Background

The LUSAKA APEX MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (LAMU) is a privately owned University, accredited by the Higher Education Authority under the Higher Education Amendment Act No. 23 of 2021 to provide Higher Education in Medical Education. LAMU is regulated by the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ), Nursing & Midwifery Council of Zambia (NMCZ), Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA). Lusaka Apex Medical University is therefore looking for mature, proactive, highly motivated and result oriented Zambians with high degree of credibility to fill the following positions.

Job Purpose

To plan, coordinate, administer and implements counselling services for students, members of staff and other authorized stakeholders of LAMU.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, implements counselling programmes to address the counselling requirements of students, faculty members and the University community at large.
• Participates in the preparation of departmental budget and work plans.
• Provides counselling services to students with regard to academic, personal issues, psycho-social and health challenges.
• Supervises subordinates to ensure that they perform to set standards and that clients receive the required quality of counselling services.
• Counsels and conducts sensitization talks, seminars and workshops to students and the University community on psycho-social problems and how to manage or cope with them.
• Apprises Management on the latest developments, research, approaches in the field of psycho-social counselling with the view to improving counselling services offered by the Unit.
• Initiates the formulation and review of policies and work manuals related to counselling services.
• Oversees the management of client records to ensure they are maintained with utmost confidentiality.
• Liaises with the Administration Department to organize transport, facilitate procurement of equipment and items required at the Psycho-social Centre.
• Manages the cost of psycho-social programmes and activities and ascertains their effectiveness.
• Prepares, periodical and ad hoc operational performance reports.
• Evaluates the overall performance of the Unit and/or the psycho-social Counselling Centre.
• Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12 Certificate with five credits including English, Mathematics, and Science
• Degree in Social work, Education, Psychology, Counselling, Sociology or relevant social Science
• Master’s in social work, Education, Psychology, Counselling, Sociology or relevant social Science
• Must be registered with the Zambia Counselling Council (ZCC) or Psychology Association of Zambia (PAZ) and possess a valid Practicing License.
• All academic qualifications must be certified and validated by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA).
• Demonstrated experience in Psychosocial Counselling and Crisis Intervention
• Five (5) years post Qualification experience

Additional Notes

Only short-listed and successful candidates will be contacted.

• Plans, develops, implements counselling programmes to address the counselling requirements of students, faculty members and the University community at large.
• Participates in the preparation of departmental budget and work plans.
• Provides counselling services to students with regard to academic, personal issues, psycho-social and health challenges.
• Supervises subordinates to ensure that they perform to set standards and that clients receive the required quality of counselling services.
• Counsels and conducts sensitization talks, seminars and workshops to students and the University community on psycho-social problems and how to manage or cope with them.
• Apprises Management on the latest developments, research, approaches in the field of psycho-social counselling with the view to improving counselling services offered by the Unit.
• Initiates the formulation and review of policies and work manuals related to counselling services.
• Oversees the management of client records to ensure they are maintained with utmost confidentiality.
• Liaises with the Administration Department to organize transport, facilitate procurement of equipment and items required at the Psycho-social Centre.
• Manages the cost of psycho-social programmes and activities and ascertains their effectiveness.
• Prepares, periodical and ad hoc operational performance reports.
• Evaluates the overall performance of the Unit and/or the psycho-social Counselling Centre.
• Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

• Psychosocial Counselling
• Crisis Intervention
• Supervision
• Budgeting
• Policy Formulation
• Record Management
• Report Preparation
• Performance Evaluation

• Grade 12 Certificate with five credits including English, Mathematics, and Science
• Degree in Social work, Education, Psychology, Counselling, Sociology or relevant social Science
• Master’s in social work, Education, Psychology, Counselling, Sociology or relevant social Science
• Registered with the Zambia Counselling Council (ZCC) or Psychology Association of Zambia (PAZ) and possess a valid Practicing License.
• All academic qualifications must be certified and validated by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA).