Information Manager Officer Health cluster - WHO Cameroon

Akwajobs   (Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroun)

Posted : 11 October, 2021

Category : Information Management   Location : Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroun

Job type : Full Time

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1. Background and Justification

Purpose of the Position

In the context of activating clusters in 2017 to respond to the Humanitarian crisis in the North-West and South-West Regions, the incumbent will serve as the focal point for the health cluster's data management system, will supervise collection, compilation, management and analysis of data relevant to the health cluster, aggregating relevant information in the form of narrative text, maps and graphics to be used in decision-making, health cluster status reports, reports from donors and other relevant documents.

Objectives of the Programme and of the immediate Strategic Objective

The mission of the Health Cluster is to coordinate the action of the partners, to collect and share factual information and to contribute to the mobilization of resources for the implementation of the interventions of the cluster.

Organizational context

Reporting to the cluster coordinator ai and working in close collaboration with his counterparts from other clusters, the incumbent will have the first line responsibility for data management activities for the health cluster. He / she will collect, triangulate, compile relevant information relating to the health cluster, ensuring its reliability and accuracy. He / she will have permanent contacts with data managers from other clusters, health cluster partners, NGOs, etc. to facilitate the collection and dissemination of associated data.

Summary of Assigned Duties:

Under the general supervision of the Health Cluster Coordinator, the Data Manager of the WHO interventions in the SW and NW crisis will work as part of the established by WHO and should implement the following activities:

1. Collect, collate, manage and analyse data from all partners; aggregate the relevant health related information such as mortality and morbidity, location of hospitals, primary health care units, other health care facilities, etc. and transform it into narrative text, maps and graphics to enable strategic planning and decision-making.
2. Manage information of Health cluster, including:
3. Contact lists,
4. 4W mapping,
5. Monitoring the performance of funded projects implemented by different partners;
6. Follow up of the data of the health indicators
7. Analyze and Share Health situation data
8. Analyze and share data on health interventions
9. Perform basic spatial analysis operations for use in maps and other reports (such as dashboards, SitReps, etc.).
10. Manage the incident databases (cases and contacts) including content, structure, file location, backup system.
11. Maintain geospatial databases and ensure data quality and integrity through the use of automated and manual techniques to capture, edit and process datasets.
12. Analyze epidemiological surveillance data received from health districts in the NW & SW regions to assist in the publication of newsletters;
13. Provide the Health partners with reliable information (in quantity and quality) and support the partners, if necessary, with the establishment of an appropriate information system to ensure the reliability of data on the situation sanitation of IDPPs;
14. Participate in the development of questionnaires and other activity evaluation tools set up under the activities of the health cluster;
15. Participate in the preparation of the activity reports of the emergency team;
16. Maintain epidemic monitoring, AFP validation and positive yellow fever case files;
17. Support health cluster coordination at regional level
18. Contribute to the writing of all relevant documents, including project proposals, calls, reports, dashboards, etc.
19. Perform all other tasks assigned by the hierarchy

2. Recruitment Profile

Competencies:

1. Communication
2. Teamwork
3. Moving forward in a changing environment
4. Promoting innovation and organizational learning.
5. Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences

Functional Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of information management and monitoring systems as related to emergency response and relief operations.
• Proven skills in the field of statistical data collection, assessment, analysis and monitoring in a public health context.
• Advance ability to design, manage, analyse and coordinate complex information system projects, computer-based applications and databases, web-based tools

Education Qualifications

Essential

First university degree in information or data management, computer sciences, statistics, applied math or public health, complemented by training in databases development and/or management from an accredited/recognized institute.

Desirable

Post graduate degree in public health, qualitative surveillance or statistics.

Experience

Essential

At least five years’ relevant experience combined at the national and international levels in data and/or information management, including experience in emergency operations or humanitarian context.

Desirable

Prior emergency disaster and health outbreak response or humanitarian working experience at field level, with WHO/UN agencies, health cluster partners, recognized humanitarian organizations or with an international nongovernmental organization.

3. Use of Language Skills

Excellent knowledge of English and working knowledge of French would be an asset.

4. Other Skills (e.g. IT)

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Working knowledge of online data collection applications, statistical analysis packages (Stata, SPSS, etc).
• Good knowledge of database and GIS programmes (e.g. ArcVie

Guiding Principles

Personnel is expected to conduct itself in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and iMMAP’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all Countries.

iMMAP has zero-tolerance for sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, human trafficking, child abuse and exploitation. Any violations of these principles and policies will be treated as serious misconduct.

iMMAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of background.

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