National Senior Officer - CBHC (Community Based Health Care)

Position Title: National Senior Officer - CBHC (Community Based Health Care)

2025-01-29 Kabul Full Time 7

Job Location:	Kabul
Nationality:	National
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	Bassed on NTA salary scale
Vacancy Number:	NR/KBL/01/25/004
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Kabul

Organization:	Aga Khan Foundation
Years of Experience:	• At least 3 years specific experience in CBHC/PHC field.
Contract Duration:	One year
Gender:	Male/Female
Education:	• Bachelor of Public Health, Midwifery from a recognized university. Medical doctor (MD)preferred.
Close date:	2025-01-29

About Aga Khan Foundation:

The Aga Khan Foundation, Afghanistan (AKF (Afg)) is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of international, private, non-denominational development agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in some of the poorest parts of the developing world. The Network’s organizations have individual mandates that range from the fields of health and education to architecture, rural development and promotion of private-sector enterprise and institutions that seek to empower communities and individuals, usually in disadvantaged circumstances, to improve living conditions and opportunities.

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a non-denominational international development agency established in 1967 by His Highness the Aga Khan. Its mission is to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede social development, primarily in Asia and East Africa. Created as a private, non-profit foundation under Swiss law, it has branches and independent affiliates in 19 countries.
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AKF seeks to provide sustainable solutions to long-term problems of poverty, hunger, illiteracy, and ill health. In Afghanistan, AKF works with rural communities in mountainous, remote or resource poor areas to improve quality of life in the areas of natural resource management, market development, governance, education, and health.

Job Descriptions:

POSITION OBJECTIVE
The CBHC Senior Officer is a key member of the technical/health program management team and will report to the EPR coordinator position of AKF health department.

The CBHC Senior Officer will work in close coordination with EPR Coordinator national M&E/MIS, national and regional program coordinators/managers and will be responsible for overall management, supervision, technical support, planning and reporting of CBHC activities of AKF at national level. He/ She will be also responsible for coordination and communication of project activities with all CBHC actors in the country including PHC/MoPH, UNICEF and other national and provincial actors involved in health specially CHBC efforts.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical
•   Support regional health team to ensure that the projects activities are being implementing in accordance with agreed work plan, implementation schedule and allocated resources.
•   Track the Project progress against the agreed work plan and ensure the budget utilization according to the allocated budget and with consideration of the donor requirement and compliance.
•   To supervise the health and Nutrition activities, implement by provincial staff to ensure CBHC program quality and real-time decision for program improvement by documenting implementation gaps and challenges.
•   Conduct field visits (at least monthly basis) and coordinate the projects implementation with BPHS implementers and relevant stakeholder at the field level and follow up the field visits findings from health projects related activities being implementing at the regional level and address field implementation issues (technical and operational) with concerned departments.
•   Preparing of required reports such as monthly, quarterly, semiannual, annual and update progress reports for line supervisor and health management with accordance to the donor requirement, reporting mechanisms and deadlines.
•   Coordinate the purchase requests of the project requested medical and non-medical items and follow up regularly with relevant department such as procurement, finance, and others for onetime provision.
•   Contribute to the process for developing project annual plan, implementation schedule and yearly plan of operation (YPO) for the projects implement by health team.
•   To manage arrangement of all required trainings and capacity building programs to the project staff and stakeholders within the national and regional level.
•   Provide support for initial and refresher trainings of CHSs and CHWs in accordance to MoPH/CBHC guidelines, CHS and CHWs curriculum.
•   Ensuring and evaluating the training activities, quality of training, and supervision of Community Health Workers (CHWs) by CHW Supervisors/ Trainers, project staff and local communities.
•   Participating in meetings/workshops and Task Force/Working Groups conducted at MoPH to share and exchange experiences on CBHC from the field for improving the gaps and challenges faced in the community during implementation.
•   Ensuring IYCF counselling and Nutrition activities of the project being implemented at field level.
•   Increase the projects staff capacity through supervision, workshops, trainings, and regular consultation for improved performance and achieving better results and targeted outputs and outcomes of the projects.
•   Work closely with other AKF sectors in identifying areas for collaboration and program integration that help utilizing program budget efficiently and address stakeholders’ expectations with minimal resources.
•   Liaise and coordinate the projects implementation with other AKDN agencies, AKF sectors at the national level.
•   Work closely with M&E team to analyses program implementation and take forward the best practices & lessons learned and incorporate in donor reports.
•   Support health management in identifying areas for innovation and improvement through new concept notes, proposals, and strategic plans for resource mobilization.
•   To report any challenge mis affecting the implementation including financial problems with line manager and health management.
•   To carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects AKF’s commitment to preserving AKF’s Safeguarding standards for organization, staff, beneficiaries, and stakeholders.
•   Comply with AKF policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
•   Respect the target communities’ cultures, traditions, and costumes.
•   Follow up of the action plans and contract requirements with project staff.
•   Review of technical reports received from projects and provision of written feedback.
•   Prepare inception, semiannual and other required project reports on due time and ensure the timely submission of reports to the Donor.
•   To ensure capacity building opportunities are provided to the project staff according to the contract requirements and improvement of service provision.
•   To track/record all project technical and financial documents.
Monitoring
•   Work with M&E/MIS Officers to ensure shared knowledge of all grant indicators with the ; review monitoring tools to ensure that data for all donor indicators is captured; ensure regular qualitative data-gathering instruments are in place and meet grant needs; develop consultant ToRs as per grant requirements; review consultant reports, in coordination with M&E/ MIS and National and Regional health team before submission to donor.
Financial monitoring
•   To work closely with finance staff of the project on all financial issues and ensure the project expenses are within allocated budget and codes.
•   Regular follow of the financial status of the projects and provide feedback and recommendation/guidance to the finance department and field level staff.
•   Ensuring the instalments are received and salaries other project costs on paid on time.
•   Ensuring the timely submission of financial reports to donors by Finance department.
•   To conduct/guide the quarterly budget preparation meetings.
•   To review/coordinate allocated budgets for capacity building of staff with relevant provincial staff for conducting of trainings.
•   Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects AKF’s commitment to protecting children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
•   To report any suspicions or actual violations of the Safeguarding Policy and/or Child Safeguarding Policy as per the given training.

OCCASIONAL SIGNIFICANT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• In coordination with M&E/ MIS and National health team identify and recommend focused research study topics.
• Represent AKF and/or present case studies and/or lessons learned at internal and external events/forums.

Job Requirements:

JOB SPECIFICATION
•   Bachelor of Public Health, Midwifery from a recognized university. Medical doctor (MD)preferred.
•   At least 3 years specific experience in CBHC/PHC field.
•   Qualified female candidates are preferred.
•   Ability to meet deadlines and manage high pressure situations.
•   Good English written and spoken communication skills (Knowledge of Dari and/or Pashto is an advantage).
•   Demonstrated ability to develop and manage internal reporting systems.
•   Ability to be an effective team member.

REQUIRED CORE COMPETENCIES
•   Creativity and Innovation.
•   Professionalism.
•   Teamwork.
•   Client Orientation.
•   Communication.
•   Planning and organizing.

Submission Guidelines:

APPLICATION
Interested applicants should submit their CV along with a cover letter to Jobs.afghanistan@akdn.org no later than 29th January 2025.

Important Notes:
•   Please quote the Vacancy Number as the Subject of the e-mail when applying.
•   No supporting documents (e.g., diplomas, recommendation letters, identification card(s) etc.) are required at this stage.
•   Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further assessment.
•   Salary scale: Grade D based on NTA Salary scale.

Aga Khan Foundation Afghanistan recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to equal opportunity and safeguarding of children, beneficiaries, partners, community members and employees in accordance with AKF(Afg)’s safeguarding policy.

Your details and information shared on this advertisement shall remain confidential.

The Aga Khan Foundation Afghanistan (AKF- Afg) promotes a transparent and equitable recruitment process. We reiterate that all services related to job applications, including processing, seminars, and training programs, are provided free of charge.

Our official job announcements are posted on the ACBAR website (acbar.org/jobs). Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications through our designated email address: jobs.afghanistan@akdn.org. Please note that each job vacancy is assigned a unique identification number for your reference. After you submit your application, you will immediately receive an automatic confirmation acknowledging its receipt.

Aga Khan Foundation - Afghanistan (AKF- Afg) recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to equal opportunity and protecting children and at-risk adults, beneficiaries, partners, community members and employees from safeguarding violations. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and at-risk adults are recruited to work for us. In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment AKF (Afg) implement a range of procedures and vetting checks including criminal records disclosures to ensure everyone associated with AKF (Afg) is kept free from harm and abuse is prevented.

Protection from Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) is the responsibility of everyone, and all selected individuals will be required to comply with AKF (Afg)s Safeguarding Policy at all times.

By sharing your cover letter and resume with AKF (Afg) in response to this job application, applicants consent AKF (Afg) to keep this information on file for Recruitment and Human Resources Management purposes.

We request all job seekers to be attentive and report any instances of individuals or entities claiming to charge fees on behalf of AKF Afghanistan to AKFA.HR@akdn.org. Our commitment to ethical practices ensures that your career aspirations are supported without any financial burden during recruitment.