Health Information, Epidemiology, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Expert - South Africa

Company Profile

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

Palladium develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Since 1971, we have assisted governmental and non-governmental agencies, foundations, and the private sector by designing, implementing, and evaluating programs in HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, population and family planning, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and gender. Palladium has deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information, health markets and private sector engagement, modeling and economic analysis, patient monitoring and management/HMIS, strategic consulting, and program management.

Background

Palladium is implementing the USAID-funded Translating Data for Implementation (Data.FI) award. Data.FI is a $180 million, 5-year project which serves as USAID’s primary mechanism for data, technology, and health information systems to support HIV activities across strategic PEPFAR countries. The overall goal of the Data.FI project is to improve global, regional, and national in-depth analyses of HIV epidemiologic and program data that can be directly applied to expedite the achievement of PEPFAR targets to attain and sustain control of the HIV epidemic.

Position Summary

Palladium, through Data.FI, is currently seeking a skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Secondee: Health Information, Epidemiology, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (HIERME) Technical Expert to support the implementation of the Data.FI award in South Africa (SA). Data.FI South Africa supports the National Department of Health (NDOH) HIERME cluster in its role of providing strategic leadership for the building of coherent systems to generate evidence for the use in planning, service delivery and performance management of the health sector.

In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of providing high-level technical expertise to the HIERME Chief Directorate in coordinating strategic work of the NDOH, responding to urgent and special assignments as requested by the executive, and providing ongoing support and debriefing to the NDOH executive through quarterly reports which are presented to Parliament and Cabinet.

This position requires technical expertise in strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and reporting. You will be expected to use your experience of health information systems in South Africa to support the development and analysis of data-focused services that will contribute to building the overall capacity of the NDOH.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning technical assistance
- Provide technical assistance in strengthening Strategic Planning at NDOH
- Provide technical expertise in facilitating alignment of the Departmental Strategic Plan in line with other relevant government frameworks, including the National Development Plan
- Review, support and guide provinces on Annual Performance Plan and 5-year strategic plans
- Support capacity building efforts for district health planning
M&E technical assistance
- Review and strengthen the NDOH M&E Framework, focusing on health systems strengthening, communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Assist in developing the departmental results framework for the next 5 years
- Provide technical assistance to the roll-out of National Indicator Data Sets in the provinces
- Utilise technical expertise in M&E and health information systems to advise new programmes in setting up tools and systems for the systematic collection, analysis and reporting of data
- Extract and analyse data in various information systems and conduct analysis for reporting
NDOH reporting at national and global levels
- Provide technical support in reviewing and reporting on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Draft high-level reports for NDOH executive branch and for statutory requirements
Results framework development and information analysis
- Assist in the analysis and consolidation of relevant information to inform NDOH short, medium and long-term plans and performance improvement.

Qualifications

An Advanced Diploma/Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) is required.
A post graduate (NQF 8) qualification in Public Health/ Population/ Demography/ Development Studies and/or other relevant Social Science disciplines is an advantage.
At least five (5) years’ working experience with the public health sector at a middle/senior management level is necessary.
Experience working with large and varied health information systems and analytics is essential.
Understanding of the health information, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation landscape in South Africa is highly advantageous.
Demonstrated experience and knowledge of WebDHIS is highly advantageous.
Proven knowledge of health-focused software development and deployment in the South African context is also an advantage.
A proven track record in establishing Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks and systems is required.
Proven expertise in developing and evaluating strategic plans, particularly those related to the public sector is also required.
Excellent data analytics and report writing skills are necessary, including the ability to navigate, extract and synthesize data from various information systems and sources for high level reports.
Good communication (written and verbal) skills are required, along with good facilitation and negotiation skills.
Knowledge and understanding of Results Based Management techniques is an advantage.
Experience with project management and stakeholder expectation management is highly advantageous.
A driver’s license is required.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice.

Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.

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Health Information, Epidemiology, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Expert-South Africa