Community Health Promotion Assistant

Position Title: Community Health Promotion Assistant

2026-01-21 Herat Full Time 30

Job Location:	Herat
Nationality:	National
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per IRC Salary Scale 9B
Vacancy Number:	JR00001674
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Herat

Organization:	IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Years of Experience:	1-2 years’ relevant experience in community mobilization (Health & Nutrition and coordination to increase community participation.
Contract Duration:	End of June 2026
Gender:	Male/Female
Education:	Professional qualification as a Nurse, community health, or Midwife with experience in health promotion and conducting training.
Close date:	2026-01-21

About IRC (International Rescue Committee):

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC opened the country program in Afghanistan in 1988. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to early recovery and development activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, health, and power. The IRC works in 10 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 1000 staff.

Compliance with Policies:

Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRC’s mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time.
The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

Job Descriptions:

General Duties:

The Community Health Promotion Assistant (CHPA) will supervise all community-level health activities (disease surveillance, outbreak response, surveys, assessments, community meetings, H-Shura members' meetings, and making links between the community and HFs) along with supervising CHV activities. He or she will assist in training, supporting, and supervising CHVs and will also supervise public health programs and promote collaboration between the facility and the community of the catchment population, along with establishing referral pathways from communities to supported health facilities. He or she also assists in the formation and linkage of community health committees (Shura-e-Sehie) with the CHV program and health facilities. He or she is responsible for supporting the communities in identifying and addressing their health needs, constraints, and problems.

Specific Duties:

CHVs Training:

Assists in practical training during CHV training courses, including supervising the practical experience of the CHVs in the community during their training.
Provides on-the-job mentoring and monthly in-service training to CHVs during debriefing days.
Reviews and evaluates the performance of the CHVs and identifies the need for further training and organizing refresher courses for CHVs.

Supportive supervision:

Assist the staff of the health facility in making plans (1- health education at HF level to clients 2- regular coordination with HF staff regarding defaulters list. 3- any emergency happening, outbreaks or pandemics) for the community health programs in the facility and its catchment area.
Implements, supervises, monitors, and periodically evaluates the community health program activities in the catchment area of the health facility.
Identifies and reports immediately to the head of the health facility/RCCE Focal point any problems that may interfere with achieving program objectives.
Guides the CHVs in the development and implementation of their activities action plans, such as for the defaulters list.
Conducts monthly Regular meetings with CHVs to point out the problems at the months at community level.
Conducts regular visits to the CHVs in their communities to assess and assist their work.
Encourages teamwork among CHVs, especially when they are working in the same catchment population to avoid duplication of work.
Compile the demographic data collected by CHVs to ensure there is no duplication and cross-check the validity through physical verification at the community level.
Provides regular CHV activities reports to the provincial health program manager and the RCCE manager.

Health Management Information System:

Supervises the quality of the pictorial registers and community maps maintained by the CHVs and assists them as needed and demanded.
Supervises completion of the MARs (monthly activity report) by CHVs and the completion of the facility MAAR (monthly aggregated activity report).
Consolidates the MARs monthly aggregate activity report and assists the head of the health facility in preparing consolidated monthly reports, and assists in maintaining graphs to monitor the facility's health programs.
Assists in supervising any required community health survey.
Uses the reporting system and information received from village health committees (Shura-e-Sehie) to monitor the community health status and submits findings to the person in charge of the health facility on a regular basis.

Facility community collaboration:

Assists formation of community health committees (Shura-e-Sehie)
Provides an orientation session on health topics of concern to the community Shura.
Based on the Guideline and information, implement community-based health activities
Encourages and provides on-time support for CHVs at the community level.
Provides feedback from communities to the head of the health facilities.

Job Requirements:

Professional qualification as a Nurse, community health, or Midwife with experience in health promotion and conducting training.
1-2 years’ Experience in community mobilization (Health & Nutrition and coordination to increase community participation.
Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationships, and able to work on own initiative.
Enthusiasm to travel to locations within a region – and to other regions for training sessions.
Communication and reporting skills.
Fluency in Pashto, Dari is a must, and English
Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage.
Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background.

Submission Guidelines:

For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:

(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)

(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)

All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:

https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/Herat-Afghanistan/Community-Health-Promotion-Assistant_JR00001674

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process.

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque