PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations-that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passio...
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GIS Analyst- Immunization
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience2 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldData, Business Analysis and AI  , ICT / Computer 
Roles and Responbilities
- Work with NVIP and partners to digitally produce maps with accurate geospatial data to identify missed settlement and populations and guide appropriate vaccination strategy for routine immunisation and immunisation campaigns.
- Work with NVIP and partners to aid visualization of geospatial data, spatial analysis and geostatistical modeling to help service delivery teams identify zero-dose children (children who have never been immunized) and improve service delivery to achieve equity in vaccine coverage.
- Harness Geospatial technologies to analyze the geographic distribution of populations in relation to service delivery points and key programmatic indicators to inform areas that need additional outreach or targeted improvements in service delivery.
- Develop and maintain master lists and data standards for health facilities, vaccination delivery sites and cold chain, settlements, infrastructure, health area boundaries and other core geographic objects to guide service delivery.
- Use modeling to understand geographic accessibility to services, vaccine distribution, and immunisation coverage with links to data (through HIS, IHRIS, and eLMIS) on vaccine-preventable diseases and AEFI
- Share learnings from Kenya on the role of Geospatial technologies in improving immunisation coverage and equity.
Required Skills/Competencies/Experience
- At least 2 years of experience in GIS environment, developing and leading innovative projects in geospatial data analysis, ideally with significant contributions to health
- Experience in remote sensing software such as ENVI, SNAP, and ERDAS.
- GIS Platform skills e.g. familiarity with using ArcGIS and QGIS.
- Programming & Data Analysis knowledge, e.g. experience in MATLAB, Python, R, SQL.
- Excellent English interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, including ability to present ideas in a user-friendly non-technical language
- Strong Analytical and Spatial statistics skills
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to communicate to a wide range of senior stakeholders, including other technology and data departments, aligning them to the GIS delivery roadmap and strategy.
- Familiarity with source control systems, specifically Git.
- Skilled in Web Development: Proficient in Django, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React.js.
- Proficient in Mapbox, Leaflet, Geoserver.
Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to PATH on path.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com to apply
