The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC opened the country program in Afghanistan in 1988. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to early recovery and development activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, health, and power. The IRC works in 10 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 1000 staff.

Compliance with Policies:

• Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRC’s mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time. 
• The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

Project implementation and Service Delivery

The role is responsible for ensuring the effective implementation and delivery of essential health services, including NCDs, communicable diseases, RMNCH, EPI, IMNCI, mental health, IPC, Pharma and RCCE, in alignment with BPHS guidelines. This includes conducting regular visits to supported service delivery points to monitor quality, provide technical guidance, and ensure compliance with standards. The position also plays a key role in promoting cross-sectoral integration, ensuring that nutrition, primary health care, mental health, and WASH interventions are effectively coordinated to deliver comprehensive and holistic services.

Capacity Building

The role involves providing technical backstopping and on-the-job supportive supervision to healthcare service providers, ensuring that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to deliver quality care. It also requires actively engaging service providers to strengthen adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC) standards and to promote proper implementation of referral protocols for improved service continuity and patient outcomes.

Coordination and representation

The position is responsible for actively participating in provincial and district-level coordination meetings and maintaining strong liaison with local health communities and health shuras to strengthen collaboration and accountability. The role also includes representing IRC in health cluster and other relevant coordination meetings as required, while supporting cross-sectoral coordination, particularly with the Protection sector, to ensure effective integration and delivery of services.

Monitoring and reporting

The position will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate reporting through established lines of accountability. The role reports directly to the Provincial Health Manager, with technical reporting lines to the RCCE Manager, MHPSS Manager, and RH Manager, ensuring that programmatic and technical aspects are consistently monitored, documented, and communicated for effective decision-making.

• Medical Doctor (MD) with professional qualifications and experience in primary healthcare, including the ability to conduct technical training.
• Minimum of 2–3 years of proven experience in integrated primary healthcare programming.
• Highly self-motivated, with strong interpersonal and persuasion skills, the ability to build and maintain effective relationships, and capable of working independently with initiative.
• Enthusiastic and able to travel within the region, as well as to other regions for training and assignments.
• Strong communication and reporting skills; fluency in Pashto, Dari, and English; computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, Access, Internet) is an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, professionally, and respectfully with colleagues and communities across diverse nationalities, ethnicities, genders, religions, and cultural backgrounds.

For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:

(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)

(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)

All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:

https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/Nangarhar-Afghanistan/Health-Officer_JR00000354

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process. 

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque