Data Supervisor at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)Yobe, Nigeria Data and Artificial Intelligence

Full Time

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an international medical organization, founded in 2009. ALIMA’s aim is to provide a high standard of healthcare in situations of emergency or medical disaster and to improve the practice of humanitarian medicine by developing innovative projects associated with medical research. The specific feature of the association is to base its operating methods mainly on partnership with national medical players. By pooling and capitalizing on their skills, ALIMA and its partners give as many people as possible access to a high standard of treatment. Since its creation, the association and its partners have successfully developed in line with the increase in humanitarian medical needs, especially in Western and Central Africa: 580,000 patients treated in 2014 including over 25,000 hospitalizations, new governance between the partners of the medical NGO platform in the Sahel, new innovative approaches and operational research projects. ALIMA also responded to the Ebola emergency by opening a 40-bed Ebola treatment centre in Guinea. With operations in eight countries, 15 projects, over 1,200 employees and a budget of â‚¬19.5 million, ALIMA is a dynamic NGO, effectively deploying medical aid for the most vulnerable.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Collect the medical data of the project Intervention sites (epidemiological data, statistics, project data), and elaborate regular reporting weekly and monthly reports with the medical team
Inform MedRef and other staff involved in data collection on how the data tools work.
Inform the MedRefs and Site visits to verify data in order to have updated and reliable information
Assign duties and coordinate data collection and entry service.
Updates monthly BDD at least 10 days before the end of the month.
Managing patient trends and projecting future and keep the team’s current of changes
Set up various databases for all project intervention sites and emergency interventions; Update databases used in the mission as required.
Work with Data collectors/Encoders in all projects to ensure patient files are properly stored in an accessible manner.
Monitor the quality of data collection: ensure the data collectors have the right source of documents within the projects; ensure the quality of the data contained in the compilation tools and ensure respect for the principles of confidentiality of patient data.
Supervise and train data collectors in the projects: Supervise the project data entry operators and identify the difficulties they face in terms of the use of tools and send them or notify them to the project activities manager and the Meal manager; Provide support and on the job-training to data collectors; Organize training for data operators on identified needs.
Train new staff e.g. MedCo of communicable diseases with epidemic potential: Hold a database or a history of alerts and emergencies according to the scenarios (Measles, Cholera, and Meningitis) and other situations (population movement or IDP, inflow of wounds). Also, in case of emergency intervention ensure that projects or databases / line list updated if necessary and uses it. Monitor, compile and analyse the database on a weekly basis;
Data analysis: Conduct analysis on databases collected with MedRefs and the Medical coordinator of the mission and give a short weekly/ monthly summary: and advise the projects and medical coordination on the situation in terms of the achievement of indicators, targets, alert situation for epidemiological diseases and errors identified in the projects databases in terms of collection or encoding.
Carry out data analysis of various orders according to the request by informing the Medco of the needs expressed in advance.
Reports: Compile monthly data from project locations into a monthly data report and maintain a reporting system for weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for all medical activities for the projects, internal and external partners such as different donors, nutritional sector, health sector, SGBV sector, UNICEF and WHO, etc. While ensuring that the requests are in agreement with the organization and donor targets.
Participate in cluster and HIS meetings organized by the MoH of the Yobe region.
Troubleshoot problems that may arise with the databases.
Liaise with the IT staff in Dakar regarding DHSI2;
In the event of assessment, research, surveys he/she will have to contribute to the preparation of the plan and analysis of the data (recommendation of the software best adapted for high quality analysis).
Perform all other tasks as requested by the mission

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION

Degree in Statistics or computer science degree or Health Science. A master in Epidemiology or Public Health with strong knowledge in epidemiology and statistics is an added advantage.

EXPERIENCE

2-year experience in data analysis & management

REQUIRED Skills

Excellent command of verbal and written English is essential.
Hausa is a plus
Computer skills (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Perfect mastery of data processing and analysis software (DHSI2 / National Data Collection System, STATA, Epi Info, Epi Data, others)
Ability to cope with transfers of data and complicated epidemiological reporting.
Experience in designing and developing databases for collection of medical data.
Strong ability to coordinate, priorities and organize workload, work under pressure with minimal supervision.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, good judgment and a high level of respect for confidentiality.
Highly effective organizational and multitasking skills.
Team management and good mastery of teamwork
Adherence to the ALIMA Principles and Charter
Flexibility
Flawless motivation and result oriented
Creativity
Can work under stress & available on request.
Autonomous