Background
Established in 2016, the Global Programs for Research and Training, based in Kampala and Nairobi, is a Non-Governmental Organization to represent the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) East Africa projects. UCSF’s Global Strategic Information (GSI) has worked closely with CDC/PEPFAR for over 8 years with a focus on strategic information (SI) and development of associated Health Information Systems (HIS). Additionally, GSI has more than 10 years’ experience working on HIS in over 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and eastern Europe, providing high-level strategic thinking, technical assistance (TA) in the development of all levels of HIS systems, data presentation and interpretation, and local capacity building. UCSF works closely with multiple stakeholders including MOHs, various funders, institutions of higher education, and implementing partners (IP).
Currently, UCSF is a partner for CDC-funded development and implementation of an OpenMRS HIV Reference Implementation (OHRI). The program seeks to create a system of global support with buy-in from six selected countries (Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Haiti and Rwanda) for OHRI and has a focus on driving data exchange and interoperability across the HIS systems to improve efficiencies for providing patient care, improving program monitoring and leveraging analytics for data driven decision making.
We will be working with University of Nairobi and Makerere University to help manage developers, collaborate in a community of practice, and ultimately build capacity in more junior developers.

Job Summary
The Makerere University School of Public Health-Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (MakSPH-METS) Program is a five-year (2020-2025) CDC-funded Cooperative Agreement. The MakSPH-METS program emerged out of the growing recognition of the importance of evidence-based decision-making for an AIDS Free Generation in Uganda. The overall purpose of the Program is to establish coordinated and effective national and district systems for the management of strategic information for a robust HIV response.
The Database/BI Developer shall support UCSF with its data needs by developing and maintaining databases, reports, queries, and other software to support its projects and programs. The Database/BI developer is expected to design databases to meet the needs for specific projects while maintaining database design standards. Some projects will require the developer to extract and transform data from existing data sources then load it into databases managed by UCSF or its partners. Therefore, proficiency in SQL and scripting languages is critical. Additionally, visualizing project data on dashboards; reports, and score cards for analysis will be another critical output for the BI Developer.
Other software development needs may arise occasionally, such as the development of data collection systems, and development of interoperability layers between existing systems.
The Database/BI developer may be expected to meet with stakeholders, funders, and government officials, and draw up requirements based on their needs.


Global Programs for Research and Training would like to invite applicants to apply for the available jobs listed below

1. Disease Surveillance Data Specialist job
2. Database/BI Developer job