PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. With expertise in science, health, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and innovative approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide.

PATH is leader in the use of new communication technologies and as such generates a significant amount of data which needs to be analyzed in real time. We are recruiting a digital health Associate.

Responsibilities include:

     1. GENERAL 

• Participate in the program coordination with all activities related to DHIS2
• Engage with DHIS2 Community (through Discourse)
• Support the implementation of DHIS2 in laboratory activities: Lab data, mapping and AMR
• Manage equipment and materials to ensure transfer of data
• provide technical support during biologists training in areas related to data collect, analysis, data processing
• Supervision on the field
• Participate in the conduct of training sessions for laboratories
• Assist the Local Technical Officer in the implementation of activities related to the Information System
• Support periodic supervision in the field to ensure completeness and quality of surveillance data
• Support PATH Senegal business development opportunities including contributing technical content to proposals and concept notes.

  _   2. DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTING_

• Work closely with our partners as relevant to develop training materials, SOPs and modules for DHIS2 related activities.
• Document user needs to inform global guidelines for using digital solutions for surveillance.
• Involve in the preparation of GHSA related activities for monthly, quarterly and annual project reports.

    3. REPRESENTATION

• As requested, attend all required meetings, workshops for the GHSA project or other PATH programs.
• Other activities as assigned by the Performance Leader.

Required Skills Required Experience

• An advanced degree in IT, software development or related field.
• Previous experience in working with open-source solutions
• Previous experience working in an NGO context preferred
• Previous experience working with open source software (DHIS2, ODK)
• Strong team player
• Ability to work autonomously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills both in French and English
• Ability to administer a Linux server