Regional Senior Technical Advisor, Health Information Systems, Africa, Data.FI at Palladium Group

About Palladium: Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities. 

This Opportunity:

Our Data, Informatics, and Analytical Solutions (DIAS) group is made of three portfolios that strengthen and harness digital and data ecosystems to accelerate development investments and outcomes: 1- Information Systems, 2- Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Analytics and 3- Digital Solutions and Transformation.

Palladium is currently seeking a Regional Senior Technical Advisor, Health Information Systems, Africa (Regional STA, HIS, Africa) to support the Translating Data for Implementation (Data.FI) Project. Data.FI is a five-year global project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the HIV and COVID-19 response. Data.FI partners with programs to accelerate and sustain access to high-quality data to expedite HIV and COVID-19 epidemic control and maintenance. By improving global, regional, national, and community/local in-depth analyses of HIV and COVID-19 epidemiologic and programmatic data, Data.FI expedites program achievements to improve client services and attain and sustain control of the epidemics. Data.FI supports host country governments to enhance existing health information systems (HIS), informing management responses to gaps in programming and sustaining impact by supporting local partner transition.

The Regional STA, HIS, Africa, is responsible for overseeing and providing expertise in the strategy, analysis, design, architecture, and governance of digital for PEPFAR supported projects for the HIV and COVID Response, across Africa. The Regional STA, HIS, Africa will support Data Analytics and Data Use counterparts to access and use synthesized health data to support HIV and COVID public health program priorities; and with Regional Managers and Country Directors in Africa to ensure that all Data.FI HIS activities are adequately staffed and resourced.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s Washington DC office.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in leading Health Information Systems projects in Africa, we are interested in hearing from you. 

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start.  We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

• Reports to the Technical Director, Data.FI
• This position will oversee and manage other HIS experts and staff
• Willingness to travel and work abroad 25-30% of the time in developing countries and elsewhere

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Support the Technical Director, Data.FI and Country Teams to:
• Define the HIS strategy and develop scopes of work (SOW) for Data.FI supported countries in Africa
• Support digital governance for Ministries of Health including developing and implementing digital architecture, strengthening institutional-capacity for HIS, and working closely with wide-ranging stakeholders in-country to improve HIS coordination and alignment
• Where Data.FI is developing software, ensure adoption of conventional standards such as ICD10, HL7 FHIR, SNOMED and OpenHIE
• Build HIS governance or software development teams in countries of focus
• Work alongside Palladium’s Data Analytics and Use Advisors to produce data and analytical products to support policy design, implementation, and evaluation of health programs
• Manage and/or supervise other HIS staff
• Mentor your team of digital experts, and selected mid-level staff working in headquarters and field offices
• Contribute to proposal development through contributions to strategy, partnerships and written contributions to the technical approach and capability statements

Key Competencies Required:

• Considerable experience in designing, developing, and implementing health information management systems at the national and subnational level in Africa, including HMIS, LMIS, EMRs, and mobile data collection products, transactional systems, business intelligence implementations and interoperability solutions
• Familiarity with industry standard approaches and standards for health information exchange and interoperability
• Supervisory experience
• Strong project management skills and experience using digital tools to manage projects, such as Microsoft Teams, Planner, and/or Jira
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team and to build consensus
• Working knowledge of and interest in health information systems and data analysis and use
• Professional verbal and written fluency in English required

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. 

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.

 Safeguarding – We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.  All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

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