Partners In Health (PIH)
Job Description for Data Analyst
Job Information
Title: Data Analyst
Department: M&E, Research, Informatics, and IT
Duty Station: Neno District
Reports to: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager,
Second Line Reporting: M&E Research, Informatics, and IT Director
Commitment: Full-time
Working Hours: 40 hours per week
Program Overview:
APZU works with the MOH to integrate and decentralize HIV and non-communicable disease (NCD) care into one care delivery model called the Integrated Chronic Care Clinic (IC3) and have a clinic for advanced chronic NCDs at the 2 hospitals in the district. In these clinics we treat a range of NCDs including diabetes, hypertension, epilepsy and severe mental illness.
We are embarking to include screening and treatment of depression and anxiety for individuals receiving care through decentralized IC3 across all facilities in the district. This effort is supported by the National Institutes of Health in the United States and will also help to determine the effectiveness of depression and anxiety care both behavioral therapy (Problem Management Plus) and antidepressant care in Neno District.
Job Summary:
The Data Analyst will be responsible for overseeing and supporting all clinical and research data collection pertaining to the IC3 Decentralization project. This will include ongoing data collection activities in CommCare, DHIS2, electronic medical records (EMR), Microsoft Excel, and paper-based data collection, as relevant. As part of the IC3 decentralization, data will be collected on individual patients every six months. The Data Analyst will work closely with APZU Monitoring, Evaluation, Informatics, and Research team, Program Manager, Mental Health and NCD Manager, Data Clerks, Psychosocial Counselors and MOH leadership to support excellence in implementing and maintaining high-quality, district-wide data collection and analysis for quality assurance pertaining to the IC3 decentralization project.
This specific position focuses on designing the data collection mechanisms for the IC3 decentralisation program, ensuring appropriate implementation of these data collection mechanisms, reviewing data collected for quality assurance and quality improvement purposes, and training/overseeing data collection among MH Data Clerks and Psychosocial Counselors. The Data Analyst will be based at Upper Neno with other administrative duties as assigned. S/he will travel regularly throughout Neno District on in coordination with the IC3 team, to oversee and monitor data collection activities.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Establish data collection systems; Work with M&E, Research and Medical Informatics team members, as well as the IC3 decentralization Program Manager, to design data collection models pertaining to IC3 decentralization activities including patient screenings, clinical assessments, and provider fidelity to protocols; Create all relevant materials including digital, electronic, and paper-based forms to be used for data collection purposes.
- Oversee IC3 decentralization program data collection and reporting processes Manage, train, and mentor IC3 decentralization data collection staff including data clerks and psychosocial counselors.
- Maintain a high level of data quality in data collection systems, including CommCare, DHIS2 and the EMR
- Notify APZU and MOH colleagues on data concerns to inform quality improvement projects
- Generates analytical summaries, manuscripts, and presentations for internal, MoH, and donor audiences in line with requirements
- Develops, maintains and reviews automated databases, Power BI dashboards, and reporting pipelines in collaboration with Informatics team.
- Provides technical guidance on study design, data collection tools, and analytical frameworks for program studies and research in collaboration with Research Department.
- Any other duties that may be assigned
Required Qualifications and Attributes
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Data Science, Computer Science, Epidemiology related field
- Minimum of three years’ experience with tablet-based data collection systems such as CommCare or ODK.
- Minimum of three years’ experience utilizing data stored in electronic medical records systems
- Minimum of five years’ experience organizing, analyzing and presenting data in Microsoft Excel, Power Point
- Prior experience managing other members of data collection teams and executing quality assurance and quality improvement protocols
- Expertise in survey design, quantitative and qualitative data analysis and program management
- Experience with data management of mental health information a plus
- Experience with Stata, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau, SAS or other analytic software a plus
- Native of Malawi, fluent in Chichewa and English with written proficiency in English
- Willingness to live and work full time in a rural setting in Neno District
- Willingness to travel throughout Neno District
- Willingness to learn how to ride a motorbike for field work
- Ability to work well in a dynamic team environment alongside health workers, support staff, and health personnel from a variety of backgrounds
- Able to work under minimum supervision
- A strong interest in learning social medicine; that is, a willingness to look at diseases of poverty through a wide “biopsychosocial” lens that draws upon knowledge from a wealth of disciplines including clinical medicine, sociology, anthropology and public health.
Method of application
All interested and qualified candidates based in Malawi should apply strictly through https://www.pih.org/employment on or before 13th September 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.
Safeguarding Commitment
Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (PIH/APZU) is committed to safeguarding staff, children and communities with whom we work from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. Therefore, any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks.
The Organisation does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process. If you are asked to
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