about organization:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people survive and rebuild their lives in the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The IRC was founded in 1933 at Albert Einstein’s request to provide lifesaving and life-changing help to refugees fleeing conflict or disaster. We are working to restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions of people who have been uprooted and are fighting to survive in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities. The IRC shows the road from danger to safety.
In 1988, the IRC launched a national program in Afghanistan. Our programs focus on child safety, education, economic well-being, health, and power, and range from humanitarian aid to early recovery and development efforts. The IRC employs around 500 people in 9 provinces across Afghanistan, including those of the most security-vulnerable.
Job details:
- Date Post: November 14, 2021.
- Closing date: November 20, 2021.
- Number of jobs: 31.
- Location: Kabul, Helmand, Herat, Khost, Paktia, Logar and Laghman
- Vacancy number: 174-2021
- Position title: Community Health Promotion Assistant.
- Functional area: health.
- Type of work: full time.
- Work experience: 3-5 years.
- Salary: NTA grad-F
- Gender: Any.
Job description
- Assist CHVs on a regular basis across the neighborhoods.
- Arrange activities on a variety of topics in support of medical activities, such as promoting medical services, promoting hygiene, providing information on topics such as maternal health, malnutrition, malaria, COVID19, Vaccination, disease surveillance, contact tracing, and mortality surveillance, and so on.
- Visit the communities on a regular basis and offer support to community-based health promotion volunteers.
- Support community-based health volunteers, community leaders, and religious elders in their recruitment and training.
- Schedule regular site visits for monitoring and supervision to ensure that services are of high quality, that accurate data is collected, and that community health initiatives are tracked.
- Weekly updates on the CBHVs’ success should be sent to Community Health Officers.
- Oversee the gathering and analysis of data for CHV activity and community needs reports.
- Based on evaluations, create required reports on CHV performance and effectiveness.
- Assist the health of the community Volunteers at the community level to conduct community health promotion awareness sessions.
- Sensitize the surrounding community about health promotion messaging in close collaboration with community volunteers.
- Develop positive relationships with the community through regular meetings with elders, Mullahs, local Shura, and CDC in close conjunction with community volunteers to promote IRC acceptance in the target areas.
- Work with community elders and the Shura during project implementation to explain IRC project activities and how they align with Islamic values.
- Any extra responsibilities assigned by the line manager
Job requirements:
- Experienced nurse or midwife with a background in health promotion and training.
- 3-5 years of community mobilization and coordinating experience to boost community participation is required.
- a desire to travel within a region – as well as to other places for training sessions
- Ability to communicate well in both oral and written form in local languages.
- The ability to communicate in English both orally and in writing is advantageous.
- A high level of literacy and numeracy, as well as computer literacy, is a plus.
- Self-driven, with persuading abilities, the capacity to maintain relationships, and the ability to operate independently.
How to Apply
Interested individuals should send their applications to the attention of the Human Resources Department, along with copies of their CVs (NOT educational or work certificates), to the following address email.
Note: Applications that do not include the exact position title and location will be automatically rejected from consideration.
Address: Kabul Qala-e-Fathullah, Street 3, near Takyakhana-e-Fatimia, District 10 IRC Afghanistan Country Office
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