Deputy Coordinator at the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN)

Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria - With the support of USAID, the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (AMLSN) has taken an innovative step towards developing online elearning courses for Medical Laboratory Scientists accredited by the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits

Background:
Laboratory testing is the cornerstone of diagnosing HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and other diseases, with Africa carrying the largest and most overwhelming burden, In order to ensure reliability and accurate testing, laboratories must be properly equipped and laboratory workers must be properly trained. AMLSN seeks to hire the position listed below:

Job Position: Deputy Coordinator

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• The Deputy Coordinator will work closely with the AMLSN Project Coordinator, subject matter experts, the AMLSN eLearning Advisory Board, and MLSCN's Department of Education, Registration, and Regulation to ensure that not only high quality eLearning courses for continuing professional development (CPD) credits are developed but also the training of new and future course authors on instructional design and elearning course development is institutionalized.

Responsibilities
Working in close collaboration with the AMLSN eLearning Implementation team, the Deputy Coordinator will:

• Assume responsibility for representing the project in the absence of the Project Coordinator.
• Work closely with course authors and subject matter experts to develop eLearning courses in conjunction with Faculty - Chair of the AMLSN eLearning Advisory Board.
• Lead technical review and quality assurance testing of draft courses
• Develop training materials and oversee the training of new and future course authors and potential organizational partners in eLearning course development and instructional design principles for eLearning.
• Provide regular support and feedback to the course authors to ensure that the course content that they are developing is appropriate for online and is accompanied with visuals and other graphics.
• Work with the Communications Officer to develop or contract out the development of appropriate multimedia materials.
• Establish a training calendar for new course authors to ensure that their training needs are being addressed.
• Engage in frequent communication with JHUCCP/K4Health team based in the US.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in training and/or teaching in relevant field using educational methodologies, Experience in adult learning.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of competency based curriculum development and the production of learner centered teaching and learning and assessment materials.
• Strong computer skills; proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); comfortable working with online tools/technology.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and tactfully with subject matters experts to achieve a shared goal.
• Demonstrated capacity to plan, schedule, and organize training programs involving many individuals and entities.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, proactiveness, and creative problem solving.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Added Advantages:

• Experience in medical laboratory sciences.
• Experience with developing, implementing, and/or evaluating online or mobile learning projects.

Application Closing Date
6th April, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their cover letter with copies (in PDF) of CV to: [email protected] and [email protected]