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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:

The MNH Senior Cluster Supervisor will be based in Kandahar and will work under the supervision of the Cluster Manager and City Manager to implement the MNH program activities including Safe surgery, maternal health, newborn health, family planning, MPDSR, and nutrition interventions based on the mentorship approach to support strengthening maternal, newborn and nutrition health in UHI targeted health facilities in Kandahar city.

• Position Reports to: Cluster Manager
• Supervisory position: Yes
• Location: Kandahar (1)

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Support the clinical specialist team for smooth implementation of maternal, newborn, safe surgery, FP, and MPDSR program interventions.
• Support program management of maternal, newborn, safe surgery, FP, and MPDSR
• Support implementation and formation of team and selection of onsite clinical representative for maternal, newborn, safe surgery, FP, and MPDSR program activities
• Support the clinical specialist teams in the facilitation of initial assessment, analysis, and action plan for improvement, learning, and data strengthening in MNH‐ Nutrition programs
• Assist cluster manager and clinical specialist teams in developing a detailed mentoring schedule for monthly visits to each facility including an improvement plan, follow‐up sessions, learning activities, and data review.
• Close coordination with the technical team to support capacity‐building supplies and tools to facilitate the conduction of Mentorship activities in relevant MNH programs
• With close coordination of the technical team, ensure all learning materials, job aids, and quality tools are available at public and private health facilities
• Conducted coaching and mentorship visits from facilities and wrote and submitted timely reports as required including key issues, achievements, successes, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Participation in MNDSR, and QI committee meetings to provide support to improve quality of care.
• Participate in the project’s internal meetings and share challenges and lessons learned in implementing activities
• Comply with project operational, security, and other guidelines and policies.

Any other task assigned by the supervisor

Skills Required

• computer skills
• Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari

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!

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; education assistance plan and more.

Send resumes to Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org . For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: 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