SIGLAB Senior Advisor (m/f)

Description

• Title: SIGLAB Senior Advisor - Expression of Interest Request for short term employment contract to support the SIGLAB Team
• SIGLAB - is an electronic Logistic Management Information System (eLMIS) for lab reagents and consumables management
• Project: Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Mozambique
• Supervision: The SIGLAB Senior Advisor will report directly to the Director of MIS and M&E
• Working Conditions/Duration of Assignment: This is a short-term 60 days contract based in Maputo, Mozambique
• Background: The overall goal of GHSC-PSM is to procure and provide health commodities for all USAID health programs, including but not limited to, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Family Planning, and Maternal & Child Health, as well as provide systems strengthening technical assistance to improve supply chain management and commodity security in Mozambique
• As part of the continued roll-out and development of SIGLAB - an electronic Logistic Management Information System (eLMIS) for lab reagents and consumables management-, GHSC-PSM in Mozambique requires enhancements and new features to the current SIBLAB version
• SIGLAB is a robust mobile and web eLMIS based on OpenLMIS version 2.0 technology. The application is currently deployed in 15 laboratories in Mozambique and is being expanded to a national wide
• The objective of the consultancy is 1) to enhance and develop new features of the SIGLAB application to allow fully functionality and alignment with Laboratories Requirement and 2) to develop and implement the Lab Monthly Report (LMIS) and some Analytics Dashboards and Reports

Duties

Principal duties

• In collaboration with PSM team, develop business requirement specifications for SIGLAB improvements and new features, reports, and dashboards
• Define software development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, and implementation
• Develop and implement enhancements and new features to the SIGLAB Application as specified in the business requirement specifications
• Develop and implement the Lab Monthly Report (LMIS), and Analytics Dashboards and Reports as specified in the business requirement specifications
• Produce user manual
• Configure training environment

Performance indicators

• The SIGLAB Senior Advisor shall complete the following deliverables in accordance with deadlines of the project. The SIGLAB Senior Advisor is responsible for supporting the bug fixing and implementation after completion of this TO
• Performance Indicator No. 1: Business requirement specifications
• In collaboration with PSM team, the SIGLAB Senior Advisor shall develop business requirement specifications for improvements, new features, reports, and dashboards to be implemented on SIGLAB
• Performance Indicator No. 2: Project plan
• The SIGLAB Senior Advisor shall define the software development project plan, including scoping, scheduling, and implementation
• Performance Indicator No. 3: Upgrade SIGLAB Application as defined in the business requirement specifications
• The SIGLAB Senior Advisor shall develop and implement enhancements and new features to the SIGLAB application
• Performance Indicator No. 4: User Manual
• The SIGLAB Senior Advisor shall produce SIGLAB user manuals for both mobile and web portal applications
• Performance Indicator No. 5: Training environment
• The SIGLAB Senior Advisor shall configure the new training environment for SIGLAB for both web portal and mobile applications

Requisites

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of information technology
• 10+ years of relevant object-oriented application building experience in a professional environment
• Agile/Scrum development cycle understanding strongly is strongly required
• Extremely strong Computer Science fundamentals and analytical abilities
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as Java EE, Python, and architectures, such as microservices, SOA and distributed systems
• Experience with cloud-based computing is strongly required
• Relevant experience with android development
• Excellent understanding of coding methods and best practices
• Thorough understanding of relational databases such as MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL or similar DBM and SQL Lite is required
• Full Stack Developer with proven knowledge in new web technologies
• Experience with Open-Source Software’s is strongly required
• Experience with OpenLMIS, strongly preferred
• Relevant experience specifically related to logistics information management systems (LMIS) and web-based systems, strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience for designing, managing, and implementing donor-funded MIS programs in developing countries or low-resource settings preferred
• Experience working on an USAID or donor-funded project is preferred
• Experience with CMAM supply chain and CMAM LMIS is preferred
• Able to communicate effectively with non-technical staff and with members of interdisciplinary teams
• Fluency in Portuguese and English is required

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• Chemonics does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees)