Data Use Advisor (Health Informatics)

Location: Kampala, Uganda, with national and regional travel as required. Current work authorization in Uganda is required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

hirify.global is a global consulting and implementation company delivering solutions across health, digital transformation, infrastructure, economic growth, energy, climate, and other complex development areas.

What you will do

• Design and implement data-use and performance-improvement approaches for national and subnational stakeholders.
• Facilitate Ministry of Health data reviews, district performance reviews, data-use clinics, and root-cause analysis sessions.
• Support the use of dashboards and reports covering EMR adoption, reporting timeliness, surveillance, community reporting, facility readiness, and system performance.
• Translate evidence into prioritized improvement actions with owners, deadlines, and follow-up tracking.
• Develop decision-oriented products for Ministry of Health leadership, health informatics teams, program managers, districts, and facilities.
• Coordinate with analytics and data quality teams, document implementation learning, and strengthen local facilitation capacity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in public health, health informatics, epidemiology, monitoring and evaluation, statistics, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in data use, performance improvement, monitoring and evaluation, health information systems, or health systems strengthening.
• Experience facilitating data review meetings, quality-improvement processes, and capacity-building activities.
• Strong facilitation, analytical, presentation, and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Professional fluency in English is required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with DHIS2, electronic medical records, dashboards, and routine health data.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in partnership with government institutions and Ugandan health-sector stakeholders.
• Contribute to sustainable capability transfer and locally led data-use processes.
• Support a digital health project planned for 2026–2030, subject to award and final organizational design.
• Safeguarding-focused interviews and rigorous due diligence apply to successful candidates.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may close once a suitable candidate is selected.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.