Product Manager / Systems Analyst Mozambique

Position: Product Manager/Systems Analyst, mOASIS
Location: Maputo – Mozambique
Program: Jembi Health Systems Mozambique
Project: SIS-M&A (Health Information Systems – Monitoring and Evaluation)
Duration: Fixed term contract
Start: As soon as possible

Place of Work:

Maputo – MOASIS (Mozambican Open Architectures, Standards and Information Systems) and MISAU-DIS (Ministry of Health – Department of Information Systems) offices with short work trips within Mozambique and abroad.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Manage the SIS-M&A project;
• Prepare detailed application requirements;
• Provide technical support at all stages of the tender process to select the company that will develop the application;
Provide technical support at all stages of development;
• Ensure the transfer of historical data, choice of data dictionaries, as well as the application of different standards;
• Participate in deployment operations;
• Ensure integration of all subsystems, interoperability and assimilation into the national SIS architecture;
• Develop and implement the maintenance plan and support;
• Define the security policy for the entire system;
• Carry out the training according to the training plan and ensure the availability of materials for courses;
• Perform other functions according to the needs of the Project and MOASIS.

Qualifications and Work Experience:

To successfully fulfil this role you will need the following qualifications and work experience:
(a) REQUIRED:
• Minimum of 2 years of proven experience as team leader in development projects of informatics products;
• Minimum of 3 years experience as Software Product Manager and as System Analyst;
• Proven ability to prepare project management, technical and operational documents and manuals for the system and users;
• Proven experience in deployment, management and optimization of database and related infrastructure;
• Training in information technology;
• Excellent written and oral communication;
• Fluent in Portuguese and English.

(b) PREFERRED:
• Master in Computer Science, IT Project Management, Information Systems, Health Informatics or related fields;
• Experience using the Atlassian tool;
• Ability to work in a competitive and high pressure environment;
• Experience in development, adjustment and implementation of information systems for collection, analysis and use of data, as well as for production of important and routine reports;
• Ability to ensure that software licenses from existing and to-be adopted components by the project are favourable for the adoption of software in Mozambique;
• Experience in software security;
• Experience in organizing, implementing and leading technical staff training;
• Ability to work in partnership with several organizations including International Donors, NGOs, private and public sectors at Provincial and Central levels.

The interested applicants may ask for the detailed Terms of Reference of the position and send their CV accompanied by a letter expressing interest to the following email address: p.managermz@gmail.com. with a subject line or reference of :“Software Product Manager SIS-M&A” before the 15th of January 2012. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted via e-mail or telephone.