Position Title: Data Analyst

Reports to: Senior SI Advisor

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Location: Dar es Salaam

Travel: Up to 40% in intervention districts outside of job location

Overall Job Function:

The Data Analyst is responsible for conducting programmatic data analysis on a routine basis to identify gaps, strengths, and trends from the implementation of HIV prevention, testing, care, and treatment services. S/he provides technical assistance to ICAP staff, R/CHMTs, and healthcare workers (HCWs) to analyze program data and use data for real-time decision-making. Under the supervision of the Senior SI Advisor, the Data Analyst develops visual tools, reports, and graphics to summarize analyses into a format that is easily understandable to the program team and other stakeholders. 

Specific Responsibilities and Duties:

• Conduct regular analysis of facility- and community-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment initiatives and ensure the integrity of program monitoring and evaluation, surveillance, and health information systems.
• Under supervision of the Senior SI Advisor, prepare routine and ad hoc reports on data quality activities and outcomes to meet reporting requirements and requests for donors and stakeholders.
• Prepare reports and presentations for regular data review with local, regional, national, and global partners.
• Conduct internal data monitoring and analysis, including development of dashboards and slides to track progress over time with appropriate disaggregation.
• Monitor the implementation of corrective and preventive action plans to address identified data quality issues where necessary, implement course corrections or redesign strategies and interventions to ensure consistently high-quality data related to all community- and facility-based services.
• Support the implementation of data quality improvement plans based on data collected and where necessary, implement course corrections or redesign strategies and interventions.
• Participate in monthly and quarterly project planning and evaluation meetings with corresponding CDC staff and local partners, as needed.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:

• Required Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in data management, monitoring & evaluation, statistics, health informatics or related field; preference given to those who have experience with large-scale health projects with the community and facility level
• Preferred: Master’s level degree or higher
• Required Technical Experience: Minimum 3 years’ work experience in monitoring and evaluation of large-scale health or development projects, including:
• Experience with community-based health services and integration of data from diverse sources preferred.

• Excellent computer skills, at minimum skills in Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint. Additional skills in statistical packages preferred and must have demonstrated analytical skills with large datasets.
• Demonstrated competence in frameworks and elements of data management.
• Familiarity with PEPFAR-funded projects and related monitoring and evaluation components such as MER indicators and DATIM. Experience with CDC-funded projects preferred. o Familiarity with the monitoring and evaluation tools and health information systems used in the Tanzania health system

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and strong problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility to work after normal working hours and on weekends with significant travel outside of duty station.
• Familiarity with Tanzanian context; fluency in English and Kiswahili required.