Fresher Data Assistant USAID Project Jobs – University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Organization: University Research Co., LLC (URC)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: District Technical Coordinator
About US:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States.
About USAID Project:
With the RHITES-N Acholi Project (Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Northern Uganda – Acholi), USAID will continue its support of the Government of Uganda’s (GOU) efforts to improve access to and use of health services in the country’s post-conflict northern region. RHITES-N Acholi Project activities will build on USAID investments and national advances to increase access to and use of high-quality integrated services that accelerate the ability and capacity to respond to the specific health needs of residents in the Acholi sub-region, leveraging the URC-ASSIST project successes.
Job Summary: The Activity office will be in Amuru District and he/she will spend at least 50% of their time working in the field. The overall objective of the data assistant is to strengthen data management at the facility and community level. This will include proper documentation, records management, filing, archiving, data quality and reporting at the district and supported health facilities. He/she will ensure that there’s improved quality of data (facility and community) as reflected in DHIS2.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical assistance to improve quality, accuracy and timeliness of data.
- Build skills of frontline facility health care workers on Data Management including recording, filing, archiving and reporting. This includes provision of relevant guidelines and SOPs for effective data management at facility level.
- Ensure availability and utilisation of current versions of HMIS tools at the facility and community level.
- Organise district data review meetings to clean up facility level data.
- Facilitate performance review meetings to enable the teams understand and use data.
- Ensure functional EMR at high volume facilities and reporting using the system.
- Support data collection activities within their respective districts and provide timely response to adhoc data requests.
- Support weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.
- Support in analysing and writing of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual programmatic district performance reports and their submission in stipulated deadlines.
- Any other duties assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Quantitative Economics or related field.
- At least two years’ experience in data management particularly in the Northern region.
- Knowledge of statistical packages such as SPSS, STATA, Epi Info and others.
- Thorough familiarity with the MOH HMIS systems.
- Understanding of USAID expectations.
Please note: Only candidates who are eligible to work in Uganda for an indefinite period without a need for sponsorship will be considered for this position.
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.