Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) (www.idi-makerere.com) is a not-for-profit organization, owned by Makerere University. Its mission is “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through Research and Capacity building”. Over the last 6 years, IDI has been running the Fleming Fund project, which supports government efforts to set-up systems for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance. The project seeks to fill the position of Health Information Systems Officer with the qualifications below

Oversee the installation, configuration and management of lab information management systems (ALIS, SILAB and WHONET) and related hardware in supported sites and AMR national coordination centres
Ensure that all data systems are running smoothly and efficiently and support sentinel teams to address any technical issues as they arise
Develop training materials and standard operating procedures to enhance the competencies of healthcare teams in using health information systems
Training staff on new systems and processes
Fast-track linkage of information systems at sector specific coordination centres to the one health platform
Support sectors to establish and or maintain data management systems for collection, analysis and reporting of AMR data