Fondazione don Carlo Gnocchi

Job title: Hospital Coordinator
Country: Rwanda
Additional local information: Rilima, District of Bugasera
Keywords related to the job description: Administration, Coordination and Support Services, Health, Management

Job description and required qualifications:
The Hospital Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the Hospital. Responsibilities include budgeting, financial oversight, supervision of non-medical personnel, and meeting the Hospital goals and objectives. The Coordinator reports directly to the Board and oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of services in cooperation with the Medical Director and the Logistics Coordinator in accordance with current laws and regulations, best medical practices, standards of care and the Hospital’s mission and values.
The Centre, which belongs to the Kigali Archdiocese, has resumed its operations after the Rwandan genocide with the aim to achieve excellence, following recognition by the relevant Ministries, in the three following areas:
1.    Paediatric orthopaedic surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.
2.    Physical and social rehabilitation, vocational training for disabled children and youngsters, both at the Centre and elsewhere in the country.
3.    Assistance to children aged 0-3 years with severe needs.
Start date of assignment: 1st October 2010
End date: 31st March 2011
Contract renewable upon positive performance evaluation

Major Responsibilities:
•    Directs and oversees all non-medical phases of Hospital operations;
•    Implements strategic development plans and provides direction to staff;
•    In conjunction with the Medical Director, plans and implements clinic policies and procedures in relation to administrative issues, oversees staff training, monitors staff compliance and follows up as needed;
•    Monitor and analyze the social and medical situation of the country, with a specific focus on the District of Bugesera;
•    Manages resources within budget guidelines;
•    In conjunction with the Medical Director and the Logistics Coordinator, recommends annual budgets and monitors and expenses. Oversees inventory, supplies, bank accounts and payments;
•    Responsible for financial processes, controls and operations of the Hospital;
•    Prepares monthly reports (both financial and operations reports) and communicates frequently with Board members;
•    Participates in community events, develops relationships with governmental authorities, project partners and local stakeholders;
•    Supports applications and implementation of grants and contracts, including financial oversight, performance monitoring and progress reporting;
•    Oversees personnel selection and recruitment;
•    Conduct meetings of the Hospital Management Committee and send reports to the Board;
•    Manages onsite services provided by external collaborative partners;
•    Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:
•    Baccalaureate degree or equivalent experience in Public Health, Public Administration, Health Care Administration or other related field;
•    Fluency in French and English;
•    Knowledge of Italian is an asset;
•    Proficiency in main IT software (MS Office, Internet browsers, Email);
•    Minimum 3 years experience in program management in health or social service setting, preferably at international level.

Personal attributes:
•    Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and group communication skills;
•    High level financial management and reporting skills;
•    Excellent documentation, organizational and time management skills;
•    Team working skills;
•    Ability to think analytically and creatively in order to solve problems;
•    High flexibility and capability to adapt to emerging circumstances;
•    Excellent team-player and organizer of group work;
•    Ability to carry out multiple tasks simultaneously;
•    Results-oriented.

Closing date for applications: 31st August 2010

How to apply: Send a resume (EU format) and a cover letter (English of French) to adevreux@dongnocchi.it

Organisation name: NGO Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation

Brief description of the Organisation: The Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, established more than half a century ago to provide care, rehabilitation and social integration to mutilated children, is recognized by the Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs as a Non Governmental Organization (Ngo). In these last fifty years the Foundation has mainly cared for young disabled people and patients of all ages in need of neurological, rehabilitative, orthopaedic, cardiological and respiratory assistance.
The Foundation, numbering today around 5,000 practitioners allocated in 28 centres in 9 regions of Italy, operates abroad in  the following areas:
•    promotion, running, monitoring and coordination of projects in developing countries;
•    coordination of the Foundation’s Centres in Italy, for the integration of the activities implemented at local level;
•    collaboration with the Church structures as well as the civil authorities at local, national, European and international level;
•    selection, training and employment of voluntary people in civil service.
Nowadays, the Foundation’s commitments and experiences are implemented in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ecuador, Georgia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka, through support to the activities of physical rehabilitation and social integration developed in collaboration with local organisations.

Website URL: www.ong.dongnocchi.it

Contact person for this submission: Anne Devreux

Contact telephone: +39 02.40308716

Contact email: adevreux@dongnocchi.it