Intern, Information Systems

NairobiKE

internship

Bachelor

14 days ago09/20/202410/20/2024

- Accepting Applications

Application development and support (40%-50%)

  • Develop and manage application solutions that help meet user needs, help manage data interoperability, and support process and data improvement with the view of program needs.
  • Applications will be developed using common modern web technologies. MVC models and OOP design disciplines are commonly used as well as Git or other version control systems. 

Information Systems maintenance and support (20%-30%)

  • Upon program request and as part of routine IS operations, perform support and maintenance of existing systems and contribute to workflows in all the ways called upon.

End-user support (20%-30%)

  • Utilizing a user-focused development approach; troubleshoot technical user issues, perform routine general maintenance to ensure reliable application uptimes, and data uploads and imports on DHIS2 and other platforms in use by the programs and analytics teams.
  • This would involve providing timely responses to both internal and external user requests and overall project management support to the Associate which includes but not limited to participating in meetings related to demos and various user presentations as well as contributing to user-testing.

Data Management and Reporting (15%)

  • Support the existing and additional reporting mechanisms for data contained in DHIS2 and other platforms through dashboards, pivot tables, charts, data exports and any other form as needed.
  • Also support the data management team with data uploads to the PostgreSQL and MySQL databases and other database requests.

District Health Information System (DHIS2) support (5%-10%)

  • Support development and maintenance of DHIS2 application(s) used by programs within the East and Southern Africa sub-region implemented as the central platform for project planning, reporting, analysis, and dissemination of information with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or any related field from a recognized university.
  • Fresh graduates who are not more than three years out of University will be preferred.
  • Interest in web application development. Demonstrated experience in the same is preferred.
  • Knowledge in at least one object-oriented web framework.
  • Knowledge in database design and development using relational database management systems including MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  • Knowledge of DHIS2 development and maintenance would be an added advantage.
  • Knowledge of Power BI and R tools for data visualization would be an advantage.
  • Interest in user-centered interaction design.
  • Agile thinker and capable of working effectively as part of a team. Motivated to learn new technologies and frameworks.
  • GitHub repository of previous and current projects is preferred. Please attach the link to this application.

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