Midwife - On Call Base

Position Title: Midwife - On Call Base

2026-03-22 Kunduz Full Time 19

Job Location:	Kunduz
Nationality:	National
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	1200 AFN per working day (On Call Base)
Vacancy Number:	JR00002445
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Kunduz - Imam Sahib

Organization:	IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Years of Experience:	Qualified Midwifery diploma/certificate and registered with the Ministry of Health
Contract Duration:	2 Months (On call base)
Gender:	Female
Education:	At least 2 years of clinical midwifery experience.
Close date:	2026-03-22

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

Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly report concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaise with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and guiding them to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
Other duties assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs

Specific Duties:

Provide direct clinical care to the targeted patients at the HF and community level, working closely with the CHVs and CHWs to reduce the ANC /PNC and other service dropouts.
Maintain professional relations with health clinical staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality comprehensive primary healthcare services in the catchment area of the clinic.
conduct a targeted assessment of patients based on demographic surveys.
Performs basic and assisted delivery care at community and Health facility levels.
Performs any needed neonatal and obstetric resuscitation activity.
Ensures timely supported referrals to the nearest Emergency Obstetric Care center.

Strengthen the health facility-based deliveries, LARC family planning services, and STI cases by referral from the communities to IRC fixed health facilities.
Identifies survivors of sexual assault and refers them for registration, counselling, and clinical care support.
Provides antenatal and postnatal care in line with relevant standards and protocols.
Delivery of hygiene promotion, health education, and patient/caregiver counselling.
Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures in line with COVID guidance
Ensure accurate recording of information in the clinic registers and timely completion of summary reports.
Provide support and train the CHVs and CHWs on RH-related topics.
Achieve all the project-relevant targets in the catchment area.

Carry out duties as per duty roster
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner

Job Requirements:

- Qualified Midwifery diploma/certificate and registered with the Ministry of Health
- At least 2 years of clinical midwifery experience.
- Previous experience and training in sexual gender-based violence and clinical care for sexual assault survivors and advantage, Work with and support community volunteers to provide health promotion, community mobilization, and awareness raising.
- Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.
- Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.
- Technical Competency: Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.
- Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counseling.
- Excellent communication skills, good spoken and writing of concise reports in English.
- Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy.
- Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willing to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night.
- Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations.
- Communication and reporting skills: Ensure all patient consultations are documented and patient records completed.
- Submit reports on time.
- Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari
- 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/Kunduz-Afghanistan/Midwife---On-Call-Base_JR00002445

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