SOS Children’s Villages International is the umbrella organization to which all SOS Children’s Villages including SOS Children’s Villages Somalia Association is affiliated. SOS Children’s Villages Somalia has officially been working in Somalia since 1985. SOS is currently working in 134 countries worldwide. We are committed to the welfare of children – often throughout the whole of their childhood, and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect. We also run education and health facilities. With the SOS Children’s Village concept, the organization pioneered a family approach to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. SOS Children’s Villages upholds child protection policy and our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children and youth from abuse. Banadir Region (Heliwa, Wadajir, Dharkenley and Dayninle districts), southwest-state (Baidoa, Burhakaba, Berdale, Baidoa and Hudur) and Hirshabelle State (Jowhar, Adale & Balcad). SOS also contributes to higher education through a university offering high-quality health sciences programs that prepare competent, ethical, and practice-ready healthcare professionals.
SOS Children’s Villages invites applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below Position.
Position: Health Science Lecturer
Reports to: Vice Chancellor
Duty station: Heliwa/Mogadishu
Job summary:
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research. Also, the employee should prepare and deliver lectures to nursing students on topics related to nursing studies.
Job responsibilities:
- Deliver assigned health sciences courses, including Medical-Surgical Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health, Pharmacology, and related subjects.
- Prepare and deliver lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions, and clinical/practical teaching.
- Monitor student attendance and maintain accurate academic records.
- Supervise students during classroom, laboratory, clinical, internship, and field activities.
- Assess students’ academic, clinical, and practical performance.
- Prepare, administer, mark, and grade examinations, assignments, and practical assessments.
- Provide timely feedback and academic support to improve student performance.
- Prepare and update syllabi, lesson plans, course materials, and teaching resources.
- Promote active learning, classroom participation, and professional conduct.
- Advise and mentor students on academic, clinical, research, and career matters.
- Maintain scheduled office hours for student consultation and support.
- Supervise student research projects, internships, clinical placements, and practical work.
- Demonstrate evidence-based clinical practice and appropriate patient-care skills.
- Participate in curriculum development, review, and quality improvement.
- Conduct and contribute to research, including proposal development, data collection, analysis, manuscript preparation, and publication.
- Keep up to date with developments in health sciences education, clinical practice, and research.
- Collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues on teaching, research, and student support.
- Participate in student orientation, registration, recruitment, and placement activities when required.
- Serve on departmental, faculty, academic, or research committees as assigned.
- Support student organizations and other academic activities.
- Demonstrate professionalism, ethical conduct, leadership, and effective communication.
- Participate in professional development and capacity-building activities.
- Perform other duties reasonably assigned within the scope of the position.