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Please Click Here THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH, PAKISTAN AUGUST 2020 For more information, please contact: Daniel Frost - Partner, Cielo Executive Search [email protected] CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 2. Overview – The Aga Khan Development Network 3. Overview – The Aga Khan University 4. Overview – The Medical College, Pakistan 5. Overview – The Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan 6. Overview – The Department of Paediatrics and Child Health 7. Position Description 8. City/Country Overview: Karachi, Pakistan 1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Aga Khan University in Pakistan has retained Cielo Executive Search to lead the search process for the new Chair, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health. The overall responsibility of the Chair is to lead the Department to a position of academic and professional eminence, while furthering the goals and mission of the College of Medicine, and of the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi. Participating in teaching, research and clinical care, the Chair will serve as a role model for and represent both faculty and students. This Assignment Brief provides detail in regards to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), Aga Khan University (AKU), the Medical College, the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Job Description and information on the base location of Karachi, Pakistan. Daniel Frost is a Partner in the global Academic Medicine & Higher Education Practice at Cielo Executive Search. He has 15 years Executive Search experience across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Cielo's global presence includes more than 2,000 employees, serving 177 clients across 95 countries in 39 languages. For more information, visit www.cielotalent.com To formally register interest in the position, please submit your full CV in confidence to the retained search partner, Daniel Frost [email protected] Daniel Frost – Partner Cielo Executive Search Tel: +971 55 380 4761 [email protected] 2 2. OVERVIEW – THE AGA KHAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a network of private, non-denominational development agencies founded by the Aga Khan. The overall goal of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is to improve the quality of life in the areas where its member institutions work. The Network’s vision and strategies encompass an improvement in material standards of living, health and education, as well as a set of values and norms in the organisation of society, which include pluralism and cultural tolerance, gender and social equity, civil society organisation and good governance. The AKDN therefore has a holistic view of what constitutes progress that goes beyond material benefits and which encompasses a more rounded view of human experience and aspirations. AKDN Agencies: ▪ Aga Khan Academies ▪ Aga Khan Agency for Habitat ▪ Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance ▪ Aga Khan Education Services ▪ Aga Khan Foundation ▪ Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development ▪ Aga Khan Health Services ▪ Aga Khan Trust for Culture ▪ Aga Khan University ▪ University of Central Asia The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) works to improve the quality of life for tens of millions of people in 30 countries. Many of its institutions have been operating in the developing world for over 50 years. Today, the Network employs over 80,000 people. Its budget for non-profit social and cultural activities stands at US$ 950 million. The Network’s economic development arm, the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, generates annual revenues of US$ 4.3 billion, and all of its surpluses are reinvested in further development activities, usually in fragile, remote or post-conflict regions. 3 3. OVERVIEW – THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY Over the last 35+ years, the Aga Khan University (AKU) has built a global reputation for its work to improve quality of life in developing societies through high-quality teaching, research and health-care delivery that reflects its core values of equity and pluralism. The Board of Trustees includes current and former leaders of such institutions as the University of California, San Francisco; the University of Toronto; and the American University in Cairo. Partners and supporters include the development agencies of Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Alberta. AKU graduates hold key positions at leading institutions such as Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, UNICEF and many others. A not-for-profit organization and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network, the University has campuses and programmes in Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan and the United Kingdom. AKU began life as a health-sciences university and is renowned for its leadership in health professional education, research and clinical care in South Asia and East Africa. The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi and the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi were the first hospitals in their regions accredited by the Joint Commission International and the College of American Pathologists. Subsequently, AKU has launched programmes in teacher education, the study of Muslim civilizations, journalism, early childhood development and public policy. In the near future, AKU will launch an undergraduate arts and sciences programme to educate future leaders and establish additional graduate professional schools. The goal, in the words of founder and Chancellor, His Highness the Aga Khan, is to be “on the frontiers of scientific and humanistic knowledge, radiating intelligence and confidence, research and graduates, into flourishing economies and progressive legal and political systems.” 4 4. OVERVIEW – THE MEDICAL COLLEGE, PAKISTAN The Aga Khan University Medical College in Pakistan was established in 1983, as a part of the University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. The Medical College faculty has a tripartite mission of provision of quality patient care, creating new knowledge through research and educating the leaders of tomorrow. Pakistan and other developing countries have unique challenges and AKU, being a first-world institution in a third-world setting, is in a singular position to help solve these problems through research and training. The research portfolio of the faculty is diverse and is spread across the basic sciences, translational, clinical and public health domains. The academic programs in the Medical College, which include undergraduate medical education and graduate programs (Masters, MPhil, PhD), attach great emphasis to the professional, personal and intellectual development of students, so that its graduates become contributory members and leaders of society, setting the benchmark for quality of care, developing innovative solutions to health challenges and providing policymakers with evidence-based recommendations. The Aga Khan University Medical College works closely with the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the University Hospital to produce excellence in educational programmes and medical practice. Faculty, students and staff are devoted to the highest standard of education, scholarship and research. The faculty also provides the highest level of patient care through collaboration with various health care professionals and use of state-of-the-art equipment to support diagnosis and treatment in the University Hospital. Programmes Undergraduate Programmes ▪ MBBS Programme ▪ Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene Graduate Programmes ▪ Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics ▪ Master of Science in Health Policy and Management ▪ Master of Health Professions Education ▪ MPhil in Biological and Biomedical Sciences ▪ PhD in Health Sciences Postgraduate Medical Education ▪ Internship Programme ▪ Residency Programmes ▪ Fellowship Programmes 5 Continuing Medical Education and Continuous Professional Development ▪ Department of Continuing Professional Education ▪ Lectures, Symposia, Meetings, Courses and other events Other programmes ▪ Elective Programme / Visiting Student Programme ▪ Human Development Programme Research Health related research has always been a high priority activity of AKU. For the Medical College (being a part of AKU’s Faculty of Health Sciences), the over-arching theme is 'Social and Economic Determinants of Health' (SEDOH), the current shorthand for describing health approaches that move beyond biomedical and behavioral risk factor approaches to health promotion. This includes: ▪ Maternal and newborn child health ▪ Non-communicable diseases ▪ Infection, immunity and inflammation ▪ Human development ▪ Neurosciences ▪ Stem cell biology Research in AKU’s Medical College spans many disciplines but particularly emphasizes problems of the developing world, such as investigation of the causes and treatment of childhood diarrhea, studies of the immunological characteristics of tuberculosis and leprosy, genetic basis of disease within the Pakistani population and community-based health systems development. Faculty research can be either basic, translational or clinical. The Medical College also has a Clinical Trials Unit dedicated to advance AKU’s research mandate. 6 5. OVERVIEW – THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, PAKISTAN The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), over the past three decades, has been a leader in delivering quality healthcare in the region, and has adapted to the rapidly changing and challenging healthcare needs of the people we serve. We are
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