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.
Position Overview
The eMentorship Advisor coordinates and leads UHI’s interventions to support the establishment of a
virtual mentorship process (further referred to as eMentoring) to provide capacity development and
technical support to service providers and health facilities in 5 major cities.
• Position Reports to: MEL Associate Director
• Supervisory position: No
• Location: Kabul
Responsibilities
• Provide oversight and lead the eMentoring in the five targeted cities including a startup,
implementation and scale-up across different technical areas (e.g. TB, Child Health, Safe Surgery)
• Develop and maintain implementation guidance, templates, and formats to support the implementation
of eMentorship.
• Advocate, coordinate and collaborate with counterparts and stakeholders (e.g. MOPH, Hospitals,
professional associations) to jointly plan and implement eMentorship.
• Provide implementation and technical support for the implementation of eMentoring through “hub”
facilities / technical experts virtually connected to “spoke” facilities and health service providers.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to develop curriculum, and content and to support the delivery
of content using a virtual platform
• Develop and maintain system for participants to communicate between sessions to discuss questions
and support learning
• Plan for and coordinate ongoing monitoring and feedback for eMentoring ensuring quality data
collection and analysis. Use data to improve or adapt approaches and strengthen implementation
• Identify and disseminate best practices and new strategies and approaches
• Participate in the project’s internal meetings and share challenges and lessons learned in implementing
activities in areas of technical expertise
• Comply with UHI project operational, security, and other guidelines and policies.
• Coordinate with the knowledge management team to ensure a documentation platform for all clinicalrelated
activities.
• Provide weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports regarding echo systems for the management.
• Develop and maintain the dashboard for echo sessions to present a clear picture of activities.
• Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor
Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Computer science bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of relevant work experience
• Previous practical experience in training and capacity development
• Previous experience with technology platforms (e.g. Webinar platforms, SMS, IVR, helplines)
• Strong skills in facilitation, collaboration, and coordination
• Ability to work in teams, across a diverse team in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short
deadlines, and intense pressure to perform
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong writing, analytical, and
communication skills in Dari, Pashtu, and English
• Experience working with Microsoft Office software applications
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!
Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org
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 dem... Read More
