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mothers2mothers (m2m) is an African Primary Health Care organisation that employs women living with HIV as community health workers across 10 African nations. These “Mentor Mothers” deliver integrated health services at clinics and in communities to ensure everyone, everywhere, has access to the services they need to be healthy and stay in care. Over the next five years, this proven, peer-led model is being scaled up to double down on ending HIV, as well as to tackle new health challenges and reach more people - all with the aim of building a fairer, healthier future.
Since its creation in 2001, m2m has created jobs for nearly 12,000 women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and, together, they have reached over 15M people with critical health services and education. In 2021, m2m reached over 1.6M people across 10 African nations, including 402,616 adolescents (ages 10-19) - 51% more than the year before. m2m also advanced the Global Goals of ending HIV/AIDS by 2030 - by achieving virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among its enrolled clients for the eighth consecutive year, and meeting all of the ambitious UNAIDS Fast-Track Targets among its clients four years ahead of the 2026 target date.
Job Title: DHIS2 Specialist
Location: Cape Town - , 8000 ZA (Primary)
Type of position: Consultant
Closing Date: 29/11/2024
Objective:
The DHIS2 consultant is to ensure a stable, upgraded, and optimized DHIS2 system that supports testing, data quality improvement, and efficient metadata and user management. The consultant will address system architecture improvements, set up a development environment, upgrade the DHIS2 version to the latest stable version, and implement effective data cleansing mechanisms.
Background:
DHIS2 is integral to m2m's data management and reporting framework, supporting health programs with reliable, standardized information essential for tracking impact and guiding interventions. With increasing demands on data accuracy and timeliness, the DHIS2 system—currently operating on version 2.37—requires targeted upgrades and optimization to meet m2m's evolving needs.
Description of task to be performed:
The consultant will lead a comprehensive upgrade and optimization process to ensure a stable, secure, efficient, and user-friendly DHIS2 environment. Key activities include setting up a separate development instance for internal testing and development work, upgrading the DHIS2 version from 2.37 to 2.40.1, and implementing a robust backup and restoration strategy. A thorough review and cleanup of metadata will be conducted, focusing on mapping and standardizing data elements, datasets, and indicators to align with organizational reporting needs. SQL views will be configured for ongoing metadata monitoring, and structured user roles and access policies will be established to enhance data governance.
mothers2mothers is an equal opportunity employer. We particularly encourage applications from people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people. Competitive salary packages will be negotiable in accordance with m2m’s remuneration policies.
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