To provide technical support to the Reproductive Health and Child and Adolescent Health directorates of the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan for institutional capacity building including strengthening monitoring and evaluation, developing operating procedures for implementing relevant policies and strategies and other technical areas to improve efficiency.
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Follow the implementation of the national policies on Maternal Neonatal and Child Health and advocacy for a comprehensive implementation of MNCH strategies. This includes technical support and field visits to review the implementation of all MNCH components outlined under the Basic Package of Health Services, Essential Package of Hospital Services, Reproductive Health Strategy 2012– 2016 and other concerned MoPH policies. Continuous support toward institutional capacity building of both Reproductive Health and Child and Adolescent Health Departments of the Ministry of Public Health. This includes (but not limited) to developing and strengthening monitoring and evaluation system, breaking down the policies to standard operating procedures and assessing the implementation of these operating procedures. Participate in the reproductive and child health policy development and modification/revision committees and provide required support. Provide guidance and support to the members of Reproductive Health and Child and Adolescent Health Directorates of the Ministry of Public Health on Maternal Neonatal and Child and related activities. Actively participate in all taskforce meetings and other technical committees, represent the project and note the relevant recommendations. Provide technical support and field visit to the program/project implementation sites and its team that includes designing strategies to improve access to quality reproductive and child health care services and also the community based interventions implemented through the CHWs. Maintaining proper liaison and coordination with the other stakeholders/partners and sharing the information. Provide overall support to national and provincial level MNCH personnel in developing their MNCH strategic and operational plans. Provide on-going technical support to the Director of Reproductive Health and relevant staff as needed Support and presenting the success stories and best practices related to maternal and child health and the evidences indicating the progress toward improving maternal and child health. Identifying areas of operational research for improving maternal and child health through utilizing the available data. Assisting in the development and dissemination of effective communications materials on health programs. Drawing out and documenting program documents.
Required Qualifications and Experience: • University Degree – Master Degree in relevant disciplines from a recognized university, preference will be given to those with MPH • Minimum 4 years experience in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health filed particularly in institutional capacity building, policy implementation, developing MNCH related standard operating procedures and other technical support. • Effective communication skills • Excellent English language proficiency Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) • Prior experience of working directly with national programs • Ability to establish strong relationships with officials and to develop a network of contacts • Ability to work in a team and be a good team player • Self-motivated, Pro-active, efficient, reliable and creative
How to apply:
Applications:
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Only short listed candidates will be contacted for further assessment.
