with Clinton Health Access Initiative - CHAI
The complete transition from the current HMIS of the Ministry of Health and the successful planning, implementation, and maintenance of DHIS2 in Cambodia require a dedicated Implementation Team within Department of Planning and Health Information (DPHI) with clear roles and responsibilities. The implementation team must ensure that DHIS2 is an integrated and sustainable health information system serving routine information needs of the whole Ministry of Health and plays an important role in guiding decision-making on the overall information system architecture.
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is recruiting the following Individual National Consultants to carry out and assist the MOH in implementing the project based on the following positions:
Based Location: Ministry of Health in Phnom Penh with travel to the provinces as needed
Contract Period: 07 months (20 days per month)
Contract Type: Independent Contractor Agreement
Expect Start Date: As soon as possible
Report to: The Director of Department of Planning and Health Information
Consultant Fees: Negotiable
Travel Cost: Follow the Government DSA rate
Position Summary
The Project Coordinator plays a crucial role in supporting the operational and financial management of DHIS2-related projects. This position will be located at DPHI and report to DPHI director, and work closely with the core team. This role ensures that all project activities align with funding agreements and donor expectations while providing administrative oversight to maintain project efficiency and accountability. The Project Coordinator will work closely with the Strategic Lead, technical teams, and external partners to coordinate project activities, and ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
Based Location: Ministry of Health in Phnom Penh with travel to the provinces as needed
Contract Period: 07 months (20 days per month)
Contract Type: Independent Contractor Agreement
Expect Start Date: As soon as possible
Report to: The Director of Department of Planning and Health Information
Consultant Fees: Negotiable
Travel Cost: Follow the Government DSA rate
Position Summary
The technical lead is responsible for operationalizing and scaling up the DHIS2 configuration. This position will be located at DPHI and report to DPHI director, and work closely with the core team.
This role ensures that the system is fully configured according to the organization’s needs, including both technical and functional configurations, and is the key person for metadata management in DHIS2.
The technical lead work with all other members within the DHIS2 implementation team, external advisors and contractors, in particular HISP, and across departments and programs within the Ministry of Health to understand the system requirements and develop solutions to meet them.
This includes configurating the overall system, adding additional functionality, integrating new programs, modifying routines to incorporate DHIS2 and supporting users to use the application.
The technical lead will also consider how DHIS2 fits into overall health information architecture defined by Department of Digital Health and optimize interoperability with other systems, focusing on the type of data needed and what processes or agreements may facilitate this exchange, in coordination with HISP who will define structural and functional specifications for data exchange, as well as implement data exchange pipelines. This encompasses developing processes and procedures to maintain the integrity of the DHIS2 system to operate efficiently over an extended time period, defining a data governance framework, upgrade procedures, managing metadata.
Based Location: Ministry of Health in Phnom Penh with travel to the provinces as needed
Contract Period: 07 months (20 days per month)
Contract Type: Independent Contractor Agreement
Expect Start Date: As soon as possible
Report to: The Director of Department of Planning and Health Information
Consultant Fees: Negotiable
Travel Cost: Follow the Government DSA rate
Position Summary
The ICT Trainer is in charge of defining the training strategy and roadmap based on locally identified needs. This position will be located at DPHI and report to DPHI director, and work closely with the core team. The trainer supports the training of staff to use DHIS2 by developing training material, documentation and job aids for use within the implementation, and provide both training of trainers and direct end-user training. Trainers can operate at various levels, focusing on fundamental concepts including data-entry, to more advanced concepts such as data use or system administration. She/he also provide recommendation on metadata configuration and data entry forms based on end-user feedback.
ICT Trainers will work to establish mechanisms for providing end-user support on DHIS2, meaning that the trainer will need to develop expertise in DHIS2. She/he will coordinate with local HIS officers at sub-national level who will serve as the first point of contact for end users, whilst the training and support staff of the national implementation team will support issues that cannot be resolved locally.
Expressions of Interest must be submitted their CV and Cover Letter via email address provided in the contact details and clearly indicating the title of the position being applied for. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.