: Assistant Commissioner Health services Health Information
Management
: 2-year renewable Contract
Job Purpose. To manage the server, IT and network. Infrastructures in the program. The System
Administrator will be responsible for providing day-to-day technical assistance to the Health
Information division for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, planning, operation, and
maintenance of digital health and health information systems and related infrastructure.
b) Key Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent will be responsible to the Assistant Commissioner Health Information Management for
performing the following duties
a) To manage the implementation, maintenance and optimization of the institution’s IT infrastructure
(hardware and software)

Configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance
standards and project/operational requirements as per the ICT policy guidelines.
Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
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d) Support in conducting national digital health/IT assets audits and develop strategies to optimize these
assets and the data they generate.
Support in the development and implementation of the digital health enterprise architecture and
standards.

Conduct system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources,
systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of
scheduled jobs such as backups.
Information Technology system’s user account management.
h) Guidance on systems integration and interoperability for health information exchange and data use of
data management information systems.
Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot
system issues.
Support the rollout of digital health and health information systems including user training.
k) Support digital systems and health information system governance issues, data safety and protection requirements

Qualifications
Applicants should be Ugandans holding
An Honours Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems,
Data Engineering, Software engineering and Computer Engineering, Information Security, Telecom
engineering, electrical engineering or Science (with focus on computer science, mathematics)
A Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field from a recognized
University/Institution.
A professional Qualification in ITIL (Information technology infrastructure Library)
Proficiency in Linux and Microsoft technologies,
Experiencе
At least 7-years of working experience as in Government or, an equivalent level of systems administrator
work experience from a reputable organization and national level in digital health and information systems,
especially in national scale deployment and maintaining digital health and health information systems.
experience in donor funded projects and public sector is an added advantage.
Required Competencies
Technical Competencies
configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. as per the ICT
policies.
conducting routine system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server
resources, systems and key processes.
Information technology System’s user account management.
development, implementation and maintenance of digital health solutions and technologies including
the application of recommended Health Information System architectures and standards.
deployment and maintenance of national digital health initiatives to scale.
digital systems and health information system governance issues, data safety and protection
requirements.
Demonstrated experience in providing Tier IIl/other support to end users or setting up support
channels for system end users.
Demonstrated experience in the development of technical documentation including guidelines to
support the digital health system implementation.
systems integration and interoperability for health information exchange and data use of data
management information systems.