Location: Nigeria
Job Code: 657
# of Openings: 1
Company Profile
Futures Group, the global consulting firm, helps to protect
and promote people’s well-being around the world. For 40 years, Futures Group
has created lasting solutions to some of the most pressing public health
challenges facing nations. We predict future health and development trends,
uncover barriers to well-being, and forge on-the-ground partnerships to ensure lasting
change.
Position Summary
The Data Repository Senior Technical Manager will advise and
provide technical expertise to the Chief of Party, and broader project team.
This individual will lead the project’s strategy for and
implementation of the data warehouse, define the business and information
requirements, resolve high-level business and information issues, coach
the team in the development of the data warehousing solution, provide
continuity in all major data warehousing solution decisions, and determine how
technology can be applied to meet the client’s needs. The work
requires innovation, often with very little guidance. There is an
organizational reliance on the knowledge, initiative and experience of the Data
Repository Senior Technical Manager. Work is very technical in nature and
knowledge is specialized.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide
essential skills in Health Integrated Enterprise (HIE) to foster EMR
coding of information for interoperability with the data repository
- Define
the hardware and infrastructure setup both at the data repository level
and at client node level for effective data access
- Determine/
propose the protocol to be used to ‘anonymize’ on upload and
‘de-anonymize’ on download of patient level data, and be able to lead
consensus building sessions for the same
- Lead
in development of data repository standards and SOPs on uploading, storage
and extraction of data
- Design,
develop, test, deploy, maintain, large, robust data repository for
HIV/AIDS care and treatment at MOH
- Lead
technical responsibility for development of national HIV/AIDS data
repository
- Lead
in design, modeling, and architecture of robust data repository platform
- Lead
technical responsibility to integrate data from different data sources
into data repository solution
- Lead
the information gathering and documentation process in consultation with
the Ministries of Health
- Resolve
performance, database issues associated with maintaining and enhancing
large data repository
- Come
up with strategies to popularize the use and utility of the data
repository
- Supervise
developers and provide performance feedback and reviews
- Other
responsibilities as assigned
Qualifications
- Degree
in Computer Science, IT, Computer Engineering or related field.
- 8
years of experience applying data warehousing tools
- Demonstrated
experience with requirements gathering, documentation, and
conceptualization of solutions.
- Demonstrated
experience developing implementation framework for data warehouse
- Expert
knowledge in IT domains and ability to design and conduct trainings on
related topics
- Knowledge
of various EMRs in Nigeria is an added advantage
- Experience
working in all stages of the development life cycle of data warehouse
- Demonstrate
knowledge of Project management principles.
- Experience
with SQL Server or other relational databases; experience with Tableau or
other business intelligence tools
- A
broad and extensive knowledge of IT principles, methods and techniques;
analytical skills and superior knowledge of project management principles
to manage projects and work with multi-disciplinary teams
- Verbal
skills are required to communicate technical information to audiences with
varying levels of technical expertise as referenced above
- Good
writing skills are required to develop and articulate data warehouse
strategy and implementation plan and present ideas to various audiences.
- Strong
understanding of public health and EMR systems in Nigeria.
- Understanding
of emerging / new technologies and potential application.
- Proven
experience facilitating training events.
- Ability
to synthesize information and utilize communication approaches to
disseminate that information.
- Analytical
skills are required to conceptualize the development of IT architectures
and frameworks
Application Details
Please submit the following information to rpmareno@futuresgroup.com before October
20, 2013.
- An
updated CV
- A
completed application through our website: www.futuresgroup.com
Please state “Data Repository Senior Technical Manager -
Nigeria” in the subject line of the email and indicate where you first saw this
advertisement. Futures Group provides equal employment to all
participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender,
age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
