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Project Director: Mobile Tech for Journalism: FrontlineSMS has received a grant from the Knight Foundation to design mobile tools for journalists, focusing on audience engagement and mobile reporting. The Project Director will be responsible for the delivery and day-to-day management of the Knight Foundation Project, and for shaping its strategic direction, growing the organization's brand strength in the market and leading the project towards sustainability. The position is based in Washington D.C. This sounds like more than just a management job. It includes opportunities for designing and implementing pilot programs and conducting communications outreach and PR, among others. Click here for details.

Senior Technical Advisor – eHealth and ICT Coordinator: RTI International is part of a consortium working with Tanzania's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to strengthen its monitoring and evaluation capacity. RTI is seeking a senior-level technical advisor to help develop and implement an eHealth strategy and a five-year ICT implementation plan; including systems analysis, capacity building and training, and developing specifications for software applications. The position is based in Dar es Salaam and the deadline for application is February 10. More information is available here.

African ICT Policy Advocacy Coordinator: The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a global network of civil society organizations that uses ICT to promote development, social justice, participatory political processes, and environmental sustainability, is seeking someone with extensive experience in ICT policy in Africa to implement a two-year project entitled "Access, rights, and innovation: Improving governance and accountability in ICT policy and regulation in Africa." The position can be based anywhere in Africa as long as there is a reliable Internet connection. Application deadline is February 17. Click here for details.

The PIH Medical Informatics team enables the use of high quality, reliable data at PIH to strengthen programs, support quality improvement and academic research, and improve the care we deliver to our patients. The Informatics System Administrator is a new position and is responsible for supporting the overall configuration, administration, monitoring and maintenance informatics systems, including OpenMRS,(http://openmrs.org, an open source Electronic Medical Record), across PIH sites. This work will include directly working on servers, hardware and networking systems, accompanying site-based staff in these activities, and documentation of best practices. This position will also work closely with central and site-based IT teams. The position is based in Boston, but will travel frequently to PIH sites.

More details: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA1/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=PIH&cws=1&rid=184

VillageReach (based in Seattle) has an exciting opening for a Technology Manager in the Information Systems Group (ISG). The Technology Manager will be responsible for applying requirements from health system strengthening field programs into product software solutions in the field of logistical information systems. The manager will elicit requirements and change requests from in-country teams and partners, provide support for implementation of changes and new requirements via contractors and partners, and document and track bugs/issues, as well as software releases. The manager will also be responsible for project management for the OpenLMIS Initiative, involving the active participation of a number of organizations from the global health and international development sector and private enterprise. Planning and coordinating OpenLMIS events, workshops and other network-building activities will be core to this program.

More details: http://villagereach.org/vrsite/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/082011.ISG-Tec...

VillageReach (based in Seattle) has an exciting opening for a Technology Manager in the Information Systems Group (ISG). The Technology Manager will be responsible for applying requirements from health system strengthening field programs into product software solutions in the field of logistical information systems. The manager will elicit requirements and change requests from in-country teams and partners, provide support for implementation of changes and new requirements via contractors and partners, and document and track bugs/issues, as well as software releases. The manager will also be responsible for project management for the OpenLMIS Initiative, involving the active participation of a number of organizations from the global health and international development sector and private enterprise. Planning and coordinating OpenLMIS events, workshops and other network-building activities will be core to this program.

More details: http://villagereach.org/vrsite/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/082011.ISG-Tec...

The mHealth Alliance has released a report Health Information as Health Care: The Role of Technology in Unlocking Data and Wellness that explores the use of mobile devices in the collection and transfer of critical health data at the local, national and international levels.

The paper is structured around three core healthcare domains: surveillance systems, supply chain, and human resources. Experts in these domains identify critical gaps in health information flows and offer recommendations on how technology-based solutions can be applied.

To spur a global dialogue on this important topic, the publication is posted in mHealth’s knowledge- and idea-sharing platform, HealthUnBound (HUB) . We hope you will contribute your thoughts to this ongoing discussion.

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