Family Health Services (FHS)
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Family Health Services (FHS), formerly known as PSI Malawi, has partnered with the government of Malawi through the Ministry of Health (MoH) since 1994 in safeguarding the health of Malawians by using private sector approaches to reconfigure healthcare delivery – (i) through directly delivering innovative social and behavior change communications, social marketing, and social franchising across a wide range of health areas including Reproductive Health, HIV, Malaria and water-borne disease prevention (ii) by playing a market facilitation role, approaching market challenges and opportunities with a system-wide lens that unlocks a self-sustaining market with multiple players that can prioritize, adapt and ultimately thrive without external assistance and funds.
While a local organization with deep roots in Malawi, Family Health Services is globally connected; mainly through affiliation to Population Service International (PSI), a Washington DC-based non-governmental and non-profit making organization that boasts a global network of members across over 50 countries through which FHS continues to leverage capacities, learnings, and best practice to enhance activities in Malawi. To accomplish its mission, FHS is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacant positions of Temporary MERL Assistants.
Purpose of the Job
To ensure quality of data generated at site level, data entry clerk is responsible for reviewing data for errors, missing pages, or missing information and resolves any discrepancies with the team lead before entry
- Establish data entry priorities.
- Implementing and maintaining high data quality standards and M&E SOP guidelines at site level.
- Strengthening M&E systems and functional areas of the data management and reporting system at site level.
- Verifies integrity of data by comparing it to source documents.
- Maintains a good electronic & physical filing system and protects confidential client information.
Key Result Areas
- Data quality assurance (completeness, timeliness, validity, accuracy, consistency)
Main duties and Responsibilities
MERL Assistants
- Resolves deficiencies by using standard procedures or returning incomplete documents to the team leader for resolution before entry
- Maintains database by entering new and updated client information.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Reviewing client intake forms for data deficiencies.
- Maintains data entry requirements by following data SOP’s
- Ensuring teams have sufficient tools for data collection
- Purges files to eliminate duplication of data.
- Secures information by completing data base backups.
- Maintains operations by following policies and procedures and reporting needed changes.
- Maintains client confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
Quality improvement and accountability
- With lead from the MERL Officer, perform regular data quality assessments.
- Facilitate and identify site level data challenges
Capacity building
- Facilitate training or orientation of all relevant program staff, partners on the standard M&E data collection tools, reporting templates and guidelines.
- Assist program managers and implementing partners to use data for decision-making and program adjustments;
- Train and supervise research assistants and data officers in data collection and reporting;
Qualifications and Experience:
- Degree or Diploma in IT, Computer Science, Statistics, Demography, M&E certificate
- Dhis2 Conversant
- 2- 3 years’ experience in data entry
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to multitask effectively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to perform repetitive tasks with a high degree of accuracy.
- Comfortable working independently with minimal supervision.
Mode of Application
Qualified candidates with the specified qualifications and experience should submit their electronic application letters and updated CVs with names and contact details of three traceable referees, through: procurementbids@fhs.org.mw indicating the job title, Temporary MERL Assistant in the email subject line by Friday 13:30 hours on 9th August 2024.
Family Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity, or expression, pregnancy or related medical conditions. Family Health Services maintains zero tolerance for child abuse, sexual abuse, or exploitative acts or threats by our employees, consultants, volunteers, contractors, or anyone associated with the delivery of our programs and services and takes seriously all complaints of misconduct brought to our attention.
Disclaimer!
Family Health Service has become aware of scams involving false job offers. Please be advised: Family Health Services will never ask for a fee during any stage of the recruitment process. All active jobs are advertised directly in the newspapers or on vetted career websites. Official FHS emails will always arrive from a @fhs.org email address.
If you are suspicious of anything, please report through email to safeguarding@fhs.org.mw orreportsqm@tip-offs.com; or write a letter to Tip-Offs anonymous, P.O. Box 1726, Blantyre; or call/send SMS using Airtel/TNM/Access to 847