World Vision International NGO Management Information System Manager Jobs in Ethiopia
Job Description:
The post holder will lead and manage the full design, testing, implementation and roll out mobile data collection (MDC) using CommCare platform building on the current piloting processes which is just starting and is responsible for the automation of the SPIR II project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, tools and processes.
The post holder will lead a dedicated team working on mobile data collection (using CommCare Platform), and full automation of SPIR II M&E system (MIS) that supports data cleaning, aggregation and visualization at all levels on top of directly supervising MIS team that will work on end-to-end automation of SPIR II complex M&E systems, tools and processes.
S/he also plays strong leadership roles for MDC/MIS implementations by ensuring strong coordination, training, user management and support roles for field level mobile workers at woreda, zonal, IP and consortium levels team (who are at the hierarchy of data flow map) on top of coordinating and closely working with the WVE GTD team here and WVI D4D team based at South Africa.
Analysis and Design
Engage in analyzing the current functional systems/applications (in-house, outsourced and partnership/enterprise) for integration and conduct integration to enhance efficiency and accuracy
Facilitate business requirements analysis sessions by brainstorming and documenting with the business units/stakeholders,
Creates technical design specifications with respect to Application Architecture, Deployment Scenarios, Non-Functional Requirements, and Security Requirements
Prepare requirements and technical specifications that best fit for required business applications (SPIR II).
MDC and MIS Software development or customization and COMMCARE Customization
Lead the processes of full automation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) processes and functions especially on mobile data collection (MDC) using CommCare tools and innovative Management Information System (MIS) design, testing, implementations and roll out,
Lead the team being involved in CommCare design, application building and apply different features of CommCare following case management approach,
Apply different features of CommCare (especially for case management) and deeper understanding of the use cases and process flows of CommCare system are key requirements for this jobholder.
Customize and configure commCare platform to collect data digitally or implement electronic / mobile-based data collections system using a CommCare technology.
Establish mechanisms to ensure data quality (using CommCare/MDC platforms), putting validation rules, skip logic and constraints during data entry and submission of the data, further working with the SPIR team to update and ensure data reliability, completeness, consistency and validity,
Documentation
Develop and/or update existing business application(s) by ensuring appropriate documentation of business processes, functional/technical and user guides (includes the ability to present the information both visually, and through descriptive narratives.
Develop Test plans, Test scripts, Test cases, Security tests, UATs
Supervising and leading teams, coaching, communication and capacity building
Lead a dedicated team working on mobile data collection (using CommCare Platform), and full automation (MIS) of SPIR II M&E system (MIS) that supports data cleaning, aggregation and visualization at all levels
Provide capacity building/training to users (SPIR staff) on databases utilizations, creating dashboards, data visualizations and its tools (Power BI and other important data visualization tools).
Provide trainings and refreshers on MDC tools and platforms for smooth data collection and submissions and co-facilitate SPIR MIS training for relevant SPIR staff at all levels,
Evaluate trainings provided and document lessons learnt for improvement
Provide trainings and refreshers on MDC tools/platforms for smooth data collection and submissions and co-facilitate SPIR MIS training for relevant SPIR staff at all levels so that all IPs can manage and using their respective data effectively,
Knowledge/ Qualifications for the Role
Required Professional Experience
Experience:
Over 10 years of experience in software development specially on M&E software/digitalization of M&E systems including mobile data collection application design and implementation using advanced features of CommCare platforms, M&E automation (via database or MIS design), its testing, implementations, rolling out and management (of which five years are in the development of complicated software and database systems for M&E), documentation and coding.
S/he possess proven experience and expertise in CommCare application building, testing, rolling out (end to end implementation from simple to advanced and complex Commcare applications design, building, testing and rollout) on top of other MIS applications required for automating SPIR II Complex M&E systems, processes and tools.
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.
Education: master’s degree in software engineering primarily or Computer Science with additional qualification of software design/coding
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
Strong experience with a variety of development platforms (in both closed and open source development platforms) specially proven experience in MDC application building and implementing using CommCare platforms/technology and in designing and implementing comprehensive MIS for M&E or for tracking indicator performance of complex programs with diverse and integrated interventions.
Deeper understanding of CommCare application design and building, its testing and rolling out of the whole system or CommCare system and detailed CommCare tools and app (including advanced case management, data pipeline check-in, custom user fields, form display conditions, testing, rolling out, data exports, case structure, and relationships, advanced functions of repeat groups and save to case, Xpath and troubleshooting, visualizations, user management etc.,) on top of strong experience in the development and implementations of various MIS systems/applications for automations of a program M&E systems.
Hands-on experience with database design, standards and end user applications, and excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity and programming languages
Knowledge and experience on KoBo Tool, and other MDC platform (including different tools in its ecosystem) is an added value on top of rich experience on CommCare tools/technology and other MIS applications for M&E,
Ability to quickly identify user needs, design and test databases, ensure data security, and maintenance.
Sound experience in database systems (the physical and technical aspects of a database) and on the software that is designed for a specific database application or a set of applications,
Previous experience with SQL server Database Administration specifically in creating relational database, view table, in scripting (modifying, updating, validation, normalization, staging, cleaning of the data/data sets etc.,), and then link with third party tools,
Experience and ability to implement system integration using API and other features,
Expertise in Python/R programming in data science to clean, aggregate and analyze complex data
Strong ability in project management (by meeting deadlines) for successfully accomplishing technical development of a complicated database system and software through all of its phases: planning, design, development, testing, release, and ongoing support.
Play a lead role in the maintenance, and health check of CommCare platforms and SPIR II MIS in general with experience in trouble shooting, device management (specially tablets and in installing third party tools like CommCare, Kobo etc.,), and cleaning the device by ensuring the WV data security policy and its device management guidance
Experience in leading or managing team towards success with strong problem solving and communication skills (in writing and orally),
Statistical database management systems preferably Excel, SPSS, or STATA and others
Data analysis, reporting and visualization technologies preferably using Power BI and others data visualization tools,
Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation of performance indicators, tracking mechanisms, tools and business logic and structure
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