Salary
Not Disclosed
Deadline
10 Oct 2026
Posted
03 Oct 2026
Location
Dar es Salaam
Job Description
The Health Systems Data Analyst will support R4D’s health systems work in Tanzania by managing, integrating, analyzing, and visualizing data for planning, resource allocation, implementation, and performance management.
Working across the Mifumo Imara ya Afya (MIA) and Health System Design and Planning (HSDP) projects, the analyst will connect data from multiple health-system data sources, produce practical analytical products for decision-makers, strengthen data quality and reproducibility, and support routine use of evidence by government and project teams.
Responsibilities
- Participates fully as a member of R4D by contributing, assisting, and participating in projects, activities, and initiatives as requested by management
- Compile, clean, link, and maintain data from government health information, planning, budgeting, expenditure, workforce, commodity, and other relevant systems for analysis.
- Conduct quantitative analyses to identify and describe trends, gaps, geographic variation, resource-use patterns, implementation bottlenecks, and relationships between health-system inputs, service delivery, and results.
- Develop dashboards, scorecards, maps, analytical profiles, and concise briefs that translate complex data into clear information for government and project decision-making.
- Support routine monitoring of priority indicators and planned-versus-actual performance, including identification of data and performance issues requiring further review.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience with health-system or service-delivery data; experience with planning, budgeting, expenditure, workforce, commodity, or other health-sector datasets is strongly preferred.
- Experience using Tanzania health information or management systems, preferably including DHIS2, FFARS, PlanRep, HFR, or similar government platforms.
- Understanding of data interoperability, data standards, APIs or data exchange, and responsible data governance; ability to communicate findings clearly and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and government counterparts.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree or equivalent in statistics, epidemiology, health informatics, public health, economics, health economics, health systems, data science, or a related quantitative field.
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in health data management, quantitative analysis, monitoring and evaluation, health informatics, or related analytical work.
Skills
Strong skills in data cleaning
validation
statistical analysis
visualization
and reproducible data management; GIS/mapping experience is desirable.
Excellent ability to work across projects
both independently and as part of a global team.
Excellent written and spoken English; working proficiency in Kiswahili is highly desirable
Location