, MDH on behalf of the above-mentioned Municipal Councils and Regional Referral Hospitals seeks to employ the following staff;
Job Title: Data Officer (19 Posts)
Location: Amana RRH, Temeke RRH, Kigamboni, Temeke and Ubungo Municipal Councils
Reports to: Facility In-charge
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Entering quickly and accurately clinical, laboratory, tracking or other forms into database under the monitoring of District Data Coordinator, Data Supervisor and reporting to the Site
- Producing, reviewing and sharing as per agreed schedule weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for various program areas such as HTS, index testing, enhanced PITC, PMTCT and TB/HIV.
- Routinely analyzing and producing lists of patients for follow up such as missing appointment, LTFU, Viral Load,
- Facilitating simple data analysis and interpretation at the facility level to encourage data use for planning and decision making at the facility
- Communicating both verbally and in writing with supervisors regarding forms with problems.
- Monitoring various databases at the facility and communicate both verbally and in writing with supervisors regarding database
- Reconciling differences between different databases by running queries, reviewing appropriate form and correcting all
- Locating and review archived or filed forms if
- Attending data staff meetings at the specified
- Communicating both verbally and in writing suggestions for improvements to data entry or data flow to
- Performing other data tasks as assigned by the
- Requirements: Education, Work experience and Skills:
- At least a Diploma in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Statistics or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or related
- A minimum of two (2) years’ experience working as a data entry officer in the HIV/AIDS program
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, multi-tasking and organizational
- Ability to communicate fluently in both English and
- Ability to work both individually and as part of a team with minimal
- Ability to maintains confidentiality in all
How
to Apply:
To Apply for this Job register or login to https://recruitment.mdh.or.tz/ and from the Dashboard click on Search Vacancies button.
Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Submit your application before 29 December 2023