POSITION: CHW Information Systems Consultant
Background and Justification
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) is a public health management consulting and research organization dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world over the last forty years. The Country Health Information Systems and Data Use program (CHISU) is a five-year USAID funded cooperative agreement (2020-2025) led by JSI and focused on strengthening health information systems (HIS), enabling sharing of data between systems and its use, and supporting countries' self-reliance by enhancing capacity for local leadership and engagement in every aspect of health data.
CHISU Indonesia will support the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Indonesia, in their efforts to realize the digital health transformation strategy through strengthening governance, systems and interoperability, and data analysis and use to improve MNH, TB, Health Financing outcomes in Indonesia. Furthermore, CHISU in 2024 began to expand its technical assistance to the Community Health Worker (CHW) registry as part of support to Integrated Primary Health Care that is currently being implemented by MOH. In regard to the current digital health transformation by the implementation of SATUSEHAT, a national data exchange platform, it is important to ensure that all information systems within the MOH are aligned with each other.
CHISU seeks a CHW Information Systems Consultant to support the architecture design and systems development of CHW registry. The CHW Information Systems Consultant will be responsible for supporting system users in the design, development, and implementation of the CHW registry and its alignment and/or interoperability with the current systems utilized for the community health workforce. The CHW Information Systems Consultant will also be responsible for the development of the functional requirements for those systems. The CHW Information Systems Consultant will work closely with the CHISU technical team and other consultants. The CHW Information Systems Consultant will liaise with the Center of Data and Information Technology (Pusdatin) and Health Promotion Directorate (Promkes) of the MOH.
Finally, The CHW Information Systems Consultant will develop key technical guidance and user training materials, contributing to the long-term sustainability of digitalization of the CHW registry in supporting Integrated Primary Health Care. The CHW Information Systems Consultant will report to the CHISU Indonesia Senior Interoperability Specialist; day to day coordination with Senior ICT Specialist and work closely with the ICT Officer, Interoperability Officer, and liaising regularly with the MOH technical team.
Place of Performance: Jakarta, Indonesia.
Period of Performance: 6 months (26 February 2024 - 25 Agustus 2024)
Estimated Level of Effort (to be finalized prior to signing of consulting agreement): 120 days.
Activity Manager and Reporting Structure: The CHW Information Systems Consultant reports to the Senior Interoperability Specialist for CHISU Indonesia.
Purpose and objectives of the consultancy:
● Gather and document requirements and specifications for an interoperable Community Health Worker Registry based on user needs and existing Community Health Worker data.
● Facilitate engagement with relevant stakeholders to gather input, ensure buy-in, and foster collaboration throughout the development and implementation phases.
● Consolidate the management and hosting of the existing CHW Database as a preliminary step to the development of the CHW Registry
● Working together with Pusdatin and Health Promotion Directorate of the MOH technical team to define the architecture of the Community Health Worker registry system.
● Support design and develop CHW registry to manage CHW information, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
● Support the process to enable interoperability of CHW registry to other related systems.
● Support to establish standardized data entry protocols to ensure consistency and accuracy in the information collected.
● Explore the effort for integrating the CHW registry with existing or other healthcare information systems.
● Collaborate to provide training and materials to users responsible for data entry, management, and retrieval. Establish a support system for ongoing assistance.
● Implement robust security measures to safeguard sensitive CHW data and ensure compliance with privacy regulations.
| Timeline | Deliverable |
| 29 February 2024 | ● Brief document of the CHW registry development action plan. |
| 31 March 2024 | ● Architecture design of community health worker registry. ● Timeline for the development of community health worker registry. ● Monthly report. |
| 30 April 2024 | ● Systems requirements and specifications of community health worker registry. ● Monthly report. |
| 31 May 2024 | ● Design improvement of the front-end of the community health worker registry. ● Monthly report. |
| 30 June 2024 | ● Community health worker registry. ● Result of unit, functional, systems, and integration testing of community health worker registry. ● Monthly report. |
| 31 July 2024 | ● User guide and materials of the community health worker registry systems. ● Monthly report. |
| 25 August 2024 | ● Training report of the community health worker registry systems. ● Monthly report. |
Qualifications:
● Bachelor's degree or higher in one of the following disciplines: computer science, information technology, or a related technical discipline or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, and/or work experience is required.
● 3 years of relevant experience with systems development and implementation.
● Experience with implementation of HIS at national and subnational level.
● Strong understanding of health information systems, platforms and applications in Indonesia.
● Native/Fluent Bahasa and practical knowledge of English required.
Required Skills/Experience:
● Experience with the development of ICT, health information systems and systems implementation are required.
● Expertise in microservice paradigm in developing information systems.
● Strong knowledge of scalable infrastructure platform development using Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Azure.
● Working knowledge and experience with agile software development is required.
● Proficient with Online Tools such as Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Drive), Slack, and Microsoft Office.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
● Ability to communicate complex technical ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
● Previous work with the Indonesia Ministry of Health and relevant directorates at national, provincial and district levels would be a distinct advantage.
● Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work closely and in an integrated manner with a multidisciplinary team are required.
Application Deadline: February 6, 2024
Potential Start Date: February 26, 2024
How to apply
Interested candidates who meet the qualifications should submit an application to chisu-indonesia@id.jsi.com and reference the job title: CHW Information Systems Consultant. Due to the anticipated volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We appreciate your understanding and the time taken to apply.
Salary commensurate with experience.
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