Evidence Action recrute un(e) Stagiaire en systèmes d’information à Nairobi au Kenya.

About Monitoring Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Team

The MLE team embodies the evidence-based nature of Evidence Action’s work and enables the organization to be a data-driven organization. The team broadly comprises two units; Strategy and Delivery unit. The team provides services across the Evidence Action Africa region in meeting the following outcomes:

• Ensure all ongoing program monitoring needs are met (including M&E design and quality data collection).
• Programs have access to timely and useful data for day-to-day programmatic planning and decision-making.
• Analysis and research are conducted to support program improvements (including operation research, monitoring research and cost-efficiency analysis).
• Support with timely, useful and clear information for evidence-based decision-making (including providing support to connect the dots).
• Support regional leadership in designing new programs and partnerships for exploration and evaluation.
• Ensure standards, systems and processes are set up for delivery of all functions (monitoring, analysis, research, information systems and quality data).

Job purpose

The Intern, Information Systems will be responsible for technical support of key Information Systems, which drive Evidence Action’s operations and expansion. The Intern will primarily focus on delivering solutions and supporting information for Evidence Action’s programs ensuring high availability and accessibility of critical operational services for teams. This will happen through platforms and technical implementations that aim to streamline workflows and deliver important data indicators. In addition, the Intern will provide support to the Associate, Information Systems and the broader Data Learning and Analytics team on all requests delivered.

Duties and responsibilities

Application development and support (30%-40%)

Develop and manage application solutions that help meet user needs, help manage data interoperability and support process and data improvement with the view of program needs.

1. Assess and document user requirements and translate them into detailed product requirements
2. Create relevant back-end objects during the entire application development lifecycle
3. Collaborate with other developers and program team users to innovate new features and enhancements to existing components that comply with program workflow.
4. Conduct pilot testing of applications created and technical research on new system features to provide recommendations for streamlining program use cases.
5. Contribute to the development of documentation of user manuals, system updates, feature trackers, and design documentation.
6. Support development and maintenance of DHIS2 application(s) used by programs within the East and Southern Africa sub-region implemented as the central platform for project planning, reporting, analysis, and dissemination of information with internal and external stakeholders.

Data Management and Reporting (20%)

Support the existing and additional reporting mechanisms for data contained in DHIS2 and other platforms through dashboards, pivot tables, charts, data exports and any other form as needed.

1. On request and on an ad-hoc basis, in collaboration with other MLE teams, support the cleaning, analysis and reporting of program and system data
2. Automate data exports for various program reports including but not limited to operational and program workflows to ease the integration with PowerBi and RShiny Server.
3. Work closely with MLE data management teams to ensure consistency and clear definition of data across PostgreSQL and SQL database tables and troubleshoot challenges with the data.
4. Carry out regular data back-ups and syncs to ensure the safety and integrity of data.

Information Systems maintenance and support (10%-15%)

Upon program request and as part of routine IS operations, perform support and maintenance of existing systems and contribute to workflows in all the ways called upon.

1. Maintain and test Information Systems to ensure proper function as per program request; regularly monitor information system equipment for errors and stoppages for corrective action and solutions.
2. Implement necessary and/or request development changes as per program requirements.
3. Assess the uptake of system modules and features taking up a user-focused development approach in order to maximize use of client systems and data assets.
4. Actively participate in the identification, evaluation, and testing of new technologies and contribute to the innovation of systems and workflows.