Description
The Touch Foundation
is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving access to essential
quality healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa. We enhance the access to essential
quality healthcare through training, deployment and retention of skilled health
workers such as physicians, nurses, lab technicians as well as improving the
healthcare delivery systems to enable the provision of care by the health
workers.
For more information
about Touch Foundation, please visit our website www.touchfoundation.org.
We are seeking a
Program Assistant to support program operations in Tanzania.
Essential
Job Functions
Working with members
of the program team, the Program Assistant will be responsible for various
tasks in support of Touch programs. The Program Assistant will report to the
Program Manager.
Responsibilities
and Tasks
- Serve
as a liaison to program data collection teams and community based
organizations - Accompany
program team to provide Swahilli translation skills - Deliver
and pick-up documents, reports, communications and other materials and
supplies to/from various program partners and clinical facilities around
Mwanza - Help
out with various other tasks as needed (e.g., deliver and pick-up checks,
invoices, documents and other materials to and from vendors and suppliers
as needed, keep office organized, receive and distribute mail, handle
logistics of visiting guests to ensure smooth stays in country etc.)
As job
descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the Program Assistant may be required to
undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key duties.
Qualifications
of successful candidate
Knowledge,
Education and Experience
- Minimum
of 3 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced, competitive
environment, plus completion of secondary education - Good
judgment and discretion to represent the Touch Foundation in a highly
professional manner - Skills
- Excellent
attention to detail - Strong
organizational skills for balancing multiple responsibilities - Solid
relationship-building skills: ability to interface with external
constituents - Strong
written and oral communication skills - Ability
to proactively work as an effective team member - Comfort
with managing multiple assignments in a dynamic context - Capacity
to contact and interact openly, honestly, and professionally with
individuals - Excellent
skills in the functional use of a computer - Minimum
one year commitment
How
to apply
Qualified applicant
should send a resume and cover letter to touch_foundation_jobs@mckinsey.com
