Organization Background:

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergencies, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

To learn more about our mission, visit https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/who-we-are.

Project Background:

Through this purposed interventions PUI and IMC will jointly implement the project for 12 months aimed at addressing the needs of the most vulnerable populations in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Central regions of Afghanistan. The action aims to provide integrated Health including SRH, Nutrition, MHPSS, WASH services with a crisis modifier component that can be triggered for rapid onset disasters, in particular scenarios i.e., epidemics, natural disasters, violence leading to displacements and returnees. The intervention will focus on supporting communities in underserved and hard-to-reach areas, specifically in provinces such as Kabul, Paktika, Paktika, Ghazni, Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Parwan. Through a joint approach, the project will expand its geographical coverage, ensuring that underserved population benefit from humanitarian assistance. Intervention will include:- Provide integrated Primary healthcare services and emergency lifesaving services (including SRH and MHPSS) to remote/ underserved areas.- Improve the nutrition status of pregnant, lactating women and children under 5 years, by providing access to quality and comprehensive nutrition preventive and curative services- Improve supported health facilities infrastructure and maintain a safe and dignified access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in health facilities catchment areas.- Provide health, nutrition, PSS, and WASH emergency response to people affected by natural disasters, outbreaks, and violence. Through this joint approach, PUI and IMC will focus on reducing the mortality, morbidity, and vulnerability of conflict- and disaster-affected populations, aiming to reach 433,185 unique beneficiaries. Intervention will focus on providing life-saving services to vulnerable populations, including women, girls, and pregnant and lactating women, in remote areas through safe, dignified and inclusive programming.

Job Purpose:

The Data Collector/Surveyor will be responsible for collecting high-quality quantitative and qualitative data from households, communities, or health facilities as part of the baseline survey for a health project. This includes conducting structured interviews, facilitating Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and supporting data entry and cleaning. The collected data will inform planning, monitoring, and evaluation activities.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Job Description/ Scope of Work:

1. The data collector will participate in an orientation session in the office.
2. The data collector should visit the given sites of Paktika province.
3. 3.The data collector will be responsible for data collection through interviews at HH level, interviews with Key Informants and FGDs Focus Group Discussion. 
4. The Data Collector will ensure taking accurate and clear notes from the KII and FGD sessions. 
5. The Data Collector will provide daily updates to the MEL team. 5.
6. The Data Collector will report to the HMIS/M&E Assistant for data cross check and rectification. 7
7. The Data Collector must ensure the quality of data at an optimal level. 8.
8. The Data Collector must maintain privacy and confidentiality of the beneficiaries.                    Organizational Responsibilities:

Policy Adherence

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding

• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons. 

Qualifications:

High school graduate.

Bachelor’s degree will be given preference.

Experience:

• Proven experience in qualitative/quantitative surveys, conducting Interviews, KIIs and Focus group discussions (FGDs).

       Preference will be given to locals of Paktika, especially to the residents of Dela, Niamat Abad, Urgon, and        Wazikhowa Districts (Paktika).

Competency:

• Good staff management, planning and organizing skills with strong command of context analysis, security management, networking, and collaboration.
• Communication skills and strong local language correspondence skills. Particularly in fluency in English, Dari and Pashtu speaking /writing skills are required.
• Ability to write logical, clear, and concise reports.
• Expertise in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint Excel and internet is required.

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Preference will be given to local residence applicants.

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Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme:

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. The International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.