Midwife Supervisor

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with headquarters in Lausanne and an office in Zurich, is the leading Swiss child rights organisation with more than 2000 employees worldwide. We stand together with children to uphold their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through innovative programmes focused on health, migration and access to justice, specially designed to have a positive and sustainable impact.

Tdh has been working in Afghanistan since 1995 and carry out projects related to Child Protection, Mother and Child health and Livelihood Programs in Kabul, Balkh, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces.

Job Summary :

The Midwife Supervisor is responsible for providing technical supervision, feedback, and on-the-job training to midwives working at health facilities to ensure the delivery of high-quality maternal and newborn health services. She oversees and monitors midwifery activities at facility level, ensuring adherence to national protocols and standards of care. The role also includes frequent field supervision visits, performance support, and capacity building of midwifery staff. In addition, the Midwife Supervisor actively participates in all relevant coordination meetings related to midwifery and maternal health at the provincial level, contributing to improved service delivery and maternal health outcomes. She is responsible for providing technical supervision over delivery rooms in the facilities.

Main responsibilities:

1. Technical Support and Quality of RMNCH Services

• Support the implementation of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (RMNCH) services at supported health facilities.

• Ensure consistent delivery of quality, client-centered, and evidence-based RMNCH services in line with national guidelines, protocols, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Promote respectful maternity care and culturally appropriate service delivery.

• · Support infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in maternity, delivery, and newborn care areas.

• Support timely identification, stabilization, referral, and follow-up of high-risk pregnancies, obstetric complications, and neonatal emergencies.

• Strengthen coordination between health facilities and referral hospitals to ensure continuity of care.

• Ensure the availability and rational use of essential RMNCH medicines, supplies, and equipment, and promptly report stock shortages.

• Support implementation of continuous quality improvement (QI) initiatives to strengthen RMNCH service delivery and patient outcomes.

• Promote the integration of nutrition, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), child protection, disability inclusion, and gender-sensitive approaches into RMNCH services, in line with Tdh's integrated programming approach.

• Support preparedness and continuity of essential RMNCH services during disease outbreaks, emergencies, and other humanitarian situations.

2. Monitoring, Supportive Supervision, and Quality Improvement

• Conduct regular supportive supervision and monitoring visits to health facilities and project sites.

• Develop and implement monthly supervision plans in coordination with the supervisor.

• Identify service delivery gaps, document findings, and support implementation of quality improvement actions.

• Identify and promptly report issues affecting service quality or achievement of project objectives.

• Ensure that midwives are fully informed of project objectives, indicators, and targets.

• Contribute to the performance assessment of midwives and support development of individual performance improvement plans.

• Be available to travel to remote project sites and health facilities as required.

3. Capacity Building and Mentorship

• Conduct training needs assessments and develop capacity-building plans for health staff.

• Provide on-the-job coaching, mentoring, and supportive supervision to midwives and other relevant health workers.

• Organize and facilitate training sessions on RMNCH and related technical topics.

• Ensure health staff understand project objectives, indicators, targets, and expected quality standards.

• Participate in internal and external learning and professional development activities to strengthen technical capacity.

4. Health information management, Monitoring and Reporting

• Ensure RMNCH service data from supported health facilities are accurate, complete, consistent, and timely.

• Ensure accurate documentation of patient records, registers, and reporting tools at facility level.

• Submit validated reports to the MEAL team or Program team when required

• Prepare and submit weekly and monthly technical reports to the supervisor in a timely manner.

• Support the use of data for monitoring program performance and improving service quality.

5. Health information management, Monitoring and Reporting

• Participate in provincial-level RMNCH technical working groups, coordination meetings, and other relevant forums.

• Work closely with project teams to ensure coordinated, timely, and high-quality implementation of project activities.

• Strengthen collaboration between health facilities and community health workers to improve community awareness, referrals, service uptake, and follow-up for RMNCH services.

• Support community engagement and health education activities to improve care-seeking behaviors, birth preparedness, and utilization of RMNCH services.

• Strengthen collaboration with community health workers, community leaders, and other stakeholders to improve referrals, follow-up, and continuity of RMNCH care.

6. Safeguarding, Accountability and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Terre des hommes' safeguarding, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Child Safeguarding, Code of Conduct, and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) policies in all project activities.

• Promote safe, respectful, confidential, and equitable access to RMNCH services for women, newborns, and children.

• Immediately report any safeguarding, protection, fraud, or misconduct concerns through the appropriate reporting mechanisms.

6. Other Responsibilities

• Perform any other duties within the scope of the position as assigned by the supervisor.

Education :

• Graduated from midwifery, or medical faculty from a recognized institute/university.

• Passed the MoPH exit exam successfully.

• Received trainings on BEMoNC and CEMONC trainings
  

Experience / Skills :

• At least 3 years of supervisory experience in midwifery services within the field of reproductive health with BPHS or other health facilities.

• Having experience as a midwife trainer is an advantage

• Solid knowledge of midwifery practice, including antenatal care, intrapartum care, postnatal care, family planning, and essential newborn care.

• Strong skills in managing normal deliveries and identifying obstetric and neonatal complications for timely referral and emergency response.

• Proficiency in maternal and newborn health record-keeping, service reporting, data analysis, and use of health information systems for monitoring service delivery.

• Good understanding of national maternal and newborn health protocols, infection prevention standards, respectful maternity care, and quality assurance guidelines.

• Ability to coordinate effectively with health facilities, and midwifery staff to ensure continuity and quality of maternal and newborn health services.

• Strong communication, mentoring, and report-writing skills, with the ability to produce accurate and timely maternal and newborn health reports.
  

Languages:

• Fluency in local Languages and Working knowledge of English (written and spoken) is required.
  

IT knowledge :

Microsoft Office package

Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies :

• Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.

• Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.

• Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.

• Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

• Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

References :

Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.

Procedure:

Only complete applications (updated and accurate CV + covering letter) received through Tdh online application platform will be processed. It is essential that all information provided is complete, truthful and verifiable, as any discrepancies may affect your eligibility in the recruitment process.

Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. 

Please note that

• Only applications submitted through the online platform will be considered. Applications submitted by email, in person, or through other means will not be accepted.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.

• Tdh upholds the principles of equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion, and maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward any harm, abuse, or exploitation of children or vulnerable adults by staff, representatives, or partners.

• Female candidates and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Tdh values the diversity, perspectives and contributions each individual brings to the team.