About the Job

Job Title: Digital Health Lead

Company: Eyu-Ethiopia

Vacancy Reference: DHL/EEV 02/26

Category: Programmes

Career Level: Grade IV / Senior (5–8 years)

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (with periodic travel to domestic project sites)

Location Type: Office

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12-month contract (renewable based on performance evaluation)

Salary: Executed as per the organization’s scale

Application Deadline: July 13th, 2026 (10 working days from announcement)

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About Eyu-Ethiopia

Eyu-Ethiopia is a local non-governmental organization dedicated to enhancing eye health, advancing disability inclusion, and optimizing overall health systems. The organization achieves scalable solutions through implementation research, evidence generation, technology innovation, and targeted capacity building in close collaboration with academic and government entities.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Strategic & Technical Direction: Drive the design, deployment, and scale-up of digital health frameworks. Align corporate digital transformation efforts directly with Ethiopia’s National Digital Health Strategy.

• System Architecture & Interoperability: Guide the continuous deployment and integration of primary electronic health systems, ensuring adherence to national data interoperability standards.

• Data Systems Optimization: Support and scale platforms like DHIS2, eCHIS, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), OpenMRS, KoboToolbox, and ODK.

• Analytics & Reporting: Engineer interactive dashboards and custom data visualization architectures to facilitate evidence-based administrative choices.

• Data Governance: Champion robust cybersecurity protocols, maintaining total data privacy, patient anonymity, and info governance.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Represent Eyu-Ethiopia at national digital health technical working groups and coordinate with development partners.

• Capacity Building: Lead internal knowledge management, train field staff on new digital health utilities, and support operational research.

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About You

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Data Science, Digital Health, Computer Science, Information Systems, Health Information Management, or a related technical discipline.

• Experience: A minimum of 5 to 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience centered on digital health infrastructure or health information systems. Proven experience navigating donor-funded programs and multi-stakeholder health ecosystems is required.

Technical & Core Skills

• Data Collection Platforms: Advanced capability deploying mobile data tools such as KoboToolbox, ODK, REDCap, SurveyCTO, or CommCare.

• Health Info Ecosystems: Solid working knowledge of eCHIS, DHIS2, and OpenMRS.

• Analytics Software: Foundational or advanced proficiency in statistical packages (STATA, R, or Python) alongside dashboard design toolsets (Power BI or Tableau).

• Languages: Complete written and verbal fluency in English. Command of additional local Ethiopian languages beyond Amharic serves as a distinct advantage.

• Core Competencies: Strong attention to detail, strategic troubleshooting, and clean communication skills.

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How To Apply

Interested and qualified specialists are invited to submit their application package digitally via email.

• Submission Email Address: info@eyuethiopia.org

• Mandatory Subject Line: You must quote the exact reference DHL/EEV 02/26 in your email subject field.

Mandatory Application Packet

 

Equal Opportunity Note: Eyu-Ethiopia strongly values organizational diversity. Qualified women, individuals with disabilities, and candidates from diverse backgrounds are highly encouraged to submit applications. Only shortlisted profiles will receive responses for subsequent written exams and interviews.