eHealth and Health Informatics Officer Job Vacancy at East African Community Tanzania

Job Title:eHEALTH AND INFORMATICS OFFICER
REF: EAC/HR/HEALTH/2011-2012/002
Grade: Professional Staff Category (P1 Equivalent)
Reports to: Senior Health Officer (Medicines Regulation)
Organ/Institution: EAC Secretariat
Duration of Contract: Initially Three (3) Years
Station: EAC Secretariat, Arusha - Tanzania
Main Purpose of the Job:
To coordinate development and implementation of EAC regional and national
ehealth databases as well as Information Communication Technology
Infrastructure and software systems to support and facilitate efficient collection
and management of information on medicines registration and regulation in
liaison with the EAC Partner States National Medicines Regulatory Authorities
(NMRAs) and other related institutions in order to ensure timely regulatory
decision making by EAC Partner States National Medicines Regulatory
Authorities (NMRA’s) with regard to essential human and veterinary medicines
and related pharmaceutical products and supplies that are manufactured,
imported and/or traded within the East African Community region.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Ensure efficient coordination, collection and management of information
on medicines registration and regulation in liaison with the EAC Partner
States National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs) and other
related institutions in order to ensure timely regulatory decision making
by EAC Partner States National Medicines Regulatory Authorities
(NMRA’s) with regard to essential human and veterinary medicines and
related pharmaceutical products and supplies that are manufactured,
imported and/or traded within the East African Community region.
Closing Date: Friday, 15th June 2012 2
2. Coordinate the development, installation and management of an EAC
regional integrated ehealth database on medicines registration and
regulation and its accompanying Information Communication Technology
(ICT) infrastructure and software systems in liaison with the EAC
Statistics Department and linking them with the National Medicines
Regulatory Authorities electronic databases and other related databases
operating through various autonomous institutions of the East African
Community.
3. Develop an EAC regional Web-Based Shared Point for exchange of
information on Medicines Registration and Regulation between the EAC
Partner States and linked to the existing World Health Organization
(WHO) Shared Point and that of the International Conference on
Harmonization (ICH) Global Cooperation Group (ICH-GCG) and other
relevant international bodies.
4. Ensuring the safety, integrity and consistency of EAC regional
information on medicines registration and regulation in liaison with the
EAC Partner States National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs).
5. Conduct periodic analysis of the functions of Information
Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and software systems in
all the EAC Partner States Medicines Regulatory Authorities and at the
EAC Secretariat.
6. Build capacity of staff at the EAC Secretariat and in the EAC Partner
States’ National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRA’s) in the use
and application of the common EAC regional Information Management
Systems (IMS) and related edatabases for medicines registration and
regulation.
7. Regularly updating the EAC regional Web based shared point with
updated information on medicines registration and regulation.
8. Assist in the harmonization of various medicines registration and
regulation reporting mechanisms, tools, guidelines, procedures, policy,
legal, institutional and regulatory frameworks within the East African
Community region.
9. Facilitate the generation and dissemination of various regional, and
national reports on medicines registration and regulation
10. Assist in organizing and facilitating various meetings and field
activities, exchange visits, study tours, including training workshops,
seminars, conferences and focus group discussions, among others;
Qualification and Experience:
i) A minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics,
Statistics or Information and Communication Technology.
ii) A postgraduate Diploma or Masters Degree in Health Informatics or other
Information Technology related field is an added advantage.
iii) Minimum of 5 Years work experience, 3 of which should be in developing
and managing web applications and/or related databases in a medical or
health related field.
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iv) Experience in Web design, project management and knowledge of and
medicines registration and regulation will be an added advantage
Skills and Competencies:
Analytical skills, interpersonal, communication, report writing, leadership,
teamwork, supervisory and planning skills.
TERMS AND CONDITION OF SERVICE
This EAC regional level health sector project staff position has an initial threeyear
contract that may be renewed subject to satisfactory performance and
availability of donor funds.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates should submit their applications quoting the reference
number of the position applied for by registered mail, courier service, e-mail
and dispatch directly together with the full curriculum vitae, copies of both
academic and professional certificates and testimonials, names and addresses
of three referees, day time telephone /cell phone numbers to:
The Secretary General
East African Community
P.O. Box 1096,
Arusha, Tanzania
Fax: +255-27-250425354
Email: eac@eachq.org
Closing Date: All applications together with copies of relevant attachments
should be received at the EAC Secretariat headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania no
later than Friday, 15th June 2012.