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Health Systems Trust (HST) is a dynamic not-for-profit organisation (NPO) established in 1992 to support the transformation of the health system in a new democratic South Africa. Subscribing to a primary health care approach, HST actively supports current and future development of a comprehensive health system, through strategies designed to promote equity a...
Opportunity type: Request for Proposals
Request for proposals (RFP) for a 24-hour helpdesk, maintenance and programming support services for the National Health Research Database (NHRD). The Health Systems Trust (HST) is a registered non-profit organization (NPO) established in 1992 to support the transformation of the health system in South Africa. Subscribing to a primary health care approach, HST actively supports the current and future development of a comprehensive health system, through strategies designed to promote equity and efficiency in health and health care delivery in southern Africa. HST is funded by the National Department of Health (NDoH) to develop and maintain the National Health Research Database (NHRD).
The NHRD is a web-based database and administrative support tool for Provincial Health Research Committees (PHRCs) in South Africa (SA). It was developed by HST in collaboration with the NDoH and is now used by researchers across SA to apply for approval to conduct research in public health facilities. The NHRD aims to provide policy makers and PHRCs with up-to-date data on research trends and allows for more efficient provincial co-ordination and management of research activities within public health facilities. This database is now fully functional and used by all PHRCs in the country. HST seeks a qualified and experienced IT professional to provide 24-hour Helpdesk support, maintenance and programming services for the NHRD, for a period of three months renewable upon performance and funding. The incumbent must be proficient and have at last three years of experience in Visual Basic.Net, ASP.NET MVC / HTML / JavaScript and Microsoft SQL Server.
REQUIRED SERVICES
Second Level Technical Support:
Third Level Technical Support:
Database Support
Basic Maintenance
Application Requirements:
All applications are to be emailed to [email protected] with documents attached in PDF format.
The deadline for submission of applications is 23 April 2020 at 17h00. Late submissions will not be accepted. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and/or advised of the outcome. Shortlisted applicants may be required to make a presentation to the selection panel and may be required to provide additional supporting documents.
Questions should be addressed to [email protected] ensuring the subject line states “Maintenance of NHRD”. Questions relating to this RFP will be accepted until 22 April 2020 at 17h00.
Successful applicants will be notified by 30 April 2020. Applicants who do not hear from HST after this date should consider their application unsuccessful.
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