Application deadline: 10 days left · 23 Nov 2026
Job description
DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND CONDUCT — NURSES AND MIDWIVES COUNCIL OF MALAWI (NMCM)
📍 Duty Station: NMCM Offices, Lilongwe, Malawi
📧 Apply by email: nmcm@nmcm.org.mw
📅 Deadline: 23 November 2026
📄 Contract: Three years, renewable subject to satisfactory performance
NMCM is recruiting a Director of Professional Practice and Conduct to lead regulation, professional-practice standards, conduct systems and nursing-and-midwifery programme implementation.
Qualifications and experience
- Master’s Degree in Nursing or Midwifery.
- Registered Nurse Midwife with a BSc Degree in Nursing and Midwifery.
- Qualification in Nursing Education, leadership and management.
- At least four years’ experience as a Senior Examination and Registration Specialist or Senior Inspection and Investigation Specialist.
- At least four years as a Head of Department at a public hospital or higher-learning institution.
- Current NMCM registration.
Key responsibilities
- Lead development and review of professional-practice policies, regulatory tools, systems and controls.
- Guide regulatory research and align policy with nursing and midwifery standards.
- Coordinate inspections of public and private health facilities.
- Oversee nurse-and-midwife registration systems, registers and licensure examinations.
- Lead continuing-professional-development oversight.
- Mobilise resources, develop proposals, manage risks and build stakeholder partnerships.
- Supervise directorate staff and prepare periodic reports.
How to apply
Email an application letter and detailed CV, including three traceable referees and the previous employer, to nmcm@nmcm.org.mw.