About the project
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is implementing Health Management Information System (HMIS) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Scale-up Project in Ethiopia. The HMIS and M&E Scale-up Project is funded by USAID and was established with the purpose of assisting the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) in general and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's & Oromia Regional health bureaus in particular to efficiently scale-up the reformed HMIS and efficiently use health information for evidence based decision-making.
In addition, the project provides technical and financial support to Federal HAPCO especially in the implementation of Multi-Sectoral Response Information System (MRIS) in SNNP and Oromia regions.
Summary of Responsibilities
The Developer provides technical support to the overall functioning of the Web-based and Mobile software developed by JSI HMIS Scale-up Project. The Programmer works in close collaboration with other software development team members.
Duty Station & LOE
This is a three month consultancy position based at the Project central office in Addis Ababa and reports to the Information Technology Coordinator or his delegate.
Specific Responsibilities include the following
· Be a primary responsible person in the IT Team for mobile application development tasks.
· Work with the Project IT staff to plan and program code refactoring (enhancements) and changes
· Develop new software components in a team and/or independently with high requirement of stability and efficiency, in a limited amount of time
· Maintain, enhance and optimize existing software components
· Provide assistance in testing and solving programming bugs and other issues
· Develop a range of system documentation materials such as technical documents, user manuals, standard operating procures (SOPs) as well as end user tip sheet and guides
· Actively participate in providing training as well as organize software demonstrations for various FMoH, Regional and Partner groups in a well organized and professional manner
Essential Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or software engineering and knowledge of the major programming languages.
Experience: A minimum of 5 years of development experience.
Language Proficiency: Excellent knowledge (spoken and written) of the English Language
Other: Ability to work independently in the context of a team with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills essential. Expected to exercise considerable autonomy in decision-making.
Number of positions: 1
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