Data Analyst (Contract until September 2021) at TB HIV Care

Job Advert Summary    

• The Data Analyst reports to the HISS Program Manager and supports National and Provincial Departments of Health on the 90-90-90 program for HIV and TB data management and analytics. The Data Analyst will work with large and complex data sets, analysing data elements and health indicators, cleaning data, and optimizing ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) processes.

Minimum Requirements    

•  Minimum of a Masters (MSc) in mathematics, economics, epidemiology, information management or statistics, or Bachelor’s degree
• with 5-7 years of relevant work experience.
•  Minimum of 3-5 years’ relevant work experience
•  A proven track record of working with data, data analysis, and data management in healthcare
•  Working knowledge of DOH reporting indicators and platforms
•  Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages (Power BI, Tableau, SQL server reporting services), databases (SQL,
• etc.), programming (Structured Query Language (SQL), XML, JavaScript, Python, ETL frameworks) and APIs (Application Programming
• Interfaces)
•  Knowledge of statistics and experience using quantitative research methods and statistical packages for analyzing datasets (Excel,
• SPSS, SAS, STATA, etc.)
•  Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention
• to detail and accuracy
•  Competent report writing and comfortable presenting findings to forums and groups

Duties and Responsibilities    

•  Build models to analyse DOH 90-90-90 performance
•  Work with management to prioritize DOH health information and analytic needs
•  Analyse health data to inform decision making
•  Develop interactive dashboards according to stakeholder requirements
•  Identify, analyse, and interpret trends and patterns embedded within datasets using statistical techniques, with an aim to increase
• health service efficiency
•  Maintain and monitor databases from primary or secondary data sources
•  Support the development and maintenance of a data warehouse
•  Optimize ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) processes
•  Support DOH with data analytics for routine and ad-hoc reports

Skills and Competencies    

•  Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget
•  Excellent communication skills
•  Attention to detail
•  Excellent organisational and administration skills
•  Solid people management with empathy