eHealth Coordinator Job Vacancy at Clinton Health Access Initiative

Job Title:        eHealth Coordinator
Job Location:   Kampala, Uganda
Employer:    Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

About Us
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems in the developing world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to life-saving technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs.

Since its establishment in 2002 by President William J. Clinton, CHAI has worked on the demand and supply sides of the market to help more than 2 million HIV+ people access the medicines needed for treatment—representing nearly half of all people and 2 out of 3 children on HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries. Building on this model, CHAI has expanded its scope to include efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery systems and to combat malaria and childhood illnesses

Since 2008 CHAI has become increasingly involved in building and maintaining e-Health Systems for Ministry of Health most notably including; a Lab Management System for the Central Public Health Laboratory which has expanded to include a network of GSM printers across the country for real-time communication. More recently CHAI is engaging the National Medical Stores (NMS) in providing actionable information basing on health facility planning, ordering and deliveries

With CHAI’s growing involvement in Uganda’s e-Health space, we are looking for a Software developer to add to the existing capacity in achieving their goals and targets.

Job Overview:
The eHealth Coordinator shall be responsible for translating user requirements into high quality software. They shall be involved in the code review process, software testing, and user-training and client interactions as required. The position will require a minimum of 40 hours a week, but additional flexibility may be required of them in order to meet targets.

Job Requirements:

•     A Bachelor degree, preferrably with an IT focus
•     At least three years of work experience building high quality custom software systems
•     A strong understanding of software development methodologies and their trade-offs
•     Development and delivery experience with C#, Java, Python, Ruby on Rails or PHP with an emphasis on web based systems
•     Hands-on experience in analysis, design, coding and implementation of complex, custom-built applications
•     Strong OO skills, including strong design patterns knowledge
•     Knowledge of data structures and algorithms, including performance considerations in software development
•     Experience working with, or an interest in Agile Methodologies, such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum
•     Desire to strengthen teams and contribute to wider technical community through collaboration, coaching and mentoring of other technologists
•     Ability to work in a variety of client settings and in a multi-cultural, team-oriented, collaborative environment
•     Knowledge of software best practices, like test-driven development (TDD) and continuous integration (CI)
•     Ability to manage multiple tasks for various stakeholders, whilst delivering high quality solutions
•     Ability to understand the ‘user’s’ requirements and propose end to end strategic solutions
•     Detail orientated team player who is able to provide realistic and accurate work plans to meet deadlines and client expectations

  Advantages:

•     Experience building Health Information Systems targeting public health in particularly
•     Working knowledge of at least one functional programming language e.g. Clojure, Scala, Haskell

Job Duties:   

•     Proposing novel technology solutions to address key challenges in Uganda’s Health sector
•     Creating complex, high-quality software tools based on demanding user-requirements
•     Using the latest tools and techniques including agile development and pair programming
•     Generating quality technical documentation and user training on software tools developed

Deadline Date: 20/05/2014

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