MINISTRY | MINISTER | PRINCIPAL SECRETARY | DEPUTY PS | DIRECTOR | DEPARTMENTS

Kingdom of Lesotho

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE

HEALTH PLANNING AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

VACANCY

 Background:

The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (GOL) in partnership with the African Development Bank       (ADB) have a development project with elements of civil works, capacity building and technical assistance called Health VI.  The main objective of Health VI is to support the Health Sector Reform Programs through strengthening Social Welfare and Mental Care Delivery at the community, district and central levels. The project works through four components that are Social Services Development, Strengthening the Mental Care Referral System, Human Resources Development and Program Management. To achieve the objectives, a technical assistant is required under the Human Resource Department.

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Position:                Human Resource Planner

Objective:             

The objective of this position is to identify a Human Resource Planner whose role will be to implement the Human Resource Strategic Plan 2005-2025.

Tasks:

The tasks for the Human Resources Planner are as follows:

1.                          To establish the human resource needs for health and welfare in the country. This will entail undertaking the following:

• Establishing a sustainable method of conducting research on human resources requirements of the health sector in accordance with government priorities.
• Designing and implement a system that detects internal and external factors that could affect the work health personnel perform and skills needed.
• Designing and implementing a system for monitoring the external environment that would assist in the forecasting of the health personnel requirements.
• Establishing methods for forecasting future health sector personnel supply and requirements.
• Strengthening the National Health Training College( NHTC)

2.                 To plan for the changing human resource requirements of the country to meet the MOHSW objectives. This will require the following:

•   Establishing and implementing a system of planning to meet the MOHSW human resources requirements of the country, aligned with     the Public Sector Improvement Reforms.

3.                    To advise on a relevant organizational design for the MOHSW. The following will be undertaken in pursuance of this objective:

·         Reviewing the organizational structure of the MOHSW annually, taking into consideration the developments in health, welfare and the public service generally, and make proposals for any changes if appropriate.

·         Designing the process and procedure for submission for potential changes to organizational design from heads of departments and district health officers.

·         Ensuring that proposed changes are analyzed from a management and organizational development perspective and that all relevant parties are consulted.

4.                          To ensure that the official organizational design of the MOHSW is kept up to date and communicated to all personnel.  This will entail the following:

·         Designing the procedure for recording the approved organisational changes and that the official organisational structure and function allocations are kept up to date.

·         Ensuring that approved organisational changes are systematically effected.

·         Ensuring that the current organisational structure is effectively communicated to all role players.

·         Analysing jobs and conducting work studies in order to determine workloads and the skills mix required for health and welfare service delivery.

·         Developing appropriate job analysis methods in order to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the health and welfare sector.

·         Developing, implementing and managing a skills inventory for the efficient performance of health and social welfare.  (Information Services  section will maintain the skills data base to aid human resource planners to forecast human resource needs and model possible effects of changes in HR policies and programmes).  This model to be linked with the Ministries of Public Service and Finance and Developing Planning.

·         Developing workload markers and compare workloads for different cadres in order to recommend staffing levels (creation and abolition of posts).

5.                          To conduct routine and regular human resources audits.

·         Developing a process and the procedures for conducting HR audits with the aim of ensuring compliance and adherence to prescribed human resources practice in the MOHSW.

·         Ensuring that HR audits are conducted in a timely and systematically manner and that the results are disseminated to relevant stakeholders.

·         Establishing a method of examining the strengths and weaknesses of the HRD and make recommendations to improve HR management in MOHSW.

Duration:            Two (2) year contract.

Requirements:

(a)           Academic Qualifications:

The incumbent should be a holder of a post graduate degree in Human Resource Management Planning.  Extensive work experience of at least 5 years in the area of Human Resource Management Planning is a pre-requisite.  Experience of having worked in Sub-Sahara Africa is an added advantage.

(b)           Person Specification:

Due to the nature of the job the person that is suitable for this position should be mature and be willing to pass on skills to the personnel working and interacting with him/her.   The person should be able to work under pressure.    The position requires that the person has good communication skills, be a good listener, with excellent writing skills to enable him/her to produce high quality documents.  The person should be articulate in English and be willing to learn Basic Sesotho. The incumbent should be willing and able to work with people of multi-cultural backgrounds.

Remuneration:

The remuneration for this position will be commensurate with the relevant qualifications and experience.

Submission:

Applicants are to submit a detailed CV demonstrating the relevance of their qualifications to the stated tasks.  The CV should include details of telephone, tele-fax, and e-mail addresses, names and addresses of three references and send complete documentation to: Procurement Unit, Room 406 Block B Level 4, Development House LNDC, Kingsway Road, P.O. Box 514, Maseru 100, LESOTHO. Attention: Procurement Manager  Tel: (+266) 22326114, Fax: (+266) 22317493. email: nthunyal@health.gov.ls and Project Coordinator Tel: (+266) 22317488, Fax: (+266) 22310041. email: kuzinyad@health.gov.ls

Applications must be received by post or e-mail before 6 July 2006 at 16.00 hrs (local time).

Applicants not contacted two (2) months from the closing date can assume that their application has not been successful

Please note that the detailed Terms of Reference are available on request.

Women who qualify are encouraged to apply.

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Job Title:                                System Support Officer (SSO)

Responsible to:                      ICT Manager – Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Objectives of the post:

1. To plan and design appropriate network for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

2. To develop and enhance relevant standards, procedures and guidelines for maintenance of an effective network in the MOHSW

3. To provide regular network hardware and software maintenance including required upgrades

4. To design and oversee implementation of data security systems along the network and facilitate a system of data back-ups.

5. To maintain and update the MOHSW  Web Site

Tasks:

• The officer will support strategic development, design and maintenance of a sound network in the MOHSW by performing the following key tasks:

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience:

• BSC Computer Sciences with at least 3 year experience in  Network Development and Maintenance

Or

• BSC Computer Engineering with  3 years experience  in Network Development and Maintenance

Or

• One year + Diploma in ICT with 7 years experience in Network Development and Maintenance or Web Site management.

Skills

• Network Development and Maintenance
• Some experience in programming 
• Data bases management and some statistical skills
• Web Site Construction and Management

Person Specification:

• Hands on
• Self motivated
• Team player
• Extensive interaction with staff at hospital and health centre levels.
• Work under pressure

Duration:                    One (1) year  contract

Remuneration:            Grade G

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Job Title:                                Systems Analyst (SA)

Responsible to:                      ICT Manager – Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Objectives of the post:

1.      To  determine and continuously update software requirements, program parameters and specifications relevant  for optimal operation  at  the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

 2.      To develop systems and soft ware programme necessary for smooth operations at the MOHSW but not readily available in the market.

 3.       To ensure that programs used in the MOHSW meet user requirements by conducting requirements analysis and services testing to match customer needs to products.

 4.      To provide operational support  to MOHSW departments in monitoring systems performance, ensuring  successful backups and disaster recovery strategy

 Tasks:

• The officer will support the development, acquisition and use of appropriate and technically optimal software and computer programmes in all the departments of the MOHSW by performing the following key tasks:

Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should have: 

• BSC Computer Sciences with at least 3 year experience in  programming

Or

• BSC Computer Engineering with  3 years experience programming

Or

• One year + Diploma in ICT with 7 years experience in Programming Languages.

 Skills:

• Software development  especially  C++  based experience
• Data bases management and some statistical skills 

• Crystal report programming skills

Person specification:

• Extensive interaction with staff at hospital and health centre levels.
• Work under pressure especially when developing software

• Creative and analytical
• Self motivated
• Team player

Duration:                     One (1) year  contract

 Remuneration:            Grade G

 Submission:    

Applicants are to submit a detailed CV demonstrating the relevance of their qualifications to the stated tasks.  The CV should include details of telephone, tele-fax, and e-mail addresses, names and addresses of three references and send complete documentation to: Procurement Unit, Room 406 Block B Level 4, Development House LNDC, Kingsway Road, P.O. Box 514, Maseru 100, LESOTHO. Attention: Procurement Manager Tel: (+266) 22326114, Fax: (+266) 22317493. email: nthunyal@health.gov.ls

 Applications must be received by post or e-mail before June 31, 2006 at 16.00 hrs (local time).