Public Health Superintendent (JR203) Solwezi, Zambia
Reporting to the Manager, Health and Wellness, this role will focus on managing all aspects of workplace public health and community health. The role includes:
- Engage and build relationships with local stakeholders including traditional authorities and village leadership, public health authorities at the province and district.
- Review current workplace and community health programmes and advise on revise strategy etc.
- Implement, maintain, coordinate and monitor all Health Promotions activities on and off site:
- HIV/Aids
- Malaria
- Tuberculosis
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Water and sanitation
- Non communicable disease
- GLOW program
- Community health programs
- Develop effective monitoring and evaluation systems.
- Provide data for health surveys.
- Provide support to the rural health centres.
The profile of the candidate should include the following:
- Qualifications:
- Grade 12 Certificate
- Post graduate health qualification, ideally a Master’s in Public Health or epidemiology, from a recognized faculty.
- Management qualifications are useful, but not essential.
- Have attended courses/workshops on Malaria, HIV and TB.
- Experience
- Working in mining, energy or the infrastructure sector would be highly desirable.
- Managing a multi-disciplinary team.
- Developing, implementing and monitoring the effectiveness of health strategies.
- Managing behavior change.
- Experience in supporting community response to Covid-19.
- Proven experience in engaging and developing relationships with government authorities or NGO stakeholders
- Attributes
- Good communicator.
- Team player.
- Good organizer who is sensitive to cultural differences and sensitivities.
- Ability to manage up well and support sub-ordinates effectively.