Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI) supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health (GH) Bureau. Its purpose is twofold: (1) Through individual fellowships, STAR will help strengthen the capacity of diverse American and low-and-middle-income country (LMIC) health professionals at all levels to make innovative contributions to global health (GH); and (2) STAR will create ground-breaking opportunities for both US and LMIC GH academic institutions and other groups, including professional associations, to create systems for open-access knowledge sharing, resulting in effective partnerships.<\/p>\n
STAR\u2019s individual and institutional participants are contributing to the development of self-sustaining systems and tools that will produce global citizens with the full spectrum of relevant health competencies. STAR is managed by the Public Health Institute and implemented in partnership with Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).<\/p>\n
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Job Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Data Science Advisor<\/strong> ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n The STAR Fellowship is a two-year global health and learning opportunity with:<\/strong><\/p>\n FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n An estimated 7.5 million South Africans are infected with HIV, the highest number in any country in the world. The country is also plagued by a related tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, with the fourth highest burden in the world. The Health Office manages the largest President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program in the world, which focuses on HIV testing, treatment, retention, Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission, tuberculosis\/HIV, HIV Prevention, and orphans and vulnerable children programs. The Health Office collaborates closely with other agencies to implement PEPFAR, especially the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the State Department, and Peace Corps. More importantly, the Health Office works closely with the South African government to further align programmatic priorities and to harmonize the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of HIV\/AIDS activities.<\/p>\n The Strategic Information (SI) Team is responsible for routine Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), ensuring implementing partner compliance with PEPFAR reporting requirements, and the use of routine program data for programmatic adjustment within the Health Office (HO). The SI Team is tasked with managing and enhancing the availability and use of a range of programmatic and epidemiological data in South Africa. The data informs program design, programmatic target setting and activity monitoring.<\/p>\n The magnitude and importance of data in this context cannot be overstated:<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the beginning of PEPFAR the South Africa program has produced approximately one-quarter of all PEPFAR results globally. Therefore, the quality management and development of the main sources of these data represents a critical function of the Strategic Information Team within the Health Office specifically, and in PEPFAR\/South Africa more generally.<\/p>\n Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Data Science Advisor (Advisor) provides leadership under the direction of the Strategic Information Team Lead in the collection, analyses, visualization, and utilization of data in the Health Office.<\/p>\n The Advisor will be responsible for:<\/strong><\/p>\n Reporting structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Advisor will be based at the Health Office within the United States Agency for International Development in Pretoria, South Africa. They will work closely with the Strategic Information Team and receive technical direction from the Health Office Director, who will serve as their Onsite Manager.<\/p>\n Essential Duties and Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 1: Improved creation and use of strategic information in the Health Office:<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 2: Improved creation and use of strategic information among implementing partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 3:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Improved preparation and overall readiness for the development of the Country Operational Plan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Anticipated learning outcomes: * Required 10% time<\/strong><\/p>\n FELLOWSHIP REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Required:<\/strong><\/p>\n Additional skills (preferred)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>South Africa<\/p>\n\n
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