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    Humanitarian Advisor - Nairobi, Kenya - Save the Children

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    The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries

    Role Purpose:


    The Humanitarian Advisor - Health Informatics is a key member of Save the Children's Humanitarian Public Health team (HPHT) and is responsible for leading on the technical and operational needs of health informatics priorities and platforms to ensure that Save the Children's health information system, IMPACT (DHIS2), and other systems and processes are well-functioning.

    The role will provide timely guidance and technical support to IMPACT users and technical teams in relation to their heath informatics needs and use of existing data to support decision-making across the movement


    This position reports to the Senior M&E Advisor, Humanitarian Public Health and will serve as a member of the HPHT, the Humanitarian Health sub-team and as a member of Save the Children's broader One Humanitarian Team and will work closely with Global Humanitarian Technical Advisors, the Global Monitoring, Evidence and Learning team, Digital Analytics teams and Country Office Technical Advisors to ensure timely support and guidance.


    EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
    Essential

    Minimum of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
    Qualification or equivalent experience in public health or health information systems
    Proficiency in use and maintenance of DHIS2
    Excellent computer literacy, including advanced Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills

    Experience developing and conducting training programs for field staff including curriculum design, presentation and teaching skills, and training-of-trainers methods.

    Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpreting results, and experience using statistical software.

    Ability to work under tight deadlines, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and work effectively both independently and as part of multicultural teams.

    Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
    Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
    Excellent computer literacy, including advanced Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills
    Ability to solve problems, work under own initiative and see tasks through to completion
    Proven organisational and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
    Experience organising and delivering training to colleagues in person and remotely
    Fluency in written and spoken English
    Understanding of and commitment to humanitarian work
    Ability to travel up to 30%, including to ongoing humanitarian settings


    Desirable:
    Formal qualification in DHIS2
    Formal training in or experience of data protection regulations (including GDPR) and their application to digital information systems
    Experience working in or supporting humanitarian health crisis
    Experience using web content management systems and or with HTML5
    Fluency in written and spoken French, Arabic or Spanish


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