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NGO Job Opening: Strategic Information Officer (SI Officer) at Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR)

Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR) is an indigenous non-profit organization dedicated to catalyzing positive transformations in health, social, and economic domains. We strive to uplift disadvantaged and underserved communities through effective program design and implementation, capacity building, research in implementation science, knowledge generation, and stakeholder engagement across various human development sectors. Our initiatives extend beyond Nigeria, as we are actively broadening our impact across several West and Central African nations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Strategic Information Officer (SI Officer)

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Job type: Full-time
Project: ACTION to Sustain Precision and Integrated HIV Response towards Epidemic Control (ASPIRE)

Background

We implement transformation programs in Nigeria and are currently expanding our footprint to several West and Central African countries. We are building a competent world-class management team to enable us to sustainably achieve our strategic growth objectives.
Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR) will be implementing a project aimed at achieving epidemic control through the provision of quality HIV services to people living with HIV across FCT, Nasarawa and Rivers states.
The ASPIRE project involves technical assistance and mentorship to facilities staff providing HIV testing services, antiretroviral drugs as well as care and support services to people living with HIV.
Being a health implementation project, SCIDaR seeks to adequately support the facilities for better patients’ outcome thereby contributing to the overall epidemic control on a larger scale, while also interacting with other stakeholders in the state that have similar goals.
Description and Objectives

The Strategic Information Officer will execute the day-to-day implementation plans, provide technical assistance, mentor facility staff onsite and oversee Data assistants’ activities on ASPIRE project in the FCT.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Assistaence:

Support data assistants and surge monitors day-to-day activities on data management;
Train data assistants and surge monitors on program reporting; weekly, monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reports;
Oversee routine data collection, collation, and reporting on DHIS, NMRS, NDR and other program databases;
Review and analyze program data and share insights with team for informed decision (gap analysis);
Develop team workplan and share updates on team’s weekly activities;
Support onboarding of data assistants and surge monitors;
Conduct technical assistant visits to supported facilities to review data management processes, identify gap(s) and mentor data clerks, surge monitors, and facility focal persons on proper data management;
Conduct routine data quality assessment exercises across supported facilities, address data quality gap and share exercise report for proper intervention planning;
Review routine program reports, identify reporting gaps, mentor data assistants and surge monitors on efficient report;
Promptly report quality program data to funder and relevant stakeholders;
Coordinate data collection tools audit and provide relevant national HIV-related tools to supported facilities and mentor on appropriate use;
Conduct data analytics on the DHIS2 platform;
Coordinate and track performance on patient biometric capture on NMRS;
Review program key performance indicators, draw insights and disseminate to team for better implementation planning;
Conduct data quality assessments with strategic action plans and share findings for proper intervention planning;
Support data analysis of program work areas, inference deductions, and strategy development.
Team leadership:

Facilitate data clerk workplan development and track daily weekly output
Facilitate SI team check-in meeting
Facilitate SI team’s routine problem-solving sessions
Evaluate data assistants and surge monitors performance with constructive feedback on better performance and support plan on achieving agreed milestones
Stakeholders’ engagement/Meetings:

Support the development of discussion document for program review meetings and other stakeholders’ engagements;
Participate in program review meetings and related engagements.
Other responsibilities:

Participate in joint, cluster, and partner problem-solving and learning sessions to share knowledge, best practices, challenges and progress on program implementation.
Engage actively with relevant stakeholders to foster good relationships with the organization.
Support any other tasks as may be required by the Program Manager and Project Director.
Required competencies:
Core requirements:

Compelling evidence of interest in and commitment to the mission of SCIDaR;
Understanding of HIV and TB M&E mechanisms including the DHIS, NMRS, DATIM, and other online reporting innovations, PEPFAR MER and SIMS requirements;
Ability to quickly turn-around program reports while ensuring utmost reporting compliance for both routine and ad hoc reports;
Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
Knowledge of information management systems architecture;
Good written and oral communication skills.
Educational Qualification and Experience 

Academic training: Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Monitoring & Evaluation, Demography, Biostatistics, Statistics, Analytics, Science/Computer Science or a related field is required.
Experience: Experience in supporting M&E systems for public health projects.

Language:
English.


Note
Equal employment opportunity statement – SCIDaR is an equal employment employer. We do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, colour, religion, gender, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected under applicable laws.
Women are encouraged to apply

 



 

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