Data Manager

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Mission and objectives

WHO FJI organization mission TBD

Context

To coordinate and provide timely, tailored support and backstopping to 21 Pacific Island countries and areas, in 2010 the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office established the Division of Pacific Technical Support (DPS) in Suva, Fiji. The Division also includes six other offices in the Pacific; the Country Offices in Samoa and the Solomon Islands and Country Liaison Offices in Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga and Vanuatu. Working together as a Division, these offices provide support to: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.
The Division’s work spans five main areas and is delivered in close collaboration with Pacific governments, other UN agencies, development partners, donors, and nongovernmental organizations to achieve better health outcomes for Pacific Island communities.
The Pacific Health Security and Communicable Diseases (PSC) unit covers three main areas of work – (1) WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (WHE), (2) communicable diseases, and (3) reproductive and maternal health/gender and equity. WHE brings together and enhances WHO’s operational, technical and normative capacity in outbreaks, emergencies and risk analysis to address all health hazards across the risk management cycle in a predictable, capable, dependable, adaptable and accountable manner.
Under overall guidance of the Head of WHO Country Office and Director, Pacific Technical Support (DPS), direct supervision and guidance of the Team Coordinator, PSC, and Technical Officer (Epidemiologist), the Data Manager has overall responsibility to effectively support Pacific Island Countries (PICs) in strengthening sub-national, national, and sub-regional surveillance system by reviewing and analysing surveillance data and dissemination of timely and high-quality health information and situation reports..

Task description

The incumbent will support WHO’s Division of Pacific Technical Support (DPS) Pacific Health Security and Communicable Diseases (PSC) to effectively support Pacific Island Countries (PICs) in strengthening sub-national, national, and sub-regional surveillance system by reviewing and analyzing surveillance data and dissemination of timely and high-quality health information and situation reports.
Tasks include:
• Manage the timely and high-quality collection, analysis, production and dissemination of surveillance data/information. This includes response-specific information (who, what, where, when, how many, how quickly, current status), internal and external situation reports and updates, bulletins, internal and external presentations, assessments, Public Health Situation Analyses (PHSAs), and health inputs into strategic response plans (SRP).
• Support the development and improvement of COVID-19 and other emergency field information management systems and procedures at the sub-national, national and subregional levels systems including the creation and management of data input forms, databases, and dashboards to collate and present data to improve operational decision making for COVID-19 and other health emergencies in the Pacific.
• Maintain regular contacts with MoHS surveillance teams and Pacific WHO country offices in consultation with DPS team to ensure complete and timely reporting of required data and provide feedback on quality of submitted data.
• Facilitate the systematic collection of information pertaining to emergency operational plans from relevant WHO offices and key operational partners to generate a consolidated overview of needs, support provided, gaps and future requirements.
• Actively participate in internal and external communication activities. Prepare and deliver presentations related to PIC epidemiology, data trends, needs and gaps.
• Assist in the training and mentoring of data entry personnel to ensure databases are up to date with timely, accurate and validated data.
• Where required, travel to PICs to support health emergency preparedness and response, particularly in the areas of information/data management and response planning.
• Perform any other related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.