Nsanje District Council
Local Government Service Commission is inviting applications from suitably qualified Malawians for the following vacancies existing at Nsanje District Council
POST : Chief Medical Officer-
GRADE : F/M4
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must be serving Principal Medical Officers (Grade G/ M5) with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience at that grade in the Local Authorities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform clinical work at the hospital including supporting/ assisting doctors and clinicians in managing various medical and surgical conditions, in line with national treatment guidelines and protocols;
- Evaluate/review patients referred to him/her by junior clinicians during ward rounds and/or out-patient clinics;
- Conduct major and minor surgical procedures of general surgery and gynaecology/obstetrics;
- Respond to emergency calls even after normal working hours, as necessary;
- Participate in the plan and implementation of disease surveillance protocols;
- Prepare and monitor the on call-clinical rota for the hospital.
- Participate in being on-call at the hospital
- Ensure smooth implementation of, and strict adherence to minimum standards of clinical Services including Infection Prevention Guidelines;
- Enforce professional conduct and work ethics (discipline) among clinical staff at the hospital and ensure that the staff always observe the dressing code.
POST: Chief Preventive Health Officer-
Grade: F/M4
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must be serving Principal Preventive Health Officers (Grade G/M5) with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience at that grade in the Local Authorities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Planning, organising, managing and evaluating environmental and other preventive health services at district level
- Liaising with Local government authorities and other stakeholders and provide guidance on matters relating to water and sanitation, hazardous waste management, disease outbreak/epidemic control, food safety, vector and vermin control and enforcement of public health regulations.
- Coordinate and collaborate with relevant institutions and organisations on emergency preparedness, response and health and safety.
- Supervising environmental and other preventive Health staff and projects at district level
- Conduct surveys, studies, and health impact assessment of various projects and provide technical guidance on health issues relating to environmental health needs.
- Perform any other duties as deemed reasonable for the post and as assigned from time to time.
- Liaise with government departments and NGOs working on issues of preventive health activities and projects in the district
- Interprets policies and regulations on public health
- Prepares estimates and budget for environmental other preventive health activities
- Conducts performance appraisal for environmental and other preventive health personnel
- Assess training needs of environmental and other preventive health personnel in the district
- Organizes meetings and in-service trainings of public health personnel in the district
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
POST: Senior Assistant Social Welfare Officer
GRADE: J/M8
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must be serving Assistant Social Welfare Officers and serving Assistants Community Development Officers (Grade K M9) with a minimum of four years’ Experience at that grade in the Local Authorities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Interprets, Government policy, standards and guidelines and provides technical backstopping to officers to ensure effective application of probation and rehabilitation strategies
- Undertakes basic research into international practices and facilitates inputs into standards setting to support alignment with international practices
- Works with vocational training department to develop life and survival skills to be included in the probation and rehabilitation services
- Represents the Principal at technical meetings within and outside the country.
- Compiles different reports on the activities of the juvenile reformatory centre highlights process and challenges and use the reports as a basis for making operational and management decisions
- Works with Community Participation section to develop and implement strategies for community mobilization aimed at improving community participation in child rehabilitation activities.
- Designs and implements practical sessions to equip community member and community-based care givers with child counselling psychosocial support skills in order to help them support reform process of children coming from the centre
- Identifies capacity building needs of the centre, especially technical staff, and facilitate training to ensure that acquire new knowledge and skills and benefit from the career path of the profession.
- Supervises, and monitors activities such as counselling juveniles and offer advice to Social Workers and Instructor on how to make counselling more effective.
- Assists with the identification of counselling needs of children and participates in counselling
POST : Principal Irrigation Engineer
Grade: G/M5
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must be serving Senior Irrigation Engineers (Grade H/M6) with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience at that grade in the Local Authorities.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Investigate and plan irrigation development activities
- Prepare a work plan, implementation schedules and budget
- Conduct topographic surveys for the design of irrigation/ drainage systems, dykes and water reservoirs
- Design Irrigation/drainage networks and structures, dykes, dams and water reservoirs
- Prepare specifications and tender documents for feasibility studies and construction of irrigation systems
- Carryout details site surveys, hydrological and soil investigations, and agronomic and environmental studies for implementation of irrigation projects.
- Carryout operations and maintenance of irrigation/drainage projects with an emphasis on quality control budgetary and financial control and timing of schedules(cropping and construction)
- Carry out an investigation of the potential for irrigation development, creating awareness of the benefits of irrigation
- Monitoring implementation of programs and performance of schemes
- Prepare comprehensive reports on the physical implementation and financial performance of projects
- Review Agronomic schedules, operations and maintenance, schedules to improve performance
- Train staff in operations, maintenance and management of irrigation schemes
- Train farmers in economic utilization of irrigation resources to maximize benefits
PERSONAL SPECIFICATIONS
1. Must be able to work with minimum supervision
2. Must be a team player and self-starter
Interested candidates should submit their applications together with their certificates and Curriculum Vitae to the address below clearly marking envelop the position they are applying:
The Executive Secretary
Local Government Service Commission
P. O. Box 766, LILONGWE
To reach him no later than 21st August, 2024