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ONLY SEYCHELLOIS CANDIDATES CAN APPLY FOR THIS POST

Organisation: Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Equality

Department: Family and Equality Department

Division: Elderly & Disabilities

Post Title: Director General

Responsible to: Principal Secretary

Working Hours: 8am to 12pm and 1pm to 4 pm (not exclusive)

Job Description

Main Functions

• Lead in developing tools to be used for elderly homes’ accreditation upkeep.
• Lead in accreditation processes for new and continuing elderly homes and future institutions
• Create training materials and operating manuals, as necessary
• Development, renewal and consistent implementation of risk management framework to ensure risks are identified, minimized and managed in residential homes
• Actively work with elderly homes to ensure effective and consistently utilized systems for optimal care and service delivery employed.
• Ensure systems in place to manage external service providers to ensure safe and high quality care and service delivery.
• Ensure and lead in developing systems to cover all corporate and care policies and procedures are maintained to assist organizational practices are safe and of high quality.
• Monitor that the homes have emergency and disaster management plans and supports a safe and well prepared practice environment.
• Review and assist to implement and monitor that a strong quality management framework consistent with legislative and organizational requirements are in place in the elderly homes and other facilities.
• Assist with maintenance of relationships with key external stake holders (national, regional and international)
• Work co-operatively to implement change, providing support and leadership.
• Lead in specific policy development and its implementation.

Summary of Duties & Responsibilities

• Leading and Managing the Elderly and Disability Division
• Co-ordinating the development and prioritization of work of activities for the different Sections of this division
• Defining and Ensuring the implementation of the Division’s workplan activities.
• Design and conceptualization of national studies, surveys and programmes linked with these two specific target groups in our population (the elderly and the disabled).
• Co-ordination of research and analysis on these issues (link other major stakeholders).
• Co-ordinating the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of plans and programmes.
• Reviewing and developing relevant policies, indicators, data-sets/bases.
• propose recommendations to Government to update and adjust national and sectoral policies, strategies and programme, as may be necessary.
• Developing standards to ensure that quality services are provided in our community
• Co-ordinate targeted efforts to examine Seychelles’s population trends vis-à-vis these two groups, and their implications for the country’s future development.
• Preparing relevant paper for the Principal Secretary and Minister of the Ministry (Speech writing and report writing, editorial duties…)
• Representing the division on national, regional and international committees, as may be required.
• Establishing and maintaining close working relationship with local, regional, and international partners.
• Advocacy, empowerment and support through development of IEC materials

Benefits

Salary Band: B7

Job Requirements

Minimum Education Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or related social/medical fields
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Nursing, or other social or medical fields

Minimum Experience Requirements

• 5 years as a Director of Social Planning or equivalent in a health-related field

How To Apply

Interested candidate(s) are requested to Sign-up or login to apply now or Please send CV and other relevant documents to t.albert@gov.sc / HRofficerfamilydept@gov.sc

Contact: 4397999  / 4397998

Closing date: Friday 19th December 2025

Note:

In order to increase your chances of a successful selection, kindly ensure that your application is complete and that all relevant information such as your qualifications have been provided with your application.   Otherwise, the Employer reserves the right not to consider your application for selection.