Health and Nutrition Promoter

2026-11-17 Helmand Full Time 23

Job Location:	Helmand
Nationality:	Afghan
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	Based on Organization Scale
Vacancy Number:	OPHCD-HR-128
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Helmand

Organization:	Organization for Promotion of Health & Community Development (OPHCD)
Years of Experience:	2 years working experience with health sector, any other community-based program.
Contract Duration:	2 Months
Gender:	Male
Education:	Intermediate/Allied medical science graduate. د متوسط طب فارغ چی دولتی امتحان ورکری وی.
Close date:	2026-11-17

About Organization for Promotion of Health & Community Development (OPHCD):

Organization for Promotion of Health & Community Development (OPHCD) is a nongovernmental, non-political and independent organization. OPHCD has been established in 2017 and registered with the NGOs Department of the Ministry of Economy of the with license # 4160. In addition, the organization has membership of Afghanistan National Health cluster, Afghanistan National Nutrition Cluster and ACBAR. OPHCD, as a non-governmental organization striving for well-being of the people through promotion of health, education, WASH, protection and human right, economic stability and sustainable development of the com‐munities with focus on the women and children, drugs users, IDPs and other marginalized group of the society with an equitable manner. The HER-AF2 (Health Emergency Response – Afghanistan Phase 2) project is funded by UNICEF and implemented to ensure continuity and quality of essential health and nutrition services, with strong emphasis on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Feedback and Complaints Response Mechanism (FCRM), High-Impact Value Added (HIVA), and zero tolerance for Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEA-H).

Job Descriptions:

The Health & Nutrition Promoter will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager. S/he will locate in the district and will work with the targeted communities within the project area. Moreover S/he is responsible to develop weekly workplan and performance reports.

Conduct orientation or training sessions for actors on key SBC and AAP packages.
Conducting and facilitating follow up meetings with community influential people and networks within the communities.
Conduct and facilitate community engagement sessions with households and communities on life-saving behaviors as well as healthy and protective behaviors related to health, nutrition, WASH, education, and child protection.
Tracking and collecting and sharing the rumors from the community.
Provide information about the availability and utilization of services to communities.
Inform communities about the available mechanisms and channels to provide feedback on available services.
Engage community structures/ key influencers and communities in collecting/responding to community feedback.
Raising awareness and mobilizing and engaging community structures and communities in communication activities during diseases outbreak, and health emergencies national/international Campaigns.
Monitor and supervise the SBC interventions and ensure the implementation of the activities base on the plan SBC and
Collect daily basis community feedback, and provide response for feedbacks received.
Record details of the feedback in collection form
Provide essential information on available services to community
Refer feedback to relevant sectors
Ensure local coordination and collaboration with key actor(s) such as the de-facto authority, CSOs and others.

Job Requirements:

A. Education

Intermediate/Allied medical science graduate.
· د متوسط طب فارغ چی دولتی امتحان ورکری وی.

B. Experience

2 years working experience with health sector, any other community-based program.
One year experience as community-based program supervisor or trainer is preferable.

Other skills required:

Efficiency, result-oriented and community level working capabilities.
Capacity to perform effectively under pressure and harsh conditions; ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues in a responsible and mature manner.
Excellent capacity development and teamwork skills; cross-cultural and gender sensitivity.\
Ability to use information technology effectively.

Submission Guidelines:

Qualified and interested candidates are invited to submit their cover letter and updated CV to the HR Department, below or via the following email address: hlm.operation.ophcd@gmail.com