Strategic Information Advisor - Cross River

Strategic Information Advisor - Cross River

Basic Function

• The Strategic Information Advisor provides technical leadership and assistance to the prime partner, government stakeholders, health facilities, and community implementing structures to strengthen integrated health information systems, monitoring, evaluation and learning, data quality, performance management, and evidence-based decision-making.
• S/he supports the collection, management, analysis, visualization, reporting, and use of quality data for HIV, TB, malaria, maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), laboratory services, and outbreak preparedness interventions.
• The Advisor also supports the interoperability of digital health platforms and institutionalization of data-use practices within government and partner systems. Ensure milestones achievement as per contract.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to ECEWS, government stakeholders, health facilities, and community implementing structures to strengthen integrated health information systems for HIV, TB, malaria, MNCH, laboratory services, and outbreak preparedness.
• Support the development and implementation of integrated monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks, strategic information strengthening plans, and performance-monitoring systems across supported locations.
• Strengthen the integration of facility, community, laboratory, surveillance, and supply chain data across platforms such as LAMISPlus, DHIS2, NDR, RADET, NHMIS, NDARS, and other relevant information systems.
• Promote interoperability, standardization, and harmonization of integrated data collection, reporting, and information systems across disease areas and levels of the health system.
• Support the development and implementation of standardized indicator definitions, data-flow structures, reporting architecture, data management procedures, and information system assessment tools.
• Support and track SI milestones weekly and monthly to ensure achievement
• Provide technical assistance for the planning and implementation of integrated Data Quality Assurance exercises, including routine data verification, validation, triangulation, quality reviews, and performance assessments.
• Develop and monitor data quality improvement plans, corrective action plans, and other mechanisms for addressing identified data and reporting gaps.
• Support the institutionalization of continuous Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement processes within government, partner, facility, and community systems.
• Support the operationalization of TQLA-driven Situation Rooms, Response Coordination Rooms, and other performance-management platforms at national and subnational levels.
• Facilitate routine performance review and action-tracking meetings to identify performance gaps, conduct root-cause analyses, assign corrective actions, and monitor their implementation.
• Develop and maintain integrated disease dashboards, scorecards, data visualization products, and Situation Room intelligence packages using Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and other relevant analytical applications.
• Conduct routine analyses and triangulation of program data across HIV, TB, malaria, MNCH, laboratory, surveillance, and supply chain systems to identify trends, service gaps, and priority actions.
• Translate complex datasets into actionable findings and recommendations to support program improvement, resource allocation, strategic planning, and management decision-making.
• Strengthen the capacity of government personnel, health workers, community-based organizations, implementing partners, and SI focal persons in data collection, management, analysis, interpretation, reporting, and use.
• Plan and facilitate training, coaching, and mentorship on DHIS2, LAMISPlus and other EMR platforms, NDR, RADET, NDARS, Power BI, data quality assurance, reporting tools, and related strategic information systems.
• Develop and support the implementation of strategic information SOPs, training curricula, facilitator guides, job aids, data management tools, and implementation guides.
• Provide targeted strategic information technical assistance to priority states, LGAs, facilities, and community structures based on identified program needs and performance gaps.
• Participate in rapid assessments, supportive supervision visits, data quality assessments, system reviews, and targeted technical assistance missions across supported locations.
• Support the preparation and timely submission of routine reports and other data requirements for the U.S. Department of State, PEPFAR, ECEWS, government stakeholders, and consortium partners.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly technical reports, validation and DQA reports, performance analyses, data triangulation reports, dashboards, scorecards, and corrective action tracking reports.
• Document implementation lessons, best practices, innovations, success stories, and case studies to support program learning, institutionalization, adaptation, and scale-up.
• Develop technical briefs, learning products, presentations, milestone verification evidence packages, and other knowledge products for dissemination to government, donors, consortium partners, and other stakeholders.
• Remain informed about developments in strategic information, digital health, monitoring and evaluation, data science, and integrated disease surveillance by reviewing current literature, policies, guidelines, and emerging practices.
• Represent FHI 360 in relevant strate