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Job Description

Job Purpose :

The health officer will oversee the day-to-day implementation of health program activities under the BHA project in line with IMC standards as well as aligning programming to the Basic package of Health Services (BPHS) for Afghanistan. He/she will work with health and nutrition staff within the HSCs or MHNTs and provide them with technical support.

Main Duties & Responsibilities :

• Act according to IMC organization policies and procedures.
• Plan and oversee the implementation of all the health activities within supported HSCs.
• Conduct regular supportive supervision and monitoring of health activities.
• Support in capacity building of the health IMCI and maternal health, identify training needs/gaps and conduct regular refresher and job training sessions.
• Collect and compile MIAR and other reports and provide feedback to the HFs.
• Regular submission of health and fulfillment of health data entry in online databases.
• Regular update the health indicators and submission of PMT, on monthly basis.
• Regular submission of weekly, biweekly, and monthly health reports according to the stipulated deadlines
• Development and maintenance of health filling system at the provincial and health facility level ensuring that accurate beneficiary records are maintained.
• Ensure proper filling of OPD, ANC, PNC, EPI OPD registers, and referral forms and that anthropometric and nutritional data are entered correctly. 
• Ensure that the health facilities keep an updated stock of all essential supplies and requisitions for health and nutrition supplies are made in a timely manner.
• Ensure the follow-up of attendance and the punctuality of staff across all HSCs.
• Represent International Medical Corps in all health meetings with MOPH, PHCC, PPHD, and Partners within the districts and provincial level.
• Monitor trends and update the manager/coordinator on areas of concern.
• Identify procurement needs and raise procurement requests on time for the HSCs.
• Manage health commodities (Drugs, nutrition commodities, NFIs, items for food demonstrations).
• Perform other duties assigned by the line manager.
• Oversee pharmaceutical supplies consumption, report, stock cards, and request.
• Plan seminars on various health topics e.g. HMIS, TOT, management, supervision and monitoring etc.

The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily inclusive in size. You may be required to travel to other parts of the country if required.

Organizational Responsibilities :

Policy Adherence:

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding:

• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons. 

Skills Required

• having experience in the mentioned field

Submission Guideline:

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Preference will be given to local residence applicants.

Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Please do not submit your CV or application to this website, it will not be considered for review.

Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme:

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. The International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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