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

• Ensure essential health services (Nutrition, NCD, CDs, RMNCH, EPI, IMNCI, mental health, IPC, RCCE) in accordance with BPHS guidelines
• Conduct regular visits to supported service delivery points
• Ensure cross sectoral integration of nutrition, PHC, mental health and WASH

Capacity Building

• Provide technical backstopping and on-job supportive supervision to healthcare service providers.
• engage service providers to ensure IPC standards and referral protocols

Coordination and representation

• Regularly participating Provincial and District level coordination meetings
• liaise with local health communities and health shuras
• participate in cluster meetings as and when required
• Support coordination with other sector particularly Protection to ensure cross sectoral coordination and integration

Monitoring and reporting

• Support data collection and working closely with HIS team in data reviews and ensure data driven decision making
• Monitor pharma stock levels and working closely with Pharma Coordinator to ensure time supplies with zero stock-outs

• Professional qualification as medical doctor, with experience in health promotion and conducting trainings.
• 2 to 3 years’ Experience in community mobilization and coordination to increase community participation.
• Skills: Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationship and able to work on own initiative.
• Enthusiasm to travel to locations within a region – and to other regions for training sessions.
•  Technical Competency:
• Communication and reporting skills.
• Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English
• Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage.
• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background.

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://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/58592?c=rescue

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.