Senior IT Associate US NGO Jobs – Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Job Title: Senior IT Associate
Organisation: Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a global health nonprofit that makes foundational changes to health systems to protect people from diseases and improve their health. MSH collaborates with local partners, from the Ministry to the community, to strengthen and complement existing health systems. Since 1971, MSH has worked in more than 150 countries to help ensure sustainable, resilient, and equitable access to quality health care around the globe.
Position Overview:
Led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), the new USAID funded Uganda Strengthening Supply Chain Systems (SSCS) Technical Assistance Activity supports self-sustaining, responsive, uninterrupted, accountable delivery of quality-assured medicines and supplies to public and Private-Not-For-Profit (PNFP) health facilities. Building on more than a decade of experience of strengthening supply chain in Uganda, USAID/SSCS Activity plans to equip districts and 350 health facilities with computers and networking equipment to support installation, digitization and linkage of electronic logistics management information systems (eLMIS) to the national Pharmaceutical Information Portal (PIP) and the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system at National Medical Stores (NMS) to improve health commodity data management, supply chain data visibility and reporting. USAID/SSCS Activity seeks to recruit three (3) ICT support staff to support computer setup and configuration, installation, and customization of health facility and district stores eLMIS and linkage to the PIP.
Job Summary: The IT Support staff will be responsible for providing technical assistance to install, setup and configure computer systems, networking equipment and electronic Logistics Management Information Systems (eLMIS).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all the computers are installed and configured to support COVID Vaccination at the district stores.
- Ensure that all computers are fully installed with necessary software, including support tools and software, and ready for deployment at respective locations
- Ensure that district and health computers are installed with eLMIS to enable commodity data management and reporting
- Ensure that health facilities eLMIS are synchronizing stock status data to the Pharmaceutical Information Portal (PIP)
- Build the capacity of the regional implementing partners IP’s to support the districts and the health facilities.
- Ensure that all networking equipment for the district and health facilities are fully installed, configured and ready for deployment at respective locations
Installation, setup, and configuration of district and health facility computers (25%)
- Install, setup and configure necessary computer hardware and Operating system
Install, setup and configure eLMIS on district and health facility computers (25%)
- Install, setup/customize, and configure eLMIS on district and health facility computers
Link districts and HFs to the PIP (25%)
- Setup RxSyncApp at district and HFs to enable linkage and stock status data synchronization to the PIP
Install, setup and configure networking equipment (25%)
- Install, and configure networking equipment for district and HFs, including Wi-Fi setup and security
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Software Engineering/Information Technology/Pharmacy or a related field
- Two to four years of experience
- Computer installation and setup (Software and hardware)
- Knowledge on Networking computing devices
- Computer installation and setup (Software and hardware)
- Knowledge on Networking computing devices
- Knowledge of electronic logistics management information systems (preferably RxSolution)
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join Management Sciences for Health (MSH) in this capacity should apply online at the link below.
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