AMREF Associate Trainers Jobs in Kenya

Ref:CHR/10/10-14

AMREF is the largest indigenous health development nongovernmental organization based in Africa. Working with and through African communities, health systems and governments, AMREF aims to close the gap that prevents people from accessing their basic right to health.

With headquarters in Kenya, AMREF has programmes in Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. Employing over 800 staff and with an annual operating budget of approximately $70 million, AMREF is a knowledge resource for donors and partners.

For more information visit our website
 www.amref.org.

The AMREF International Training Centre runs a variety of training programs for health and development personnel in Africa. These include short-term courses of one to four weeks and academic courses including, one-year diploma course, Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Health and Masters in Public Health. The diploma and degree programs are accredited by Moi or KEMU Universities.

AMREF is seeking to recruit Associate Trainers who are familiar with adult learning methodologies to work part-time with its in-house faculty in the following training programmes:
  • Diploma in Community Health
  • Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing
  • Bachelor of Science in Community health
  • Masters in Public Health
  • Short Courses: Monitoring and Evaluation; Integrated HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment, Strategic Leadership and Management, Health Finance Management, Health Service Organization and Management; Health Systems Research; Sexual and Reproductive Health; Health Education and Promotion; Advocacy Skills; Gender In Health and Development Programs; Training of Trainers; Training of Facilitators; Project Management; Trauma Counseling and Management; Malaria Prevention, Control and Management; Proposal Writing; Entrepreneurship Development Program; Disaster Management and Sustainable Development; Records Management; Logistics Management for Drugs and Other Health Commodities.
Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidates should have the following minimum qualifications and experience:
  • First Degree with over 10 years experience in the field of interest;
  • Masters degree with a minimum of 5 years experience in the relevant field of interest;
  • Knowledge of adult teaching methodologies;
  • Basic computer skills with good skills in use of presentation software;
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD ) degree and publication in the area of interest for the Masters Program;
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills;
  • Experience in supervising diploma, degree and post-graduate students; and
  • Knowledge of the use of innovative teaching methods such as problem based learning and e-Learning
Interested applicants should send their application letter clearly indicating the course (s) of interest together with detailed CV giving details of their qualifications, experience, research activities and publications and the journals in which the publications appeared to:

The Director of Human Resources,
AMREF Headquarters by email to jobs@amref.org

We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications by Monday 15th November 2010.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

AMREF is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.

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