Murang’a County Government is hiring MORTICIAN (INTERN) – ONE (1) POST for Twelve (12) months Non-renewable.
Job type: – Full Time
Experience: – None
Location: Murang’a County
Job Field: Internships
The Interns will be paid a stipend at a rate determined by the County Government.
Minimum Requirements
- Be a Kenyan citizen
- diploma in mortuary science
- KCSE D (Plain)
- complete a period of apprenticeship, and pass a licensing exam
- Be a member of a registered funeral professional association
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong English and Swahili language skills
- Training in embalming and grief counseling.
- Proficiency in computer skills
Duties and responsibilities
- Collecting and receiving bodies within the hospital and outside through the prescribed procedures.
- Recording bodies received.
- Washing the bodies, embalming, and refrigeration.
- Scrubbing and assisting in post mortems.
- Counselling the relatives.
- Releasing the bodies to the relatives as per the laid procedures’
Eligibility Criteria
Murang’a County Government Internship Program is a government youth programme whose main objective is to offer college graduates the opportunity to gain hands on experience and build skills in order to enhance their chances for employment, networking and entrepreneurship.
To qualify, an applicant must
- Be a Kenyan citizen not over the age of 35 years
- Be an unemployed graduate from a recognized training institution who has completed a Diploma or degree course in the last 24 months or less, in the relevant field.
- Not have benefited from a similar internship program or been exposed to work experience related to their area of study since graduating.
- Not have exited from formal employment.
ALL Applications for internship should be supported by the applicant’s university/college or related institution’s records/certificates/transcripts.
