Vacancy title:
DHMT Functions Technical Advisor

Jobs at:
Ingenuity Ltd

Deadline of this Job:
9th November 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 30th October 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

Ingenuity Ltd is a consulting firm registered in Rwanda, under number: R.C. 1439/09/NYR. We provide advisory and support to improve service delivery for Malaria, Maternal,Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH,) Family Planning, Nutrition, Sanitation and Hygiene, Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, TB programs. We support health sectors to design responsive service delivery, management systems; programs, policies, and strategies. We provide support to operationalise health strategies, conduct program review and evaluation to generate evidence for decision making. We harness technology and apply them to health systems to make them more effective; and, we are increasingly positioning ourselves to be a data company that generates evidence for appropriate action. We have leveraged our interdisciplinary backgrounds, expertise, and networks positioning ourselves as a public health “one-stop-shop” that provides unraveled consultancy services in Rwanda, region and beyond.

Ingenuity Ltd. is a public health consulting firm in Rwanda that provides services in areas of health programs design and implementation, health management systems, health policy and strategy design, and technical assistance across a number of health clinical areas.

Ingenuity Ltd seeks to hire a highly qualified, dedicated and experienced national for the position of DHMT Functions Technical Advisor ‘Ingobyi’ Activity–– a five-year USAID-funded Activity implemented by an IntraHealth International-led consortium. Ingobyi Activity aims to improve the quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) and malaria services, in a sustainable manner with the goal of reducing infant and maternal mortality in Rwanda. The position will be based in Kigali and report to the Ingenuity Ltd Managing Director.

Purpose: in close consultation with Ingenuity Managing Director, and Ingbyi Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director, this position will support DHMT to fulfill their roles as stipulated in the District health system re-organization guideline, by operationalizing HealthAppex through training of the DHMT members, self-assessments (by DHMTs) and audits (by MoH, Ingobyi and others as deemed relevant) quarterly. The audit findings will guide the development of solutions to address key challenges.

Essential Duties:

• Leads the process of revising the district health system re-organization guideline, to reflect the current developments in the DHMT roles responsibilities and composition among others, their alignment with the responsibilities of the District Health Unit, the District Joint Action Development Forum (DJAF) among others.
  
• Together with Ingobyi zonal technical teams, trains members of DHMT with respect to their updated roles.
  
• In collaboration with Ingobyi MEL Director and MoH counterparts, identifies and develops a list of users of the HealthAppex with all required information to use for user system set up and configuration and updates as needed.
  
• Attends training on HealthAppex delivered by the Content Expert and works with the short-term IT expert to accomplish user configuration and system set up
  
• Develops and continually updates the training program for HealthAppex users.
  
• Trains users of HealthAppex identified, records and reports on system areas needing upgrades to optimize system performance
  
• In collaboration with the MEL Director, Digital Health Officer, Data Analyst/Dashboard Technical Expert, and other project staff, MoH plus relevant stakeholders, supports district to select key indicators for tracking and action by members of the DHMT.
  
• Conducts close follow up with DHMTs in implementing quarterly self-assessments using HealthAppex, in close coordination with zonal technical team, specifically zonal coordinators. Ensures that all data is submitted timely to the Data Analyst/Dashboard
• Technical Expert, and provides necessary interpretations to the data, seeks clarification from DHMT point of contact as needed.
  
• Together with zonal coordinators, plans, and implements the quarterly DHMT functionality audits. Compiles, analyses data from the process, convenes and moderates feedback workshops to discuss and chart a way forward based on audit results.
  
• Together with zonal coordinators, supports DHMTs to develop realistic action to the identified challenges and.
  
• Together with zonal coordinators, supports DHMTs to develop strategies that address the identified audit gaps, works with the Zonal Coordinators to ensure follow up and action to ensure sustained improvement.
  
• Together with zonal coordinators, explores avenues, develops and implements strategies that allow closer coordination of DHMT with the DJAF.
  
• Collaborates with the Data Analyst/Dashboard Technical Expert and other project staff to identify pertinent health challenges and brings these to the attention of DHMTs to develop solutions.
  
• Helps DMHT and zonal teams to identify and document lessons and best practices for sharing at the Quarterly Districts
• Coordination Meetings and/or, with DHMTs in other districts to facilitate district-to-district learning.
  

Other duties

• Demonstrates effective communication skills to develop written and oral program materials.
  
• Plans and completes work assignments with a high degree of initiative, good judgment, analytical skill, and integrity.
  
• Participates in Ingobyi Activity planning meetings, progress review meetings and Technical Working Group, and provides relevant technical inputs
  
• Participate in key MEL team planning and review meetings to coordinate and review tasks.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Required Education & Experience

• Master’s in Public Health, Development Studies, Health Policy and/or related fields
  
• Minimum of 5 years’ work experience in related positions
  
• Good analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
  
• Competent in the use of computers and basic computer programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
  
• Experience in program development, implementation, having worked with sub-national level is an asset.
  
• Experience working on USAID-funded and MoH is an advantage.
  

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work well with others;
  
• Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing;
  
• Ability to work independently and accomplish tasks with minimal supervision;
  
• Attention to detail and accuracy.