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 rehabilitate devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

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

Job Purpose:

The Health and Nutrition officer will oversee day-to-day implementation of health and nutrition program activities under the ECHO project in line with IMC standards as well as aligning programming to Basic package of Health services (BPHS) for Afghanistan.

He/she will work with health and nutrition staff within the HSCs or MHNTs and provide them with technical support.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Act according to IMC organization policies and procedures.
• Plan and oversee the implementation of all the health and nutrition activities within supported HSCs.
• Conducting regular supportive supervision and monitoring of nutrition and health activities.
• Support in capacity building of the health and nutrition teams on IMAM, MIYCN, IMCI and maternal health, identify training needs/gaps and conduct regular refresher and on job training sessions.
• Collect and compile OPD SAM, OPD MAM and MIYCN reports and provide feedback to the team.
• Regular submission of health and nutrition data and fulfilling of health and nutrition data entry in online databases.
• Regular submission of weekly, biweekly, and monthly health and nutrition reports according to the stipulated deadlines
• Development and maintenance of health and nutrition filling system at provincial and health facility level ensuring that accurate beneficiary records are maintained.
• Guide nutrition staff to conduct food demonstration, Family MUAC and mass MUAC screening.
• Facilitate MIYCN sensitization sessions for key influencers on a quarterly basis
• Check that the medical and nutritional protocols are respected: admission and discharge criteria, frequency of measurement, distribution of nutrition products and systematic treatment protocols are followed.
• Ensure proper filling of OPD, ANC, PNC, OPD SAM and MAM registers and referral forms and that anthropometric and nutritional data are entered correctly. 
• Ensure that the health facilities keep updated stock of all essential supplies and requisitions for health and nutrition supplies are made in a timely manner.
• Ensure the follow up of attendance and the punctuality of staff across all HSCs
• Represent International Medical Corps in all health and nutrition meetings with MOPH, PHCC, PHD, PND, WFP, UNICEF and Partners within the districts and provincial level.
• Monitor trends and update the manager/coordinator on areas of concern
• Identify procurement needs and raise procurement requests on time for the HSCs.
• Manage health and nutrition commodities (Drugs, nutrition commodities, NFIs, items for food demonstrations).
• Perform other duties assigned by the line manager.

The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily inclusive in size. You may be required to travel to other parts of the country if required.

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: 

1. Afghan National.  
2. MD graduated from a recognized medical faculty.   
3. Knowledge of nutrition programs especially IMAM and MIYCN.
4. TOT in nutrition programs is preferred.   

Experience:

1. Must have minimum 3 years’ work experience as a health officer, health supervisor and or HMIS officer.
2. Previous experience working in health and nutrition projects is a plus
3. Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in the implementation of nutrition, IMAM, and IMNCI programs in the BPHS or vertical project.

Competency:

1. Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team.
2. Humanitarian experience in medical and nutrition programs in Afghanistan (EPHS, BPHS, IMAM, IMCI IYCF)
3. Conversation with Health and Nutrition Information Management Systems
4. The candidate must have strong command in English, Dari and Pashto Languages.
5. Computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Submission Guideline:

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.

To apply for this vacancy, please use the following link:

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Make sure that you have Entered All Education, Work Experiences Details Completely, Accurate & at the end of the application you press Submit.

Preference will be given to local residence applicants.

Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Please do not submit your CV or application to this website, it will not be considered for review.

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.