Job Description: Coordinator, Simulation and Clinical Skills Center
Organization: Africa Health Sciences University (AHSU)
Duty Station: Kigali, Rwanda (with travel to affiliated teaching hospitals)
Reports to: Chair of Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
Contract: 1 year, renewable based on performance of AHSU Sim Coordinator
Position Overview
The Coordinator will establish, lead, and manage the AHSU Simulation and Clinical Skills Center to support competency-based education for postgraduate medical training and future undergraduate health professions program. The role oversees simulation-based learning, clinical skills training, assessment, faculty development, quality improvement, and operational management of the Center.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic planning, policy development, and governance of the Simulation and Clinical Skills Center.
- Integrate simulation activities into competency-based curricula, Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), and programme assessments.
- Design, implement, and evaluate simulation scenarios and clinical skills training programmes.
- Coordinate simulation-based assessments, including OSCEs and technical skills assessments.
- Manage simulation laboratories, equipment, standardized patients, scheduling, and day-to-day operations.
- Lead faculty development in simulation pedagogy, debriefing, assessment, and educational best practices.
- Ensure quality assurance, patient safety, biosafety, ethical standards, and continuous improvement.
- Prepare annual operational plans, budgets, utilization reports, and performance dashboards.
- Promote simulation research, innovation, partnerships, and resource mobilization.
- Support the development of future bioskills/wet laboratory facilities in line with institutional and regulatory requirements.
- Other tasks assigned by the leadership
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Nursing, Anesthesia, Allied Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Health Professions Education, or a related field.
- A postgraduate qualification in Simulation, Health Professions Education, Clinical Education, Healthcare Management, or a related discipline is an added advantage.
- Relevant experience in clinical education, simulation, programme coordination, or laboratory management.
- Knowledge of competency-based education, assessment methods, biosafety, infection prevention, and quality improvement.
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in health informatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Nursing, Public Health, or a related field.
- Experience using WHO Integrated Data Platform (WIDP), DHIS2 Tracker, REDCap, ODK, KoboToolbox, CommCare, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), or similar platforms.
- Previous experience in emergency care, acute obstetrics, disease surveillance, health registries, or multi-site health programmes.
- Experience supporting tablet configuration, synchronization, user account management, and multi-factor authentication.
Required Technical Skills
- Strategic planning and leadership
- Curriculum development and coordination
- Simulation design, facilitation, and debriefing
- Project and operations management
- Equipment and resource management
- Budgeting and reporting
- Quality improvement and research
- Communication, teamwork, and stakeholder engagement
- Ethical practice and commitment to patient safety
Core Competencies
- High attention to detail.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Commitment to data quality and integrity.
- High ethical standards and respect for confidentiality.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
- Flexibility to work across hospital departments and follow rotating schedules.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should apply via this link by August 12, 2026
