Solidarmed is Currently Recruiting in Zambia: Nurse Training Project Manager

• Job Title: Nurse Training Project Manager, Zambia
• Contract Type: Full time (3 years)
• Place of Assignment: Lusaka and surrounding vicinity with frequent visits to rural training sites.
• Start of Contract: 1st January 2019.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Manage the implementation and development of the SolidarMed Nursing Project at St Luke’s College of Nursing. Midwifery and Public Health
• Support the College in designing, implementing and monitoring an innovative, decentralized blended training model for nurses, midwives and public health nurses.
• Contribute to the capacity building of teaching staff both in the College and at the clinical training sites, including through e-learning.
• Collaborate and coordinate with donors, partners and relevant stakeholders at all levels.
• Expert use of project cycle management tools (planning, reporting, budget control etc.)
• Support the roll-out of this model to other training colleges.

Your profile

• Advanced clinical skills in Nursing, Midwifery or Public Health or demonstrable clinical experience in a strongly relevant field.
• Experience in healthcare education, ideally involving curriculum design/review and implementation.
• Experience in project management, financial management and human resource development (project cycle management)
• Management and appraisal skills; ideally combined with experience in capacity building or institutional development.
• Interest in knowledge sharing, applied field research and scientific exchange.
• Academic qualifications to degree level or higher.
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills able to form valuable working partnerships at all levels.
• Fluency in English with good writing skills
• Solid computer skills (MS Word, Excel).
• Willingness to live and work in a rural area of Africa
• Competent driver
• Previous experience of working in Sub-Saharan Africa; or other relevant development settings.