Organization Background:

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergencies, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

To learn more about our mission, visit https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/who-we-are.

Project/ Health Program Background:

PUI and IMC will jointly implement the project for 12 months aimed at addressing the needs of the most vulnerable populations in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Central regions of Afghanistan. The action aims to provide integrated Health including SRH, Nutrition, MHPSS, WASH services with a crisis modifier component that can be triggered for rapid onset disasters, in particular scenarios i.e., epidemics, natural disasters, violence leading to displacements and returnees. The intervention will focus on supporting communities in underserved and hard-to-reach areas, specifically in provinces such as Kabul, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Parwan. Through a joint approach, the project will expand its geographical coverage, ensuring that the underserved population benefit from humanitarian assistance. Intervention will include:

• Provide integrated Primary healthcare services and emergency lifesaving services (including SRH and MHPSS) to remote/ underserved areas.
• Improve the nutrition status of pregnant, lactating women and children under 5 years, by providing access to quality and comprehensive nutrition preventive and curative services
• Improve supported health facilities infrastructure and maintain safe and dignified access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in health facilities catchment areas.
• Provide health, nutrition, MHPSS, and WASH emergency response to people affected by natural disasters, outbreaks, and violence.

Through this joint approach, PUI and IMC will focus on reducing the mortality, morbidity, and vulnerability of conflict- and disaster-affected populations, aiming to reach433,185 unique beneficiaries. Intervention will focus on providing life-saving services to vulnerable populations, including women, girls, and pregnant and lactating women, in remote areas through safe, dignified and inclusive programming.

Job Purpose:

Job Summary: The Medical Coordinator is providing strategic and technical support to the identification, design, implementation, and management of the health program in Afghanistan. The Medical Coordinator will work in collaboration with the Country Director, Deputy Country Director/ program, senior management team, and health teams in the field to deliver high-quality health services to the targeted beneficiaries. The Medical Coordinator will make frequent visits to the field sites to ensure the highest standards of delivery. S/he will be budget holder and responsible for budget management and pipeline preparation monthly. Update monthly budget pipeline, procurement plan and complete the necessary logistical and administrative processes for project activities. S/he ensure high-quality clinical services in all IMC-supported health facilities. S/he will monitor service quality, ensure that all staff are trained and well-supported, pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies are properly managed. The Medical Coordinator will represent IMC in the national Health coordination meetings, Health Forum, and other technical working groups.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop detail project implementation plan and manage the implementation of project in the targeted provinces and ensure project objectives are met with highest standards and best practices.
• Develop and execute work plans
• Work closely with the DCD program to ensure the smooth running of health programs.
• Provide technical supervision and technical support to the organization’s health programming activities.
• Ensure activities are consistent with established best practices, which are acceptable internationally (WHO/SPHERE and IMC standards and MOPH).
• Ensure health programs utilize standardized protocols, policies, and guidelines according to Ministry of Public Health, WHO and IMC.
• Monitor the progress of the project and adjust as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the projects and update Project Management Tool on monthly
• Oversee the collection, analysis and timely reporting of data and statistics for all programs (including objectives, indicators, and outcomes of health programs) according to internal and donor requirements
• Review from a technical standpoint, monthly field and donor reports.
• Ensure timely and adequate provision of supplies and drugs through review of pharmacy consumption reports, national drug protocols, donor pharmaceutical protocols, and program budgets
• Ensure all stakeholders, including senior management team, the Health Technical Unit and donors are provided with updates following the established reporting structures.
• Representing IMC to national Health coordination meetings and stakeholder meetings and other technical working groups

1. Program Development

• Work with senior management team, field teams, cross functional platforms, and the Health Technical Unit in strategic planning for future health programs.
• Work with Program Development team to draft concepts for future funding following the protocols and formats.
• Provide technical input during proposal development and technical reviews.
• Strive to ensure as much as possible different health related sectors (MHPSS, GBV, etc.) are integrated into proposed programs.
• Provide inputs and support in new health assessment and assessment reports

2. Human Resources Management

• Assist in the selection and training of qualified program health staff, recommend promotions, and implement disciplinary action suggest termination of staff in consultation with the SMT.
• Maintain open lines of communication with all field staff.
• Train health staff to increase their responsibilities to build capacity and ensure sustainability of programs.
• Support direct supervisors in ensuring staff performance evaluations and professional development plans are in place.
• Oversee training of all healthcare staff, including doctors, nurses, midwives, and other technical staff to ensure that the training provided is of acceptable quality and address the identified needs.

3. Security

• Collaborate with security officers to maintain security of health staff in the field
• Ensure application and compliance of security protocols and policies

Organizational Responsibilities:

Policy Adherence

• • Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, it maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Safeguarding

It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect the populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.

Qualifications: The candidate must be a medical doctor. Master’s in public health or a similar public health degree will be an added advantage.

Experience: 

• Minimum 3 years of experience at the managerial and technical level relating to primary and secondary health care, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health
• Experience of working at senior level in health humanitarian and development programs in the country will be an advantage

Competency :

• Excellent communications skills in English (oral and written) and local languages
• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources
• Skills and knowledge in program sustainability and capacity building, project monitoring and evaluation.

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme:

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. The International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.