Strategic Information Officer

Title: Strategic Information Officer Grade: C5 Project: P656 – CHEP Location: Lusaka – Lusaka District, Lusaka Province Publish Date: 02 Nov 2026 00:00 Deadline Date: 05 Nov 2026 00:00 Description: Job Summary Reports to Senior Strategic Information Officer. The strategic information officer will be part of the reporting team within the data team at CIDRZ HQ. He/she will be responsible for development of data collection tools, aggregating and management of data for various programmatic performance monitoring and research studies. Main duties Designs and developments data collection tools for CHEP and other projects on request Designs and creates routine performance monitoring tools and reports Ensures that weekly and monthly reports are submitted on time Extracts routine and ad hoc datasets for programmatic and research studies Develops SOPs for handling programmatic and research data Participates in data collection and QA/QI activities Takes part in departmental planning activities Mentors Data Coordinators and Data Associates in efficient ways to manipulate and use data Mentors Data Coordinators and Data Associates on the definition of all performance monitoring indicators Participates in the presentation of data to various internal and external stakeholders Train staff on data collection and entry procedures and common errors/problems within the clinic and at other sites as requested Qualifications Higher/Advanced Diploma in Computing/ICT, Mathematics, Engineering or related subject Experience in an M&E team working on PEPFAR MER indicators will be an added advantage Database querying and management in any RDBMS, e.g. SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres etc Medium to advanced skills in any data analysis tool e.g. R, STATA, Excel etc Medium to advanced software programming skills in an object oriented or functional programming language Strong analytical skills Strong communication skills Ability to work in a very high-pressure environment Very good interpersonal skills Good team player Suitably qualified candidates are invited to apply. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.