Strategic Information Advisor

About the role

FHI 360 is hiring a Strategic Information Advisor in Lagos State, under the supervision of the Senior Total Quality Leadership, Accountability and Quality Improvement Advisor. The Advisor gives technical leadership and support to government stakeholders, health facilities and community implementing structures to strengthen integrated health information systems, monitoring, evaluation and learning, data quality, performance management and evidence-based decision-making for HIV, TB, malaria, MNCH, laboratory services and outbreak preparedness.

Key responsibilities

• Strengthen integrated health information systems and support M&E frameworks, performance-monitoring systems and data interoperability across platforms such as DHIS2, LAMISPlus, NDR, RADET, NHMIS and NDARS.
• Support data quality assurance exercises, quality improvement plans and the institutionalization of continuous QA/QI processes.
• Operationalize situation rooms and response coordination rooms, run performance review meetings and track milestones weekly and monthly.
• Develop disease dashboards, scorecards and intelligence packages using Power BI, Excel and other tools; analyze program data and turn it into actionable recommendations.
• Train and coach government personnel, health workers and implementing partners on DHIS2, LAMISPlus, NDR, RADET, NDARS, Power BI and data quality assurance, and build SOPs, training curricula and job aids.
• Support rapid assessments, supportive supervision and technical assistance missions, and prepare routine reports for the U.S. Department of State, PEPFAR, ECEWS and partners, plus monthly and quarterly technical reports.
• Document lessons learned, develop technical briefs and represent FHI 360 in technical working groups and data review forums.

Required profile

• Knowledge of health and development programs in developing countries, especially Nigeria.
• Expertise in M&E, research, learning and data management within HIV/AIDS, TB and MNCH or other public health programs, particularly at subnational level.
• Experience strengthening the M&E capacity of government personnel, health workers, community-based organizations and implementing partners.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary, multicultural team.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of Nigeria's health information systems (DHIS2, NDR, LAMISPlus, RADET, NHMIS, NDARS).
• Data quality assessment, verification, validation, triangulation and root-cause analysis.
• Data analysis and visualization with Microsoft Excel, Power BI, STATA, Epi Info or similar; GIS and spatial analysis tools are desirable.
• Report writing, presentation, facilitation and training skills.