Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Namibia

Palladium Group is seeking to fill the role of Policy Lead.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation that works with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for the health information systems (HIS) policy and governance activities of the project
• Support the MOHSS in advancing the national HIS and eHealth strategies
• Develop and disseminate information standards and interoperability toolkit (policies, practices, principles)
• Provide expert scientific advice, consultation, and leadership to Namibia’s MOHSS collaboration to review, adopt, and implement internationally-consistent information standards
• Support the MOHSS to develop strategy and plans for implementation of country data systems for electronic CBS
• Support the assessment and development of data privacy, confidentiality, and security policies
• Support development of national policy and frameworks for implementation of unique patient identifier
• Support the development of EMR standards
• Lead the project’s policy team and supervise team members

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, Informatics, Evaluation or a related field
• Five years, minimum, of experience working to strengthen health information systems governance at national and nonnational levels
• Expertise and experience in interoperability and health exchange policies and standards
• Knowledge of eHealth/digital health strategy, policies, and data standards, preferably within the Namibian context
• Proficiency and demonstrated experience in building consensus amongst broad groups of stakeholders including host government, USG agencies, development partners, preferably related to health information systems
• Experience in facilitating development and monitoring of government-led HIS strategy and operational plans and establishing monitoring systems for the plans
• Expertise in cybersecurity
• Strong professional and interpersonal communication skills (including data visualisation, report writing and presentations)
• Ability to work well in teams and maintain positive relationships in complex and demanding situations
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe
• Unwavering dedication to ethics and compliance with Palladium’s code of conduct and ethics

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