Data Analyst at Palladium – Abuja, Nigeria

Job Description

Company Profile

Palladium develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence-based solutions to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Since 1971, we have assisted governmental and non-governmental agencies, foundations, and the private sector by designing, implementing, and evaluating programs in HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health, population and family planning, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and gender. Palladium has deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information, health markets and private sector engagement, modeling and economic analysis, patient monitoring and management, health management information systems (HMIS), strategic consulting, and program management.

Purpose of Position

Palladium is seeking a Data Analyst to support the USAID and Data.FI Nigeria Strategic Information (SI) teams and service delivery implementing partners (IPs) to leverage weekly PEPFAR data to control the HIV epidemic in Nigeria. In support of the overall aim of the Data.FI data use strategy to generate demand for data and improve clinical outcomes around testing, linkage, retention, and viral suppression by engaging IPs, LGA stakeholders, and state-level decision-makers; the Data Analyst will provide in-depth analysis of data, support generation reports, and high-quality dashboards and information products for key priority indicators. The Analyst will report to the Senior Manager- Data Analytics and Data Use.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support in review and providing feedback to IPs on weekly performance data (HIV, OVC and other thematic areas) report on APPR
•  Conduct quarterly performance review on IPs performance data submitted on DATIM Data for Accountability, Transparency, and Impact Monitoring (DATIM)
• Lead the data analysis process for data use briefs both at the national and sub-national level.
• Lead the weekly data review meetings at the national level, facilitating discussions on data trends, challenges, and solutions.
• Provide technical support in the development of performance dashboards for all key program indicators on APPR and CARD.
• Provide technical support in the development/update of APPR/CARD standard operating procedures (SoPs).
• Provide technical support in data extraction, aggregation, and triangulation from different data sources – automated partner performance reporting (APPR), DATIM, and the National Data Repository (NDR)
• Provide support in conducting blended performance assessments approach (BPAA) activities across selected health facilities and facilitate discussions on data trends, challenges, and solutions
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the Senior Senior Manager- Data Analytics and Data Use or designate.

Candidate Requirements

• A master’s degree in public health, Statistics, Health Informatics, Computer Science, Monitoring and Evaluation, or another related field. A bachelor’s degree with sufficient years of experience will also be considered.
• At least three to five years’ work experience in data analysis, data formatting, BI (Tableau, Power BI, and other tools), and analytics development or other related analytical projects with recent proven experience developing data visualizations, dashboards, and reporting.
• At least three years’ experience working with health management information systems or routine health information systems
• Experience working with large datasets (on relational and non-relational data stores) and excellent understanding of metadata, District Health Information Software, version 2 (DHIS 2), and patient-level data.
• Advanced data analysis skills and proficiency in statistical or GIS software packages such Stata, SPSS, Epi, QGIS, etc.
• Proficiency in the development of infographics and packaging of information products
• Experience working with HIV/AIDS programs, including DHIS 2 preferred