Health Manager at Gardner’s for Health at Kigali,
Rwanda – DEADLINE:14/07/2014
Rwanda – DEADLINE:14/07/2014
Job Opportunity: Health Manager
Gardner’s for Health partners with health clinics in
Rwanda to provide agriculture support and health education to families with
malnourished children Gardeners for Health is an international NGO registered
in Rwanda and a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in The United States.
Rwanda to provide agriculture support and health education to families with
malnourished children Gardeners for Health is an international NGO registered
in Rwanda and a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in The United States.
Gardner’s for Health is recruiting a Health Manager to
oversee the organization’s health and nutrition curriculum, ensuring, meet the
needs of the community served. The Health Manager will serve as a key leader on
the organization’s management team, contributing to the stra
oversee the organization’s health and nutrition curriculum, ensuring, meet the
needs of the community served. The Health Manager will serve as a key leader on
the organization’s management team, contributing to the stra
tegy and growth of
the program in Rwanda.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Ensure accuracy, breadth and updating of health
and nutrition curriculum (curriculum includes topics relevant to
communities ‘health and nutritional success, and new medical and
nutritional information should be included as it becomes available.
- Provide health and nutrition trainings to GHI
staff, community health workers, and staff at partner health centers;
- Represent GHI as the organization’s technical
health specialist at relevant government meetings;
- Supervise field work for training content
delivery and knowledge;
- Support field staff in developing leadership,
communication, and care giving skills;
- Continually assess health programs outcomes and
needs of the communities; modify existing activities and trainings
accordingly;
- Be an active member of the communities served;
- Collaborate with other organizations to share
lessons learned, best practices, and materials.
Qualifications and Qualities
- A minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing,
Nutrition, or a relevant technical health field
- Verbal and written fluency in Kinyarwanda and
English
- Excellent written and verbal Communicator and
trainer
- Strong work ethic, sense of accountability and
responsibility
- Good organizational skills
- Solutions focused
- Empathy and mutima mwiza
- Community spirit
- Easily adaptable to the needs of a growing
organisation
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
Location: Ndera, Gasabo
District
District
Preferred Start Date: August 1,
2014
2014
Compensation and Benefits: Full salary with health insurance and social security benefits
To Apply: Email a cover
letter, resume and the contact information for 2 references who can speak to
your work experience to jobs@gardnersforhealth.org
(Subject line: Health Manager). The enddate for receiving applications
will be July 14, 2014.
letter, resume and the contact information for 2 references who can speak to
your work experience to jobs@gardnersforhealth.org
(Subject line: Health Manager). The enddate for receiving applications
will be July 14, 2014.