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Deputy Director, Health Information Management

Digital Health Agency (DHA) · Nairobi

Digital Health Agency (DHA)NairobiPosted 12 November 2026

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Nairobi, Kenya
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Description

Developing drafts of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, legislation, and regulations on health information management;

Developing concept notes for review of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, legislation, and regulations on health information management;

Developing stakeholder mapping on health information exchange;

Developing health information exchange deployment plans;

Developing use cases for the health information exchange including workflows for different tasks;

Developing data requirements for each of the health information exchange registries;

Designing and developing architecture for health information exchange registries;

Developing and implementing the matrix for gap analysis for health information exchange;

Developing guidelines for implementing health information exchange;

Conducting desk review on health information exchange;

Deploying mitigation strategies on health information exchange;

Developing training and user support materials for health information exchange;

Implementing risk mitigation measures on health information exchange;

Deploying decommission strategies for health information exchange; and

Designing the assessment tools to measure the effectiveness of the health information exchange training curriculum.

Requirements

Cumulative period of fifteen (15) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Digital Health or in an equivalent or in a comparable position;

Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Health Information Technology, Health Records and information Science, Health Systems, Information Communication Technology, Pharmacy, Epidemiology, Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.

Master's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Health Informatics, Health Information Systems, Health Records and Information Science, Information Communication Technology, Epidemiology, Health Economics and Policy, Statistics, Biostatistics, Health Systems, Data Science and Analytics, Computer Science; or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.

Registered and Licensed by a recognized regulatory body where applicable;

Certificate in Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;

Knowledge of HL7 FHIR and health interoperability standards including OpenHIE, WHO SMART Guidelines, SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD) is an added advantage;

Enterprise architecture certification including TOGAF and relevant security, cloud or IT governance certifications including CISSP, CISM, COBIT, ITIL) are an added advantage;

Professional certification in Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 Practitioner is an added advantage;

Proficiency in computer applications;

Demonstrated experience in project management, preferably within ICT digital transformation or public-sector programmes is an added advantage; and

Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results

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Minimum qualifications

BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA , Professional Certificate

How to apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Digital Health Agency (DHA) on mratibu.dha.go.ke to apply

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