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About Jhpiego

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.

Job Description

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).

• Position Reports To: Cluster manager in Kandahar
• Supervisory position:
• Location: Kandahar (2)
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• 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

Skills Required

• MS Office
• Strong Communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in team
• analysis skills
• Good command of written and spoken English, Pashto and Dari
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Submission Guideline:

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. Please send your CV to Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org. For further information about Jhpiego, please visit our website at www.jhpiego.org. Note: Please mention the job title and vacancy number of the position on your email subject line otherwise your application may not be considered . The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation. Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer!

Submission Email:

Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org