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Objectives of the program and the immediate strategic objective (Overview of the programme)

The Health Cluster aims to save lives and promote dignity in humanitarian and public health emergencies, and to strengthen the efficiency and accountability of all stakeholders in responding to humanitarian health crises.

Overall, the Health Cluster’s core functions include: 1) Informing strategic decision-making; 2) Planning and strategy development; 3) Supporting service delivery; 4) Monitoring and evaluating performance of humanitarian health response; 5) Building capacity in preparedness and contingency planning; and 6) Advocacy and resource mobilization.

The Health Cluster in Afghanistan will:

1. Ensure the good performance of the Country Heath Cluster, promoting and upholding the Humanitarian Principles and the Principles of Partnership thus prevent and reduce emergency-related morbidity and mortality.
2. Monitor and evaluate the performance and program activities of the cluster partners during crises and ensure evidence-based actions, and sound coordination.
3. Enhance accountability, predictability, and effectiveness of humanitarian health actions, assure interventions by cluster partners meets the health needs of the crises affected population

The AAP Officer will be under the supervision of the Cross-Cutting Specialist - AAP Specialist, the individual will be responsible for strengthening AAP activities across Health Cluster partners, by providing contextualized trainings for national, regional and district level actors; advancing the cluster's research agenda (by training enumerators, undertaking focus group discussions and other participatory research, helping NGO partners implement the revised Client and Patient Satisfaction Survey and other data-gathering tools); working with key actors such as Awaaz, AAP Working Group, Global Health Cluster Advisor, ICCT, implementing partners and others; and promoting access for the most vulnerable. 

     The incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Support the Health Cluster to implement a shared vision for collective, gender-sensitive, inclusive Accountability to Affected People (AAP) through the Health Cluster’s AAP strategy;
• Strengthen AAP activities across Health Cluster partners with a focus on data-driven initiatives, documentation of lessons learned and scaling up of best practices;
• Work with key actors such as Awaaz, AAP working Group, relevant working groups, Health Cluster implementing partners and others to promote health access for the most vulnerable;
• Advance cluster’s research agenda by training enumerators, undertaking focus group discussions and other participatory research; help NGO partners to implement the revised Client and Patient Satisfaction Survey and other data-gathering tools;
• Work with key partners to implement a broad research agenda dedicated to delivering inter-cluster and intersectoral research findings, with responsibility for developing projects according to the intersecting thematic areas (e.g. health and nutrition; health and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH); health and shelter);
• Translate findings of AAP research into succinct materials that can be used for advocacy, capacity building, community empowerment and improvement of the health facilities;
• Design and provide contextualized trainings for national, regional, provincial and district-level actors to address key gaps;
• Maintain information related to AAP on all current and potential Health Cluster partners, their AAP capacities and areas of work, and regular updating of all Health Cluster partners (Government, UN agencies, National and International NGOs) contact details;
• Responsible for organizing the Health Cluster AAP coordination meetings – agenda setting, taking minutes, updating attendees on important issues and recommendations of the previous meeting. Follow up on action taken.
• Be part of the regular needs/gap assessment missions and support the field team, analyze the assessment report in close coordination with Health Cluster Information Management (IM) team and Regional Health Cluster Coordinators, identify priority health problems, always advocate for people’s priority plan, risks and potential AAP initiatives to address these;
• Work closely with the Health Cluster IM team to update AAP mapping of the health actors, available health services and resources;
• Support the development of Health Cluster sitreps, monthly progress reports and bulletins;
• Participate in joint field visits for monitoring, joint evaluation, and lesson-learning missions; and
• Any other task assigned by the Cross-Cutting Specialist (AAP) and Health Cluster Coordinator.

Qualifications Required

• Essential: Degree from a recognized university in medicine, anthropology, social sciences, etc.

Experience

• At least 3 years of relevant experience in working with the UN or NGOs 
• Working experience in complex emergency situations.

Competencies

• Producing results
• Promoting WHO's position in health leadership
• Building and promoting partnerships across the organization and beyond
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Proven ability to plan, implement and evaluate AAP and health sector-related activities at the national or sub-national level;
• Coordination, communication, and negotiation skills;
• Excellent skills in community engagement, coordination and report writing;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;

Languages

• Excellent communication and drafting skills in English, Pashto and Dari

IT Skills

• Proficient computer skills in MS Office applications.

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https://app.tayohr.io/jobs/detail/vac-13235-accountability-to-affected-people-aap-officer-11954

• Vacancy Reference NO. on website: VAC-13235

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