| Lilongwe, Malawi 1-3 months, negotiable Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) |
About VSO
| VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place. |
Role overview
| The Basic Emergency Obstetric Care Trainer is a short term placement. The purpose of this placement will be to prepare for and conduct training of nurses and midwives, from ten selected districts of Malawi, in Basic Emergency Obstetric Care. The Volunteer will conduct the trainings alongside local Malawian trainers who will in the process learn from each other on BEmOC. The training of serving nurses and midwives in rural health facilities in Basic Emergency Obstetric Care is aimed to improve the quality maternal health care provision and reduce maternal death in Malawi. It is planned that there will be two sessions for the trainings each running for a period of three weeks. |
Skills, qualifications and experience required
| Essential • Bachelor’s degree in Midwifery • Excellent facilitation skills • Excellent spoken and written English • Computer literacy • Ability to conduct training workshops • Excellent interpersonal communication skills • Experience in on job training to junior staff • UK resident Desirable • Previous experience working in a developing country • Post professional experience at midwife training institution as tutor or clinical instructor |
| Due to funder requirements, only applicants from the UK will be considered for this job. For more information on the project please have a look at the following websitehttp://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/thet |
How to apply
| If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we’re looking for. To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form. |
Application closing date
| 26 Oct 2014 |
Interview/Assessment date(s)
| commencing week 20 October |
Start date
| flexible from February, 2015 |
| Click here to download the job description in PDF format |
