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South Africa

Unless stated, positions are open to applications for Professional Placements (6-months to 18-months).

If you would like more information about these International Placement positions, please contact us here.

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Nurse

Duration: 1 - 2 years
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Ideal Start Date: Flexible Start Date

Oasis has been pioneering life-transforming housing, healthcare, education and youth work initiatives across the globe for over twenty years. Oasis has been present in Cosmo City, a high density suburb of Johannesburg, since 2006.

The SA National Aids Council's 2007 report states that an estimated 5.54 million South Africans are HIV positive. South Africa's national health services cannot carry this burden alone and has desperately called on all sectors of society to get involved! You will be part of an exciting program, that gets along side individuals in communities and empower them to take action.

The successful applicant will:

  • Work with community health care workers in implementing health care, through home visits, running chronic disease support groups, presenting prevention of sexual abuse programs in schools and running a short “healthy living” courses.
  • Be involved in networking and building partnerships
  • Be involved within the community building relationships
  • Be a part of a team and thus be able and willing to contribute uniquely to the growth of the community wellness programs
Person Specification:
  • Must be a qualified nurse
  • Experience in community health or at least be willing to learn
  • Be enthusiastic and passionate about people and all aspects of community health.
  • Have the ability and willingness to do formal training in a group setting and assessments of community health care workers  

General:

  • Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required by the Country Directors, South Africa
  • Take every opportunity to raise support for Oasis
  • Actively participate in the wider life of Oasis (e.g prayer meetings, retreats etc)

    • Apply now

Personal Assistant to Senior Staff

Duration: 1 - 2 years
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Ideal Start Date: Flexible Start Date

Oasis has been pioneering life-transforming housing, healthcare, education and youth work initiatives across the globe for over twenty years. Oasis has been present in Cosmo City, a high density suburb of Johannesburg, since 2006.

A need has arisen within the busy offices of Oasis South Africa for an enthusiastic personal assistant to the Country Director and the Youth and Education Programme Manager.

The successful applicant will:
  • Assist the Country Director and the Youth and Education Programme Manager in performing their duties
  • Help in diary management, organisation of work and travel arrangements where required
  • Assist in the planning of organisation-wide events such as staff Away Days, weekly prayer meetings etc
  • Be responsible for legal documents such as contracts, certificates, etc (in liaison with the organisation’s solicitors as necessary) and ensure they are kept up to date
  • Draft and/or edit papers and presentations as required by the Country Director as required
  • Undertake administrative tasks at the office e.g., photocopying, filing, writing letters, as required
  • Be responsible for all equipment needed by the Country Director to carry out his duties and to run an efficient office
  • Respond to enquiries and correspondence on behalf of the Country Director as required
  • Help prepare agendas and take minutes of Leadership Team meetings and Board meetings
  • Help Country Director by providing assistance with quality assurance / best practices by completing specific tasks such as following up on procedures and policies and staff members’ compliance to these

General:
  • Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required by the Country Directors, South Africa
  • Take every opportunity to raise support for Oasis
  • Actively participate in the wider life of Oasis (e.g prayer meetings, retreats etc)

Apply now