Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
BISO Empowered Youth Program II (USAID EYP II) project supports the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MOCDSS) in the provision of quality health, social services to Vulnerable Children and Adolescents (VCA) and their case workers. The project’s aim is to improve resilience and health outcomes among VCA via a sustained, locally-led response to comprehensive VCA service delivery at household, community and facility level in Southern and Central Provinces. The project has an innovative approach to improve resilience and health outcomes among vulnerable children and adolescents (VCA) via a sustained, locally-led response to comprehensive VCA service delivery at the household, community and facility level. EYP II will use existing case workers (CWs) already established by USAID EYP II local service delivery.
BISO is recruiting for the position of:
Title: Data Associates (x 4)
Position Type: Full Time
Supervisor: Technical Officer – Strategic Information
Location: Kabwe, Mkushi, Mumbwa and Chibombo
Basic Function:
Under the Supervision of the Technical Officer – Strategic Information, the Data Associate shall perform the compilation, verification, data entry and report writing related to patient care and all other HIV/AIDS services in the health facility. He/she will perform all necessary functions and obligations as defined and delegated by the supervising officers. He/she will be required to perform the following duties: .

Duties and responsibilities
• Provide facility-level technical support for data collection, documentation and reporting of HIV case identification (HTS), treatment, care (viral load) and retention (events) services
• Quality documentation of registers for HIV/AIDS services (HTS, ART, PMTCT, VL, NACS, Pharm-Lab) for producing monthly reports.
• Provide support to ensure maintenance of patient diaries in respective sites including documentation of patients late for pharmacy pick-ups for follow up
• Support the improvement of management of patient record filling system for easy file retrieval to differentiate care and identification relating to viral load services.
• Oversee monthly compilation and submission of HMIS reports.
• Perform any other HIV-related data collection duties as assigned by health facility and/or district EYP II supervisors.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Desirable qualifications and experience
• Only candidates satisfying the following should apply;
• Knowledge of SmartCare HIV/AIDS information systems
• Knowledge of Health Management Information System (HMIS)
• Two years working experience in the health sector
• Full Grade 12 certificate or its equivalent
• Degree or Diploma in statistics, computer science, monitoring and evaluation, project management or related field
• Certificate or higher in a related field will be considered with a minimum of 5 years’ additional years of experience where there are no diploma holders in the applicable district
• Computer literate: Proficiency in MS Access, Excel and Word
• Experience with daily reporting is an added advantage

Job Education Requirements: Degree or Diploma in statistics, computer science, monitoring and evaluation, project management or related field

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Please send a written application via email. Your application should consist of a cover letter and a detailed CV, including full address and contact telephone number/s. Please indicate the position you are applying for in your cover letter. Please send e-mail applications, with the position you are applying for in the subject line, to: peebee03@yahoo.com
Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply; however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please send application letter and detailed CV and day-time telephone number to:
E-mail:
The Executive Director
  bwafwano@hotmail.com 
or:
Physical address:
Bwafwano Integrated Services Organization
Plot G45,
Off Kabanana Road,
Chazanga Compound,
Lusaka.

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