Training Coordinator

Position Summary & Responsibilities:

-Anticipated Position-
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND:
This is the largest Ebola outbreak in history and the first in West Africa. As the outbreak continues in West Africa, WHO, CDC, INGOs and other local and international organizations are working to ramp up the response. On August 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the current Ebola outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). International Medical Corps have established two Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) in Liberia and expect to open two more in Sierra Leone and Liberia. In addition, a training center has opened in Liberia and a second one will be opening soon in Sierra Leone. The training programs include theory, simulation and onsite supervised clinical practice. Mobile Support Teams will be established to support in-service training and quality assurance. A regional emergency preparedness concept is also under consideration for West Africa.

International Medical Corps is seeking a Training Coordinator who has a strong background in management of design and delivery of such training initiatives to work in Liberia or Sierra Leone to assist with the day to day operations of the training center.

SCOPE OF WORK:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.

Under the direction of the Training Director, the Training Coordinator will assume the following roles and responsibilities:
• Coordinate application process for trainees coming to the training center – In Liberia, the MOHSQ determines the list of participants;
• Manage daily assignments of students and matching with pre-ceptors for the “hot zone” training component
• Develop and train staff on checklists for monitoring student performance;
• Develop and manage database for students;
• Organize all data regarding performance of trainees and recommendations provided by IMC trainers;
• Track students graduating from program to determine percentage of participants who work in the Ebola response post training;
• Support the development of concepts and proposals for Ebola training initiatives;
• Represent IMC in relevant working groups and task forces and share information regarding the training center;
• Process requests for mobile support team (MST) support to agencies setting up an ETU;
• Participate as requested in relevant meetings related to training initiatives by response organizations such as MSF, Save, IFRC, CDC, and USAID OFDA /USAID Global Health.
• Conduct after action reviews for the training programs and facilitate the process at field sites.
• Travel to training program sites to lead after action reviews and documentation;
• Write final training reports based on the after action review and ensure a lessons learned event for each training program in country.
Other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive

Skills & Requirements:

• Medical degree; preferably with a Master’s in Public Health
• Experience in overseas programs at the Manager level relating to primary health care, maternal and child health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and communicable diseases
• Minimum of three years of experience required, of which 1 to 2 years should be of developing country experience or in a resource-deprived environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Previous NGO experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have excellent communications skills, both oral and written
• Must have excellent self-motivation skills
• Experience in effectively dealing with international and headquarters staff, as well as donor agencies, government officials, and other NGO’s; the ability to work with a broad spectrum of people
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
• Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations
• Ability to relate to and motivate staff effectively
• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources
• Must be able to take on non-medical responsibilities on occasion to cover for other team members
• Skills and knowledge in program sustainability and capacity building, public-private partnerships and project monitoring and evaluation (both quantitative and qualitative methods)
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal and organization skills
  Other Relevant Information (if applicable):
• Spanish or Portuguese fluency is required. Portuguese is preferred.
• International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

HOW TO APPLY:

To officially begin the application process, qualified candidates please go to our career pagehttp://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx , noting where you noticed the position you are applying for and complete the online employment application form.