Medair Somalia/Somaliland is seeking for a qualified Kenyan to fill in the following job based in Burao, Somaliland.
Health Manager
Reports directly to the Health Projects Manager
Overall Job responsibility:
Management and supervision of Medair’s community based health projects, including but not limited to: health post supervision, EPI services supervision, and supervising community health volunteers.
Detailed responsibilities include:
Manage, supervise and build capacity of national health staff. This includes job descriptions, recruitment, staff appraisals, staff development planning and training Timely preparation of medical orders for community health projects Management of drugs, medical materials, and equipment for the projects Assist in accurate and timely submission of internal reports and input to external proposals and reports Open and accurate communication regarding all aspects of project planning and implementation Project implementation in compliance with Medair, donor, Somali, and international guidelines Integration and mainstreaming of gender into the project in liaison with the Health Projects Manager
Job Qualifications and experience:
Registered nurse, midwife, or clinical officer 3 years clinical experience, and 3 years management experience Sound knowledge of community health issues MS Office, in particular Excel and Word are essential. Data entry and report writing will be an added advantage Trauma training, experience in a relief setting and in setting up health projects will be an added advantage Applications are invited from qualified persons to fill the above position.
If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please submit your letter of application and CV indicating daytime telephone contact. Also include telephone and email contacts of two professional references (friends and relatives will not be accepted as referees) and your current/ most recent employer to: Admin/HR Officer, Medair Somalia/Somaliland – Medair East Africa Office, George Padmore Road, Nairobi; or mail to Medair P.O. Box 76575, 00508 Nairobi. Applications can be sent by email to: recruitment-som@medair.org Applications must be sent in not later than Thursday 9 June, 2011. Only successful applicants will be contacted.You can now click on this link www.careerstom.com to visit our career centre for a more incisive advice from experts.
