Re-advertised "Information Management Officer"

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Technical Support

• Manage data collected by Medair or by health center staff which includes processing, verification, validation, analysis and maintaining the databases,
• Participate in the development, implementation and review of information management needs and solutions.
• Create, update, and maintain Dashboards using qliksence
• Create and maintain surveys using ODK/Survey123
• Input into data collection plan with Health team and health center staff
• Identify gaps and technical needs and come up with solutions for these challenges
• Creation and support of IM tools
• Take part as a member of the IM Task Force at Medair with the responsibilities that it entitles
• Support in training for Medair teams, partners or different NGOs as needed.
• Preparation of training manuals for users, guidelines, and corresponding sops
• Gather and document requirements, plan, develop, deploy, and test any needed information system
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code, including writing tests and test cases.
• Develop training materials and train users on system modules and functionalities developed, in addition to conducting pre and post training assessments to gauge the effectiveness of the trainings.
• Work with existing team members in other software development projects as required in determining the appropriate frameworks, tools and technologies to be used for implementing any database or information system, taking context, existing capacity and other guiding principles (e.g. open source, already in use in the health sector) into account.
• Any other duties assigned related to this job description

Development

• Support the work of the Senior IM/ITS Officer in the onwards development of Information Management Systems
• Build new applications in XLS Format for usage on ODK
• Automate reporting by creating innovative tools and procedures
• Identify gaps and technical needs and come up with solutions
• Developing, updating and maintaining applications as requested
• Provide technical support and specified training to Team Leaders in technical usage of Medair Information Management systems in the field and office as necessary.

Communication

• Work closely with Senior IM/ITS Officer on planning future work and data requirements
• Communicate with the Senior IM/ITS Officer any problems or technical software updates during project implementation or with information management.
• Communicate with sector teams to ensure that IM requirements meet the required purpose, are timely, and are adapted as appropriate.

Reporting

• Assist in the generation of the final and interim reporting of the different projects.
• Support in analysis of collected data using DHIS2, LMMS, ODK and other software.
• Create and share monthly data exports and provide additional exports based on requests
• Report projects data generated during implementation internally and externally to Medair as required.

Teamwork

• Foster good working relationships within the IM/IT team and with other Medair teams and external stakeholders
• Work where required to help the various activities carried out by Medair Lebanon

General

• Be flexible, willing to assist in other areas of work as relevant and needed
• Maintain a transparent, honest, and supportive communication structure with the Medair team, with communities, beneficiaries, and donors.