Health Promoter

Overview

Health Promoter position at Bishop Lavis CDC in the Western Cape, requiring a Senior Certificate and community experience, offering R201,093 per annum.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: Senior certificate (or equivalent).
• Experience: Appropriate experience in working in communities and informal settlements.
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint).

Duties

• Render a high standard of health education and support service to clients.
• Plan and implement health projects in facilities, schools, and communities to meet health objectives.
• Assist and strengthen COPC in the community.
• Liaise with community’s health co-ordinating structures, departments, local government and other stakeholders to promote integrated approach to health care.
• Monitor, evaluate, develop and implement service delivery programmes.
• Ensure effective and efficient utilisation of all available resources.
• Keep effective record of activities and consumables.
• Ensure a purposeful integration of health education and promotion service provision with services provided (health facility, stakeholders and other community-based services).
• Support to Manager at Facility.

How to apply

Applications are submitted online via www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”).

Enquiries: Mrs B Piedade Tel No: (021) 508-4606

Notes

No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates will be subjected to a practical/oral assessment. It will be expected of candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by the Department. Kindly note that excess personnel will receive preference. All shortlisted candidates, including the SMS, shall undertake two pre-entry assessments. One will be a practical exercise to determine a candidate’s suitability based on the post’s technical and generic requirements and the other must be an integrity (ethical conduct) assessment. Selection panel shall score both technical exercises as an additional criterion in the interview process. OTHER POSTS