Public Health Specialist, Health Informatics, Data Analytics and Use at Georgetown Global Health Nigeria (GGHN)

The Georgetown University Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI) serves countries to improve their population health and wellbeing and to safeguard against health-related threats by advancing the use of evidence and human-centered enterprise architecture on the path towards achieving equity and social justice. To achieve this mission, we catalyze the uptake, spread, and implementation of innovations; triangulate data from different sources, and tailor visualization of the information for each audience; design and implement integrated service delivery models; support communities of practice to inform policy and practice through efficient data use and horizontal and vertical collaboration; disseminate best practices and evidence globally through open source learning networks; build global, collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and interprofessional networks; undertake research that is informed by local needs; and invest in local leadership to own, provide oversight, and sustain implemented interventions.

CGHPI is operating in Nigeria as Georgetown Global Health Nigeria (GGHN) and seeking to recruit candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Public Health Specialist, Health Informatics, Data Analytics and Use

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Reports to: Public Health Advisor, Health Informatics, Data Analytics and Use

Job Overview

• The Public Health Specialist is responsible for leading development of big projects working with other software developers.
• Utilizing a Software Development Life Cycle, the Software developer will work with technical and non-technical associated in defining business and technical requirements to develop new functions or redesign/consolidate existing processes.

Specific Duties
Roles:

Technical Responsibilities:

• Develop and routinely update all processes, standard operating procedures and documents for software management for the organization
• Perform In-Process Review including Code Walkthroughs
• Evaluate various solution options
• Create TDD (Technical Design Documents)
• Create, Review & Approve Design & Solutions
• Map Solution from business viewpoint
• Engage with client on requirements and application
• Participate in requirements analysis, design and test plan creations and test result verification
• Advise for production environment set up
• Breaking down large scale projects into manageable chunks
• Oversee the work being done by other software engineers working on the team, coordinating team activities with other teams and product groups, maintaining software architecture standards.
• Consistently defines and applies technologies, standards and software engineering practices, mentoring other team members
• Lead and Direct software engineering resources to ensure timely and quality delivery of services.
• Responsible for mentoring junior talent as well as directing technical staff through technical challenges, tasks and projects.
• Develop key product features within existing large-scale enterprise applications & new strategic initiatives.
• Participate in the full SDLC involving design, implementation, testing, and launching.
• Assist with the generation and analysis of business and functional requirements for proposed software solutions.
• Participate in and sometimes lead architectural and database design discussions as they relate to product direction.
• Create design specifications, documentation, and unit testing plans as defined by the Agile development process.
• Generate data for project planning, including task breakdown and estimation of work for a project. Tracks status within the project as necessary.
• Delegates tasks to project team members to balance work and increase team cross-training
• Raises long-term architecture issues within project
• Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application and serve as a technical lead on small to midsize complex projects.
• Build software solutions where the problem is not well defined. Design and define the interaction between the other component pieces.
• Maintain and support software solutions post-production.
• Implements and debugs some of the more involved/complex functionality.

Additional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar technical discipline; or, equivalent demonstrable experience.
• More than 5 years systems development experience with successful full life-cycle implementation of a least 2 major projects
• Certification in any Software design and development
• Proficient in .NET development using C#, ASP.NET and other language including mobile device programming.
• Proficient in using MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server

Application Closing Date
20th February, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online