GIS / Health Data Analyst at Deloitte in support of the USAID Health Reform Support (HRS)

GIS / Health Data Analyst will support the HRS team and external consultants in hospital sector planning activities through geospatial / health data collection, verification, visualization, analysis and interpretation. GIS Analyst will provide technical assistance in the development of dashboards and maps in Excel, Tableau and GIS software; create analytical reports, e-tools, and presentations.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

1. Support the HRS Project team in implementing activities related to hospital sector planning.
2. Provide inputs and generating technical solutions to achieve team goals strategies for team goals solutions.
3. Support HRS team in GIS analysis, including but not limited to:

• Analyzing spatial data through the use of different mapping software, such as Mapbox, Google My Maps, OpenStreetMap, etc.
• Discovering patterns and trends through spatial mapping of data.
• Designing digital maps with geographic data and other data sources.
• Ensure the collection and processing of data necessary for the analysis.
• Creating/modifying “shapefiles” (*shp, *kml etc) to merge topographical data with external data by layering external data over a topographical map.
• Producing maps showing the spatial distribution of various kinds of data, including epidemiological, clinical, infrastructure statistics, hospital locations and their catchment areas.
• Developing mapping applications and tools.
• Performing data munging and cleaning to convert data into its desired form.
• Produce reports on geographic data utilizing data visualizations.
• Managing a digital library of geographic maps in various file types.

4. Support supervisor and the team in the design, structure, retrieval, presentation, storage, exchange, and use of data and information, including but not limited to:

• Provide support to the team for full-cycle data utilization: data exploring, data verification and cleaning, databases management and data analysis.
• Search and compile data from various sources and convert it to an acceptable format for further analysis and other technical use.
• Develop, update, conduct and maintain applications and tools in Excel, QGIS or other software’s needed for data collection, verification and analysis within Hospital District Planning activity.
• Develop analytic codes for merging and analyzing health data for statistical analyses.
• Conduct data quality checks to identify potential data quality issues.
• Create and maintain databases, instruct users, and develops manuals of procedures to be implemented at data collection sites and data analysis site.
• Support the development of database including health sector indicators such as the capacity of HCFs, analyses of patient pathways, service needs, health workforce, service utilization, etc.
• Summarize findings in tables, figures and maps and communicates information.
• Prepare data/information and project results visualization by developing dashboards in Tableau, Microsoft Power BI and other data visualization software.
• Support the development of the online dashboard and interactive maps.
• Visualize data, create presentations on demand.

5. Participate in capacity building and knowledge sharing activities, providing inputs from GIS/Data Analytics perspective.
6. Prepare analytical notes, program reports and other substantial documents relevant to Project SOW activities for internal and stakeholders use.
7. Support the planning and implementation of project activities and data collection.
8. Support the illustrating of the project activities progress and impact.
9. Provide information, analytical, and administrative program support (including organization and coordination of work meetings, training sessions/site visits to the regions, logistic support) in the area of hospital district planning.
10. Perform other functions as directed by the supervisor and/or Chief of Party.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Geographical, Statistics, Computer Science or other related specialties.
• At least one (1) year of experience in data collection, analysis, and interpretation with the demonstrated strong analytical and technical skills.
• Previous proved experience working with GIS and related software will be an asset.
• Previous proven experience working with geography, epidemiological, clinical, and/or demographic data will be an asset.
• Upper-intermediate skills of work with geographical and statistical software: QGIS (in priority), ArcGIS, GEODA, SPSS.
• Considerable knowledge of geospatial concepts, principles, and methods. In priority skills of work with vector spatial data.
• Previous USAID or other international donor experience will be an asset.
• Understanding of Ukrainian health care system and the concept of reform of secondary (specialized) healthcare level will be an asset.
• Analytical skills and critical thinking for searching, processing, using data and representing post analyzing results.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Knowledge and the ability to work with IT solutions for data analysis and visualization will be an asset.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in Ukrainian and English.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask and prioritize as part of a fast-moving team preferred.
• Strong self-discipline.
• Ability to work independently and in teamwork delivering a high-quality product, meet deadlines, attention to detail, and prioritize competing responsibilities.

Qualified candidates are expected to send their CVs, cover letters, and two professional letters of reference/reference contacts  no later than July 22, 2021.

2021-07-09 2021-07-22T00:00:00+03:00 Full time TELECOMMUTE Ukraine Deloitte in support of the USAID Health Reform Support (HRS)