Job description

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research. Also, the employee should prepare and deliver lectures to nursing students on topics related to nursing studies.

Job responsibilities:

·         Deliver assigned health sciences courses, including Medical-Surgical Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health, Pharmacology, and related subjects.

·         Prepare and deliver lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions, and clinical/practical teaching.

·         Monitor student attendance and maintain accurate academic records.

·         Supervise students during classroom, laboratory, clinical, internship, and field activities.

Africans & Diaspora

·         Assess students’ academic, clinical, and practical performance.

·         Prepare, administer, mark, and grade examinations, assignments, and practical assessments.

·         Provide timely feedback and academic support to improve student performance.

·         Prepare and update syllabi, lesson plans, course materials, and teaching resources.

·         Promote active learning, classroom participation, and professional conduct.

·         Advise and mentor students on academic, clinical, research, and career matters.

·         Maintain scheduled office hours for student consultation and support.

·         Supervise student research projects, internships, clinical placements, and practical work.

·         Demonstrate evidence-based clinical practice and appropriate patient-care skills.

·         Participate in curriculum development, review, and quality improvement.

·         Conduct and contribute to research, including proposal development, data collection, analysis, manuscript preparation, and publication.

·         Keep up to date with developments in health sciences education, clinical practice, and research.

·         Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues on teaching, research, and student support.

·         Participate in student orientation, registration, recruitment, and placement activities when required.

·         Serve on departmental, faculty, academic, or research committees as assigned.

·         Support student organizations and other academic activities.

·         Demonstrate professionalism, ethical conduct, leadership, and effective communication.

·         Participate in professional development and capacity-building activities.

·         Perform other duties reasonably assigned within the scope of the position.

Skills and qualifications

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing, midwifery, Public Health, or a related health sciences field, with a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or Midwifery.

• Minimum of 3–5 years of teaching experience in health sciences at a university or recognized tertiary education institution.

• Demonstrated satisfactory performance, professionalism, and a positive work attitude.

• Medical education or training of trainers or facilitators (ToT/ToF) certification is an added advantage.

• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

• Competence in basic computer applications and digital teaching tools.

Core Competencies

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• This position is open to Somali National only

• Effective teaching, mentoring, and coaching skills.

• Student counselling and academic advising skills.

• Good report-writing and documentation skills.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professional ethics.

• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.

• Good persuasion, negotiation, and conflict-management skills.

• Ability to supervise students in classroom, laboratory, clinical, and field settings.

• Ability to participate in research, scientific writing, and academic activities.

• Commitment to continuous professional development and evidence-based health sciences education.

Safeguarding Commitment

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understand his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe.

Africans & Diaspora

How to apply

Interested applicants should send their applications with a CV and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to: this Link Health Science Lecturer in | Careers at Heliwa,Mogadishu

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.