Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Director Job at NHLS in Johannesburg



Job Title: Director: National Institute for Occupational Health
The National  Health  Laboratory  Service (NHLS)  is a  leading  public  health  laboratory  service with  laboratories  across South Africa .
Responsibilities
·         Be a  member  of the  Executive  Management Team responsible  for strategic planning of the organization
·         Develop  an annual  strategy  and plan  aligned   with business needs  and ensure  the most  effective  utilization  of resources
·         Oversee the  surveillance  and monitoring  of occupational health  diseases in order to  guide public  health  authorities  on  appropriate   and policy  and  interventions
·         Develop  and implement  suitable  responses  to the outbreak of occupational diseases and guide  , monitor  and assist  local  authorities  in response  to these  diseases
Qualifications
·         Qualification as a  Pathologist
·         12-15  years  relevant  experience  of which  2-3  should  have  been  in a Senior  Management  role
·         Strong  research  background
Skills
·         Strategic  planning  and  management  skills
·         Analytical skills
·         Financial skills
How to apply
Please indicate  the relevant  reference and job  title  on all  applications, Reference checks  will  be conducted  and the  successful candidate may be  required to undergo psychometric assessment .Correspondence  will be limited  to short-listed candidates. If you have  not  heard from the  NHLS  within  2 months  of the closing   date, please  accept  that your  application  was  unsuccessful.
Applications and enquiries  may  be directed to  Delini  Paletan at  delini.paletan@nhls.ac.za  Telephone (011) 555-0456

Deadline:  16 /02 /2014