Regional Health Information System (HIS) Advisor, Somali Region
Locations: Somali Region, Ethiopia
Deadline: 24 June 2026 (Early Application are encouraged as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found).
Job Description
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 50 countries and have a workforce of more than 2,000 talented and motivated staff around the world.
Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.
Project Overview:
Data.FI is a global project funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Department of State (DoS). The goal of Data.FI is to accelerate and sustain access to high-quality data to expedite HIV epidemic control, as well as epidemics across other health areas.
The project is DoS‘ primary mechanism for strengthening data, technology, and HIS to support HIV activities. Data.FI aims to improve global, regional, and national in-depth analysis of HIV epidemiologic and programmatic data. Such analyses can then be directly applied to expedite the achievement of PEPFAR targets. Data.FI’s focus also includes direct support to host-country governments to enhance existing HIS, thereby informing management responses to well-defined gaps in HIV and AIDS programming and sustaining impact by supporting the transition of activities to local partners.
By the end of Data.FI, an advanced analytic approach for program implementation and scale-up will be institutionalized in PEPFAR countries and led by local organizations. HIV data systems will be supported by domestic investments and local capacity and be flexible to meet emerging decision-making needs critical to accelerating and sustaining epidemic control.
Position Summary:
The Regional Health Information System Advisor will lead and coordinate HIS, digital health and data strengthening activities at the regional level in close collaboration with the Regional Health Bureaus. The role will also provide hands-on technical assistance and capacity building to regional teams to promote sustainable ownership, effective system use, and improved health system performance.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support implementation of HIS and data quality improvement activities within regions including DHIS2 data management and reporting, systems like eCHIS, Dagu (both desktop and mobile versions), and other field-level systems.
• Build capacity of regional and district health teams in HIS management and data use.
• Ensure coordination and alignment with national HIS and digital health initiatives.
• Strengthen feedback mechanisms between regional and national levels for improved data flow and decision-making.
• Provide technical assistance for provincial data review meetings and reporting processes.
• Support implementation of data quality reviews, validation processes, and monitoring of corrective action plans to ensure sustained performance improvements.
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in health informatics, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in digital health systems, with a minimum of 5 years in a senior technical leadership role.
• Strong understanding of national health systems, data use ecosystems, and digital governance structures.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills, especially in multisectoral and government-facing environments.
• Demonstrated experience providing hands-on technical assistance and mentoring to sub-national health teams to support system rollout, data quality improvement, and institutionalization.
• Proven ability to work effectively in decentralized health systems and support transition of digital health system ownership to government counterparts.
• Must be resident in one of the Regions mentioned.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.
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