Technical Advisor Management and Administration-SFRH

Ifakara, Tanzania
18 months..
St Francis Referral Hospital (SFRH) (Tanzania)

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 Technical Advisor for Hospital Management and Administration will work closely with the Head of Administration and the hospital management team to improve efficiency of the administrative and financial management. The advisor will be based in Ifakara and will be accountable to the SDC Project Coordinator with reporting lines to the VSO Health Programme Manager. He will have the following tasks and responsibilities:

• General support and coaching to the hospital management to set up an efficient management system of resources
• Chief advisor to administrator and medical director on all administrative, financial and Human resource issues
• Establish instruments to control and to report improvements
• Prepare and facilitate the succession planning to ensure sustainability
• Lead development of administration procedures
• Support administrator in developing scheme of service and salary structure
• Participate in the preparation of budget, finalization of accounts and implementation of auditors comments
• Regular communication and transparency
• Support administrator in developing instruments to monitor and control the use of resources including infrastructure, equipment and materials at departmental level
• Support administrator to coordinate support to SFRH by different partners particularly finances, materials and equipment utilization.
• Organize and coordinate short term supporting missions of technical back stoppers in specialized areas
• Work closely with all project stakeholders including MOHSW,IHI,SFUCHAS,TTCIH,GNDUC

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You will be able to demonstrate strength in the following areas.
• Degree in Business Administration, MBA, MPH or related qualifications
• 5-10 years experience of working in a hospital, especially in hospital management and quality improvement
• Knowledge of Hospital Management and training
• Ability to teach and train and mentor staff and developing specific goals and plans for the trainees.
• Knowledgeable of challenges of working in Africa
• Should be available for the period of project life cycle 3 years or a minimum of 2 years.
You'll be able to work independently and plan your work with little supervision. You'll be an enabler and facilitator of change, not determining the change itself.

How to apply


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