Information Specialist â Warsaw
Information Specialist â Warsaw
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Job Description
We are looking for an Information Specialist to join our team in Warsaw Poland or Lilongwe Malawi to create effective and practical strategies for organizing vast troves of information in both the health and agricultural sciences.
Background
The Global South and the African continent is peppered with vast mountain ranges of disorganized paper-based data. These handwritten forms are not going away anytime soon due to systemic weaknesses in electrical networking and computer infrastructure. And yet every sector of government including the Ministries of Health Agriculture and Education desperately need data to optimize their programs under increasingly strained budgets.
Youll contribute to building well-structured intuitive tools for capturing data efficiently and standardizing unique identifiers for specimens patients cards pages books diseases diagnoses and treatments. This data must be made searchable sortable and linkable to quickly identify trends and patterns. Youll work closely with end users to understand their needs and help them extract relevant information.
Scope of Work
Assist with the co-design of data capture and data management solutions for our clients. This design should incorporate crafting of questionnaires layout of data elements visual aesthetics specimen identifiers the speed of healthcare workers and error correction codes for identifiers.
Write logical queries to extract and transform data. Design clear user-centered dashboards that support information discovery and decision-making using principles from information architecture user experience (UX) and data storytelling.
Engage with Ministries of Health and Agriculture in Africa as well as international aid organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) UNICEF and donors to understand current data processing workflows and pains and gather their requirements for data capture and data analysis .
Applying visual design principles to produce informative and aesthetic training materials.
Writing clear and concise user instructions and documentation.
Requirements
Completed or pursuing formal academic studies in library science information architecture or related fields.
Working proficiency (C1) in speaking reading and typing English and Polish (45 words per minute). Official certificate is not necessary.
Must be open to international travel to partner institutions or project sites. Culturally adaptive and adventurous!
Logical reasoning and ability to express ideas clearly both orally and in writing.
At ease using computers and digital systems.
Willingness and interest in working with people from other cultures.
Emotional resilience and at least mediocre social intelligence.
and you have to care about the work that you do!
Below are additional skills that are a bonus but are not required:
some experience or exposure to the natural sciences such as medicine chemistry biology agronomy or environmental science
foreign language skills especially in French Portuguese Swahili Chichewa or Chinese
domain knowledge and/or interest in the sustainable development goals particularly in public health agriculture environmental health and/or assisting developing countries.
Contact
For questions write to .
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
