Data Officer (19 Posts) at MDH

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

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