What type of job are you looking for?
Envirunmental Health Officer
What nationality are you?
Zimbabwe
What languages do you speak (and at what level)?
English, Ndebele, Shona
What country or area are you looking to work in and why?
Botswana and Kwazulu Natal(RSA)
What countries have you worked in?
Zimbabwe and Namibia
What countries do you have a visa to work in?
NAMIBIA
What field do you currently work in?
Environmental Health
What fields have you worked in before?
Same as above
What qualifications do you hold?
Diploma in Environmental Health
Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why?
I value formal education as it prepares the background for the acquisition of appropriate job skills.
Describe the benefits of working with others
Sharing of ideas in problem solving during complex or challenging situations. Interpersonal interaction enhances teamwork especially in jobs that require processes in meeting objectives rather tasks
Describe the benefits of working alone
Achievements are easily traced and ascribed to an individual. Decisions are made quicker than in a group. Responsibility for non performance can be traced easier and remedial action is better without group resistance
What was your worst working experience?
WORKING IN A SEMI PRIMITIVE COMMUNITY WITH DEEPLY ENTRENCHED CULTURAL VALUES SOME OF THEM AT VARIANCE WITH GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career?
Listen to the community no matter how wild their ideas may seem because in those wild ideas often lies the solution to community health problems
What unique skills do you have?
Ability to mobilise and communicate with communities.Project planning and management.
What would you consider as your 'dream job'?
Project Management
What are the most interesting aspects of your field?
Working with the community
Wjat are the least interesting aspects of your field?
Dealing informal traders
Why should i considered as first preference for job offer before the others
I think i have the special element of being able to work under pressure and still achieve objective. i have a vast experiance spanning over a period of twenty-five years. I managed to improve access to sanitation in Kunene Region of Namibia from 3% in 1999 to 36% by 2005
How can potential employers contact you?
By e-mail or by phone on 00264813002466 or by post Opuwo State Hospital Private Bag 3003 Opuwo namibia
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