DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING — 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 Education and Training to lead nursing and midwifery education-and-training planning, regulation, standards and 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 Education and Training Specialist or equivalent.
• At least four years as a Head of Department or faculty at a high-level nursing college.
• Current NMCM registration.

Key responsibilities

• Lead policy formulation and review for nursing and midwifery education and training.
• Manage directorate plans, programmes, budgets and staff performance.
• Lead development and review of curricula, syllabi, regulatory tools and education standards.
• Coordinate inspections, monitoring, evaluation and accreditation of training institutions.
• Oversee student indexing and education-and-training compliance.
• Build capacity among directorate staff and teaching staff at nursing and midwifery colleges.
• Mobilise resources, develop proposals and engage stakeholders.

How to apply

Email an application letter and detailed CV, including three traceable referees and the previous employer, to nmcm@nmcm.org.mw.