Monday, 11 November 2019

2 New Job Vacancies at Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) | Deadline: 22nd November, 2019

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Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS)
Jobs in Tanzania 2019: New Job Opportunities at Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) 2019
AJIRA TANZANIA 2019 / NAFASI MPYA ZA KAZI 2019
Overview
Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) has been awarded by the US Centers for Diseases Prevention and Control (CDC) funds to implement the Project ‘Strengthening the Quality, Accessibility, and Sustainability of the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) in United Republic of Tanzania under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The goal of the project is empowering the National Health Laboratory System (NHLS) in the country to achieve and monitor progress towards the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals.
THPS will support the national laboratory systems strengthening through this five-year award in the following key areas:
  • Expansion of continuous quality improvement (CQI) of HIV rapid testing to increase access and improve the quality of HIV rapid testing at all levels.
  • Enhancement of laboratory information systems (LIS) to support antiretroviral (ART) monitoring, early infant diagnosis (EID), TB and Opportunistic infection (OIs) sample referral and transport networks at all levels of the tiered system.
  • Provide support to enhance laboratory biosafety and quality of diagnostic and standard of care laboratory testing in all six tiers of the NHLS
  • Provide Technical Assistance (TA) on laboratory supply chain management (SCM) including quantification and forecasting in all laboratories.

THPS is currently seeking highly experienced, committed and motivated Tanzanians to fill in the following positions below: 
THPS is currently seeking highly experienced, committed and motivated Tanzanians to fill in the following positions:
Position title:
LIS Global Super User and Networking Assistant – 1 Position
Reports to: LIS Database Administrator and Networking Program Officer
Location: THPS Head Office, Dar Es Salaam (with frequent field travel)

Overall Job Description
• S/He will assist LIS Database Administrator to implement LIS in the laboratory network and develop and implement supporting structures for LIS. S/He will provide support to LIS supper users in the testing laboratories network including supporting training and mentorship. Provide onsite and remote support to laboratory networking for uninterrupted data transmission to the OpenLDR. Assist the LIS Database Administrator to monitor LIS reported occurrences and promote use of LIS Helpdesk and track response times
• Design and deploy data table structures, forms, reports, and queries.
• Conduct research and make recommendations on database products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts. o Applying third party upgrades to existing databases. o Coordinate and work with other technical staff to develop relational databases and secondary databases (i.e. Access).
• Identify inefficiencies in current databases and investigate solutions. Diagnose and resolve database access and performance issues. o Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems. o Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases.
• Development and maintenance of the database stored procedures, views and functions for hosted web applications. o Ensure all database systems meet business and performance requirements. Produce ad-hoc queries and develop reports to support business needs.
• Creation and maintenance of technical documentation. Development and maintenance of Data Warehouse.
• Implementation of data dashboards to display data in differing formats.
Recommended:  

Requirements: Education, Experience and skills
• A degree in Computer Science or related field, such as programming, engineering or similar.
• Experience working with IT systems or in network administration is added advantage.
• Computer literacy, with comfortable working experience with the basic Microsoft packages (Word, Excel & power point, and Access).
• Knowledge in various statistical data packages including Epi info, Stata, etc
• Excellent written and oral communication in English and Kiswahili
• Ability to plan, implement independently or in a team
• Analytical Skills and attention to details
• Ability to work under pressure and timely meet deadlines
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How to apply:
Interested applicants should send their application cover letter one page maximum and CV four pages maximum to (hr.thps@gmail.com) by November 22 2019 with a subject line for example: LIS Global Super User and Networking Assistant Officer. Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates when submitting online.
THPS is an equal opportunity employer; women and people living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply.

Position title: LIS Database Systems Developer and Program Officer -1 Position
Reports to: NHLS Project Principal Investigator and THPS Senior Data Manager
Location: THPS Head Office, Dar Es Salaam (with frequent field travel)
Overall Job Description

He/She will coordinate data management within the available Laboratory Information Systems to ensure smooth data transmission from different systems to Open LDR by working closely with super users in the testing laboratory and LIS program officers at the MoHCDGEC. He/She will ensure regular data cleaning and validation and ensure all data from Open LDR is linked to CTC3. He/She will ensure weekly reports submitted to THPS by the LIS TA subs are technically sound before they shared to MoHCDGEC and other Development Partners. Develop support implementation of Helpdesk for all LIS implemented in the laboratory network.

Principal duties and responsibilities:
o Coordinate with MoHCDGEC on Laboratory Information Systems
o Coordinate Migration of data to Open LDR
o Design and deploy data table structures, forms, reports, and queries.
o Conduct research and make recommendations on database products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
o Applying third party upgrades to existing databases.
o Coordinate and work with other technical staff to develop relational databases and secondary databases (i.e. Access).
o Identify inefficiencies in current databases and investigate solutions. Diagnose and resolve database access and performance issues.
o Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.
o Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases.
o Development and maintenance of the database stored procedures, views and functions for hosted web applications.
o Ensure all database systems meet business and performance requirements.
Produce ad-hoc queries and develop reports to support business needs.
o Creation and maintenance of technical documentation. Development and maintenance of Data Warehouse.
o Implementation of data dashboards to display data in differing formats.
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Requirements: Education, Experience and skills
• A degree in Computer Science or related field, such as programming, engineering or similar.
• 3 years relevant experience with database systems administration.
• Hands on experience with VB.net/C# application development and use.
• Knowledge in various statistical data packages including Epi info, Stata etc
• Excellent written and oral communication in English and Kiswahili
• Ability to work under pressure and timely meet deadlines
• Ability to plan, implement independently or in a team
• Analytical Skills and attention to details
• Experience with Laboratory Information Systems

How to apply:
Interested applicants should send their application cover letter one page maximum and CV four pages maximum to (hr.thps@gmail.com) by November 22nd 2019 with a subject line for example: LIS Database Systems Developer and Program Officer. Only short listed applicants will be contacted. Please do not attach any certificates when submitting online.
THPS is an equal opportunity employer; women and people living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply.
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