UN Children's Fund,Information Management Consultant (International)Jobs in Malawi

Closing date: 23 Nov 2016

In line with the
problem on the ground, UNICEF Malawi needs a consultant to enhance the current
M&E systems of the health programmes of the Ministry of Health.
Specifically the key tasks include:

·
Supporting
the Ministry of Health in the collection, analysis, reporting and presentation
of information for the improvement in decision making processes by program
managers and partners in the

country.

·
Supporting
the Nutrition and Heath sections in regard of spatial presentation of programme
data using GIS software. In order to better identify geographical accessibility
to services and clusters of deprivation the consultant will produce maps to
enable managers to take correct actions during planning and implementation
processes.

·
Supporting
District Health Teams to populate the Health Management Information System
(HMIS) and the District Health Performance Improvement (DHPI) dashboards with
quality data. This will ensure that the dashboards operate through the online
databank of the Ministry of Health including the District Health Information
System (DHIS).

·
Working
closely together with the HMIS officers of selected districts, She/He will
support the districts build capacity on data generation to enable programme
managers have robust evidence for District Implementation Planning (DIP) and
implementation on the areas of health and nutrition.

·
Supporting
the Health Section on managing the spatial databank for health facilities in
Malawi and ensure that all health facilities are visualized in the mapping tool
of the DHIS II. The databank needs to be updated and linked with other
datasets.

·
Supporting
the Nutrition section by producing maps of all Nutrition (CMAM) programmes in
Malawi. The consultant will produce facility level maps that indicate key data
for nutrition to include (a) health worker capacity for nutrition service
delivery (CMAM and IYCF); (b) availability of nutrition commodities and
equipment for implementation of the CMAM program; (C) performance of CMAM
program admissions by district and by health facility and (D) CMAM program
outcomes by district and by health facility. He or she shall visualize key
programmatic data using this map.

·
Provide
support that would contribute to the integration of a GIS tool (map) in the
Nutrition Management Information System.

·
Support
the District Health Teams in data collection, analysis and use of relevant
tools to ensure that data generated is being used for district level planning
and program prioritization and action. The following are the expected data to
be generated on a quarterly basis for the nutrition program:

·
CMAM
data –

1.
Maps
on OTP, NRU and SFP distribution based on districts

2.
Map
of the OTP, NRU and SFP sites in the country

3.
Maps
with number of children admitted in NRU/ OTP/ SFP with comparisons with
expected caseloads by facility and by district

4.
Maps
on health worker capacity for CMAM and IYCF service provision

5.
Maps
on availability of nutrition commodities and equipment

·
Mass
screening data

1.
Maps
on mass screening data achievements based on targets for all the districts

2.
Admissions
based on mass screening referrals

Additional data
needs to be identified and supported by the consultant as the districts
interact with the information systems.

Outline
the methodology and targeted results covering the health and nutrition
needs in the inception report. This report will be the start of the
consultancy and provide guidance for delivering agreed results.

How to apply:

Access the detailed
Terms of Reference and apply online using the link https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=501267