Urban Health Initiative
The USAID funded Urban Health Initiative (UHI) Program’s goal is to improve health outcomes of 
people living in urban areas, particularly focusing on the health of women and children and other 
vulnerable populations. Interventions aim to increase demand, access and quality of health 
services. Lead by Jhpiego and implemented by a dynamic consortium of organizations, UHI is 
implemented in five cities in
Afghanistan – Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kandahar.
 

Position Overview
Clinical Specialists/Mentors will be based in each of the nahias/cities cities and will work with a 
team to implement integrated whole team, on-site mentoring to improve the quality of care and 
strengthen delivery of health services at selected Tertiary, Secondary and Primary Health 
Facilities (Public and
Private).

Responsibilities
•    Advocate for mentorship and negotiate with hospital / facility management for buy-in to onsite 
mentoring and quality improvement
•    Support formation of facility quality improvement team and selection of onsite clinical 
representative for mentorship program
•    Facilitate initial assessment, analysis and action plan for improvement of service delivery 
and data strengthening in nutrition and MNH service delivery
•    Develop detailed mentoring schedule for routine visits to each facility including: service 
delivery improvement plan follows up, learning activities and data review
•    Support preparation for learning sessions (e.g. training supplies, care of models, 
commodities, learning tools)
•    Facilitate monthly mentoring visits for quality improvement, learning and data strengthening
•    Role model behavior and practices (e.g. respectful maternity care) and provision of clinical 
care and services
•    Support the hospitals treatment centers.
•    Strengthen community-based referral system for malnourished children.
•    Support the team on community awareness and SBC on Wasting and Stunting.
•    Ensure the availability of facility based counseling for nutrition.
•    Work with onsite clinical for mentorship program to plan for on-site practice
Coordinate mobile phone-based mentoring to service providers and support practice of skills
• Support facility team to discuss and analyses data and submit data every month
• Ensure adequate and organized record keeping of activities including mentoring plans,
implementation progress, mentoring visits

Share records with relevant stakeholders and supervisors as needed
• Write and submit timely reports as required including key issues, achievements, successes,
challenges and lessons learned
• Coordinate with other relevant project activities e.g. community engagement, leadership and
governance
• Coordinate with clinical advisors for MNH and nutrition clinical interventions
• Provide regular feedback of the planned activities and issues as they arise (e.g. daily and weekly)
• Participate in routine progress review and data presentations identifying trends and adapting as
needed
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor

Required Qualifications and Experience:
•    Graduate degree – Ob/Gyn specialist with at least 5 years’ clinical experience including 
maternal, newborn health, family planning and nutrition
•    Previous experience with conducting competency-based trainings and providing supportive 
supervision is advantageous

Abilities/Skills:
•    Ability to work successfully in teams, across a diverse team in a complex environment with 
multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
•    Strong skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong writing, analytical and 
communication skills in Dari, Pashtu and English (preferable)
•    Experience working with Microsoft Office software applications (Excel, Word, Outlook Explorer,
Power Point) is advantageous
 

Submission Guideline: Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, meal allowance, transportation allowance, medical allowance, pension (13th month) salary and more.

In order to send your resumes and apply for the position please refer to the link and apply through Jhpiego’s online portal:

https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/6393/clinical-specialist-mnh-nutrition/job?mode=view