Community Health Assistants (CHA) Coordinator at Ministry of Health

Position Vacant: Community Health Assistants (CHA) Coordinator

A nationwide cadre of Community Health Assistants (CHAS) was introduced in 2010 by the Ministry of Health (MoH) through the launch of the National Community Health Worker Strategy. CHAS are recruited from rural communities, where they return ID provide a range of preventative, promotive and curativc health services after graduating from a rigorous 12-month standardized training at one of the CHA training schools in Ndola and Mwachisompola.

In order to coordinate and support CHAS during recruitment, training and after deployment, MoH, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAT), is seeking a Community Health Assistants Coordinator. The successful candidate will be stationed in the MOH Community Health Unil at Ndeke House in Lusaka and will report to the Assistant Director – Community Health. In addition, the CHA Coordinator will be required to work closely with five other directorates, namely Human Resource Training and Development (ARTD) and Human Resource Management and Administration (HRMA).

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Sciences. preferably Community or Public Health. Masters Degree in Public Health or related field will be an added advantage, demonstrated leadership experience.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills (English) with experience in meeting facilitation and report-writing.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, project management and computer usage skills.
• Ability to work collabomtively with a wide range of stakeholders, to influence change, to inspite teamwork, and efficiently achieve results.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking, ability to incorporate learnings into action and challenge existing mind-sets

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