Situation Vacant
Senior Manager for the Effective Healthcare Research Consortium
Project appointment: DFID funded
To be based at: The South Asian Cochrane Centre
Location: Professor BV Moses & ICMR Centre for Evidence-Informed Healthcare; Carman Block II Floor, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002 (www.cochrane-sacn.org)
Job reference: SACC2011_SM
The Effective Healthcare Research Partnership Consortium (http://www.liv.ac.uk/evidence/) seeks to increase evidence-informeddecisions to improve health and health care for the poor in low and middle income countries. The Consortiumsynthesizes relevant and reliable research to contribute to a global evidence‐base to make health care more effective, improve health, reduce illness and death and avoid waste of public and private resources on ineffective healthcare.
Job Description:
The selected Senior Manager will be responsible for Programme management and support and will:
- Develop and lead South Asian Cochrane Network programme management team, working with Consortium Management Office in Liverpool
- Support the SACN Programme Director in the strategic planning, monitoring and implementation of the Networks’ activities
- Co-ordinate production of work plans, progress reports and annual reports to contribute to Consortium strategic planning
- Support the SACN Programme Director to develop and implement their programme of work with Network partners
- Develop and monitor budgets for the Network working with Network partners and the Consortium Management Office in Liverpool
- Support the SACN Programme Director to monitor the outputs of the Network against outputs, milestones, and targets
- Together with the SACN Programme Director identify and recruit appropriate staff resource to develop and deliver a strategic approach to communication/dissemination activities across the Network
Desirable qualifications:
MBA/MPH/MPhil in Hospital Administration/Masters in Administration or Life Sciences or Psychology or Health Sciences with three years Administrative Experience preferably with the healthcare sector. Candidates with other qualifications at the Master’s level or above with suitable experience may also apply, provided they can show variable success with management of large projects
Essential Skills:
Excellent written and spoken English and good inter-personal skills
Integrity and good organizational ability
Salary:
Rs. 40,000 pm (consolidated, with appropriate statutory deductions); and one month bonus pending satisfactory appraisals; medical benefits as per institutional rules; accommodation not provided.
The appointment will be a contract appointment initially for one year and extendable pending satisfactory appraisals and the needs of the project.
To apply: Send an application letter detailing your abilities and experience and full contact details. Enclose a CV and email and telephone contact details of two referees whom we shall contact for details of your abilities, and experience. One of them should be your current or last employer.
Address all applications to The South Asian Cochrane Centre, Prof BV Moses and ICMR Centre for Evidence Informed healthcare, Carman Block II Floor, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu.
Closing date:July 31, 2011
For further information please contact:
Tel: 0416 2284499; or e-mail: cochrane@cmcvellore.ac.in.