Requirements Engineer

The Requirements Engineer are charged working with the project stakeholders and end users to elicit, understand, analyze, and document the requirements for an EMR, HMIS and LIS systems in order to fulfill stakeholder requirements. The Requirements Engineer will also be responsible for producing specifications and determining operational feasibility.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in identifying, documenting, and sharing best practices of data use for evidence-based clinical and public health practices to strive for quality and equitable health service delivery
• Participate in the landscape and gap analysis of the existing HIS, including EMR and lab information systems to identify gaps or factors that hinder information use for a program or patient monitoring at health facility and administrative level
• Develop system analysis tool and undertake systematic system analysis
• Develop detailed and comprehensive system requirements on all aspects of patient and information flow, interoperability, data collection, aggregation, analysis, use, and reporting
• Compares stakeholder's needs to what different systems have to offer and helps identify which system meets all/most of the needs and presents the detailed and comprehensive system requirements to all relevant stakeholders
• Coordinate and undertake in-house/field testing of the developed HIV Care Module of EMR and document and provide systematic feedback to the programmers
• Follow up the enhancement of the system based on in-house/ field testing feedback
• Participate in the development of system documentation
• Develop training materials encompassing both ICT (hardware and software) and health program monitoring
• Provide Training of Trainers (TOT)
• Identify any gaps between system requirements or end-user needs and the existing /newly developed electronic systems, including DHIS-2 and EMR, and provide support to enhance the system accordingly
• Participate in developing data validation rules to be followed during data collection and software customization or development
• Participate in different HIS technical working groups (TWGs) and support the FMOH and RHBs in the development of strategic information and other areas as required
• Provide technical assistance in adopting eHealth standards to facilitate information system interoperability.
• Complete performance reports regularly
• Carry out other tasks as required 

Job Requirements

• BSc in Software engineering, ICT, Computer engineering or related fields, Master in Health Informatics is advantageous 
• More than 5 years of experience, experience in the Health sector is advantageous
• Preferably working on health information management, including HMIS, eHMIS, EMR or other patient monitoring systems
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Ethiopian health system and health information systems in general and HIV-related information management, including patient monitoring
• Ability to lead and produce results with a strong knowledge of results-based management
• Ability to organize information using the appropriate mode of presentation and style and to communicate effectively, illustrating the relevance of the information to the intended audience
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, including the ability to produce high-quality reports and knowledge products
• Strong oral and written skills in English and Amharic
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and basic knowledge of databases including SQL/oracle or any other RDBMS is required 

How to Apply

Click here to apply - https://icapacity.icap.columbia.edu/en-us/job/496781/requirements-engineer

NB - Only online applications are received Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

The closing date for receiving applications is – October 12, 2022