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Program Overview
The Government of Rwanda (GoR) strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by enabling equitable access to quality health services for the population as outlined in the Fourth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP IV). This commitment has been made against a backdrop of rising health care costs and changing funding landscape and calls for improved health sector sustainability. Acknowledging this, the Government aims to employ effective, equitable, efficient, and sustainable health care financing and systems strengthening, putting an emphasis on primary health care as the cornerstone of a strong and sustainable health system.
CHAI Rwanda’s Health System Strengthening (HSS) programs work on a day-to-day basis with Government leadership in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB). The goal of those programs is to support the Government to accelerate progress towards UHC by ensuring the sustainable delivery of quality, essential health services. This includes work to design and implement national Primary Health Care (PHC) reforms from health center level down to community health, to increase health workforce availability, to prioritize and sustainably finance essential services, and to support improved management, financing, and delivery of quality primary health care.
Position overview
CHAI currently seeks a Technical Advisor, Data Scientist to work with the Ministry of Health (MOH) , seconded to the head of the planning, health financing and strategic information department, MOH to help improve the quality, governance, and use of evidence on for policy decision making. S/He also reports in parallel to CHAI, Health Systems Strengthening program manager for specific CHAI supported initiatives.
The Technical Advisor, Data Scientist will provide need-based technical assistance during the review and implementation of a new data analytics framework at the MOH. This effort is a cornerstone to MOH’s goal to disrupt how data is managed and used, including big data, to inform important policy and operational decisions at all levels of implementation. Greater availability and use of data will be critical to improving the health of Rwandans, as it will help government leaders make more informed decisions on the quality and coverage of priority health interventions.
The Technical Advisor, Data Scientist will help design and implement the framework for improved data analytics, and governance and build capacity within the MOH including demand-driven support to the set-up of a policy hub, Health Intelligence Center (HIC). In addition, the incumbent will work closely with the digital team at MOH to support the implementation of the HIC for MoH, and incorporate and translate data needs into system requirements.
Job Description:
The key functions and deliverables of this role will include, to:
Analyze Health Data – Develop and implement an analytics Framework for in-depth analysis of health data from various sources to improve health outcomes through disease surveillance and efficiently managing health resources and managing outbreaks.
Communication and Capacity Building
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