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Descrizione

Founded in 1950, Doctors with Africa CUAMM was the first NGO focused on healthcare to be recognized by the Italian government. It is now one of the leading organization working to protect and improve the well-being and health of vulnerable communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The NGO promotes long-term health cooperation projects, intervening also in emergencies to ensure that services are available to all.

Doctors with Africa CUAMM is currently active in 9 Sub-Saharan countries: Angola, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.

The NGO supports public and non-profit hospitals, local districts, schools of nursing and midwifery, university faculties of medicine.

CUAMM’s action focuses on health system strengthening and targets the weakest population groups, particularly women and children. Interventions include prevention, screening and treatment programmes; development or strengthening of referral systems at community level; training of health staff; management support and technical assistance to local health institutions; field research.

CUAMM’s international and national staff work together on the front line to strengthen local health systems, in resource-limited contexts where the commitment and contribution of the individual can make a real difference.

Which is why we always need skilled and motivated people who are ready to join us to collaborate on our projects ‘with Africa’.

Start date: October 2026*

Job position: Public Health Expert

Location: Lueda, Moxico Province, Angola

Duration: 12 months

*The job position is subject to project approval

Purpose of the role

The PH expert will be responsible for the health component of a project focused on clean cooking.

Specifically, the health component aims at ensuring the continuum of care and improving the quality of and access to nutritional services for children under five, with activities at community and health centre level.

Key duties

• Systematic liaison with the Project Manager to facilitate the integration of health activities within the organisation and the project’s development priorities
• Planning and implementing the expected activities for the health component of the project
• Analysing the data collected and assessing any additional actions to be undertaken
• Contributing to the drafting of reports relating to the health component of the project
• Co-ordinating and managing the human resources involved in the area of competence, defining their tasks, supervising them and monitoring their performance
• Regular liaison with health institutions for the sharing of initiatives to be undertaken, their criticalities and achievements
• Actively participate in the preparation and organisation of training activities, at community and health centre level
• Take part in the supportive supervision activities of the health units in the project area
• Participate in the initiatives involving community agents
• Collaborate in procurement processes for the area of competence
• Contribute to initiatives and events aimed at disseminating good practices and carrying out operational research related to the thematic areas of the project

Requirements

• University Degree in Medicine or Nursing with Specialization or Master in Public Health
• Previous experience of Public Health in low income countries; experience in PH activities related to nutrition will be considered an asset
• Good knowledge of Portuguese
• Adaptability

Due to the high number of applications, please note that our recruiting team will contact only short-listed candidates.

The selection process is based on non-discrimination criteria and candidates are taken into consideration without distinction of ethnicity, gender, political orientation, religion, personal opinions, sexual orientation.

Doctors with Africa CUAMM does not tolerate any abuse, exploitation or violence against vulnerable children and adults, nor other behaviour that does not respect human dignity from its own staff, partner staff or other staff associated with the NGO.

All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to the mission and values of the organization, nondiscrimination policies and safeguarding principles.