Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
LEARNING CENTRE FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Program Summary
The Learning Centre for Quality Management (LCQM) is a Centre of Excellence at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS). As a regional hub for excellence, the LCQM is dedicated to strengthening healthcare systems across Southern Africa. With a focus on enhancing the quality of healthcare delivery, the Centre promotes evidence-based practices through capacity building, research, and knowledge management.
Collaborating with local and international partners, the LCQM fosters a sustainable, people centered approach to healthcare, addressing critical challenges within health systems and driving impactful solutions across the region.The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has provided funding to KUHeS to enhance the capacity of the LCQM to support the implementation of the Health Sector Strategic Plan III (HSSP III) and its associated reforms. To achieve these, LQCM Project is inviting suitably and qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions:
Documentation and Learning Officer – 1 Position
Department : Knowledge Management Unit
Responsible to : Knowledge Management Lead
Type of contract : 2 year-fixed Contract
Location : Lilongwe
Role Purpose
The Documentation and Learning Officer will be responsible for supporting systematic documentation and packaging of successful change ideas for dissemination to policy makers, partners and implementers. This role will support institutionalization of documenting lessons in the health care system and will leverage technology to create a platform of collaborative learning. The Documentation and Learning Officer will work across all pillars of the Centre,
i.e. knowledge management, research and capacity building to strengthen learning within the health care system.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct implementation support of knowledge management system for improvement initiatives and successful change ideas in learning districts. • Support systematic documentation of lessons and experiences in implementation of knowledge management system and provide recommendations for national implementation.
- Provide direct support to model hospitals for quality and develop them into sites for experiential learning.
- Support systematic documentation and dissemination of lessons for developing model hospitals for quality.
- Support development of resource mobilisation framework for the model hospitals for quality.
- Support packaging of successful change ideas and disseminate them to policy makers,
- Leverage technology to create a collaborative platform for policy makers, implementers and donors to learn and share lessons.
- Support generation or mobilisation of resources for the centre.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual, and other reports as required and oversee the dissemination of reports to the relevant stakeholders.
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a clinical field or nursing.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in quality improvement as a mentor to district or facility teams.
- Demonstrated experience in data management or knowledge management in health programs or research institutions.
- Demonstrated experience with health information systems, data collection, and quality assurance process.
- Demonstrated experience in sharing lessons through webinars, policy briefs, newsletters etc.
- Demonstrated experience in generation and mobilisation of resources.
Other Competencies:
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills for collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Application Procedure
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should send their applications including a cover letter, copies of relevant certificates and CV with names, emails, and contact of professional referees to:
The Registrar
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences,
Mahatma Gandhi Road Campus,
P/Bag 360,
Chichiri,
Blantyre 3.
Or email to: recruitment@kuhes.ac.mw
Indicate position applied for on the envelope for hard copy applications and indicate the same in the subject line of your email for electronic submissions. Applications should reach the Registrar not later than 21st January 2025.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Reference check shall be conducted to successful candidates.