Makerere University
Directorate of Human Resources
Employment Division
Job Opportunity: Regional Centre for Quality Of Health Care
Preamble:
Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC) established in 1999, is a unit under Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH).
The mission of RCQHC is to provide leadership in building regional capacity to improve the quality of health care in Africa through, networking, strategic partnerships, education and training.
RCQHC currently operates in 15 countries of east and central Africa region.
RCQHC invites applications from suitably qualified candidates from countries in the region for the post of Director - RCQHC.
Title: Director, Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reporting to: Dean, School of Public Health, Makerere University
Tenure: Two year contract which may be renewed upon satisfactory performance following an appraisal
General Responsibilities:
The Director will provide high level leadership in strategic direction, vision and policy leadership within the Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC) at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health in Kampala, Uganda.
S/he will oversee the development, implementation and dissemination of proven strategies, innovations and best practices to strengthen quality of care in health.
The Director serves as the leader of the Center's management/technical team that includes the Deputy Director Operations, Technical Advisors and administrative staff.
The Director will play the role of technical team leader and will be the key representative of the Centre cultivating strategic partnerships with agencies and organizations external to the Centre in order to foster the Center's regional programs and international networks, collaboration and funding efforts.
Specific duties:
Directorate of Human Resources
Employment Division
Job Opportunity: Regional Centre for Quality Of Health Care
Preamble:
Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC) established in 1999, is a unit under Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH).
The mission of RCQHC is to provide leadership in building regional capacity to improve the quality of health care in Africa through, networking, strategic partnerships, education and training.
RCQHC currently operates in 15 countries of east and central Africa region.
RCQHC invites applications from suitably qualified candidates from countries in the region for the post of Director - RCQHC.
Title: Director, Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reporting to: Dean, School of Public Health, Makerere University
Tenure: Two year contract which may be renewed upon satisfactory performance following an appraisal
General Responsibilities:
The Director will provide high level leadership in strategic direction, vision and policy leadership within the Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC) at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health in Kampala, Uganda.
S/he will oversee the development, implementation and dissemination of proven strategies, innovations and best practices to strengthen quality of care in health.
The Director serves as the leader of the Center's management/technical team that includes the Deputy Director Operations, Technical Advisors and administrative staff.
The Director will play the role of technical team leader and will be the key representative of the Centre cultivating strategic partnerships with agencies and organizations external to the Centre in order to foster the Center's regional programs and international networks, collaboration and funding efforts.
Specific duties:
- Ensure that the mission and overall mandate of the Centre are well articulated
- Provide overall technical and managerial leadership and ensure RCQHC's compliance with existing financial control and administrative systems and procedures in accordance with Makerere University
- Pro-actively provide leadership in the marketing of the activities at the centre to the current and potential donors, regional government ministries and regional professional organizations through identification of current Quality of Care trends, developing concept papers and technical presentations that will appeal to a variety of donors.
- Manage the overall external relationship between the Centre and all its partners and collaborating agencies, including adherence to USAID policies, government regulations and professional accounting and administrative standards
- Provide inspirational leadership to ensure staff at the Centre are continuously motivated to enhance productivity and improved organizational performance.
- Lead the technical staff in developing concept notes for technical assistance, designing and implementation of training prpgrams, and writing of program technical reports that demonstrate the Centre's expertise in quality of health care programming.
- Ensure budget accounting transactions and reporting are within budgetary allocations or allotments.
- Provide leadership in mobilization of sufficient financial and other resources from diverse sources to ensure the Center's operational base is sustainable through creative strategies for diversified funding.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- The Director must have a minimum of ten years of progressively senior level experience in administering and managing health programs and an advanced degree(s) in public health or health care administration or a similar field.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:
The Director should be a technical specialist in the area of quality improvement in health with a successful track record and significant knowledge of and broad experience in:
The Director should be a technical specialist in the area of quality improvement in health with a successful track record and significant knowledge of and broad experience in:
- International quality of care strategic planning, implementation and management
- Experience in working with regional governments, and other international donor agencies
- Resource mobilization/proposal writing.
- Experience in management of large Donor funded programs/grants and their accountability
- Demonstrated proficiency in program implementation through work plans, and annual reports
- Exemplary leadership qualities
- Excellent communication skills
- Good working knowledge of computers
The Director must be willing to travel extensively within the region (up to 30%).
S/he must be an outstanding manager who can engender trust at all levels within and outside the Centre and motivate others through strong, honest leadership.
The Director should be able to recognize and build on the diversity of talent of staff from diverse backgrounds for achievement of the organizational goals.
S/he should provide exemplary leadership and strategic focus to the work of the Center and be responsive to the interests of a range of stakeholders.
S/he should maintain a high level of technical expertise within the organization to effectively shape programming direction.
Challenges of the position:
The main challenges of this position are:
S/he must be an outstanding manager who can engender trust at all levels within and outside the Centre and motivate others through strong, honest leadership.
The Director should be able to recognize and build on the diversity of talent of staff from diverse backgrounds for achievement of the organizational goals.
S/he should provide exemplary leadership and strategic focus to the work of the Center and be responsive to the interests of a range of stakeholders.
S/he should maintain a high level of technical expertise within the organization to effectively shape programming direction.
Challenges of the position:
The main challenges of this position are:
- Maintaining the Center's focus while responding to changing Quality of Care needs in the ECSA region and changing funding priorities.
- Maintaining the high level of expertise and a clear sense of priorities (both personally and for the organization) needed in the area of Quality of Care is essential.
- As the senior professional in the organization, the Director will be called upon to model the enthusiasm, commitment and-values that support an innovative international organization.
- Ability to mentor and support technical staff to produce high quality programming.
Qualified and interested candidates should send applications with detailed CV's, names and addresses of three referees and copies of academic/professional qualifications to:
The Director
Human Resources
P. O. Box 7062,
Kampala
Applications may also be hand delivered to Employment Division, Room 406, Top Floor, Main Building.
Closing date for receiving applications is 30th October, 2009.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Those who will not have heard from us by 30th November, 2009 should consider their applications unsuccessful.
