Organization Background:

Afghan Disables and Vulnerable Society (ADVS) core mandate is to promote the creation of a balanced society for life, improve the quality of lives, end violence and protect youth, with disabilities, women, and girls, promote health, humanitarian assistance, and self-reliance of persons with disabilities, women, girls, and vulnerable people, including conflict-affected communities. The organization is grounded in principles of inclusion, empowerment, and equity.   

Afghan Disables and Vulnerable Society (ADVS), founded in 1997 and officially registered with the Ministry of Economy, is a national, non-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian NGO. ADVS is committed to empowering Afghanistan’s most marginalized populations, including persons with disabilities, orphans, vulnerable women, and children, by promoting inclusive development, rights-based programming, and self-reliance.

ADVS focuses on health, GBV, protection, education, women’s empowerment, capacity building, food security, shelter, and livelihood initiatives. The organization’s core mission is to reduce vulnerability and build resilience by providing inclusive and sustainable services in health, protection, livelihood, and education.

Job Description:

The Midwifery Specialist will provide technical assistance in promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), ensuring the effective management of ADVS’s support in establishing the midwifery profession with special focus on midwifery education. The Midwifery Specialist will lead and work in close collaboration with the midwifery unit and the ADVS Programme.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate in assessing, planning, coordinating, and delivering maternity care pathways.
• Promote and monitor safe and effective practice, enhance the patient experience with a midwife.
• Support the Primary health services for mothers and children (ANC/PNC, immunization, family planning).
• Each FHH will be equipped and staffed with trained midwives.
• Mental health care through trained counselors and psychosocial support staff.
• Conduct community awareness sessions on health.
• Provide effective leadership and management, and contribute to the delivery of the Trust/Divisional objectives.
• Mobilize trained midwives and counselors from the local community to ensure acceptance, security, and sustainability of services.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team in FHH and the community to ensure a coordinated quality service, and will be actively involved in education, data collection, guideline development, and research.
• Specifically, Maternal Medicine Midwife will also ensure delivery of high-quality, responsive, safe, efficient, and compassionate care to women.
• Support the planning and delivery of specific education in pregnancy.
• Develop and deliver high-quality education for Registered Midwives as part of annual learning requirements.
• Support the Maternal Medicine team in developing the service.
• Act as a leader and role model, adopting a flexible approach in a role that encompasses leadership, management, and clinical responsibilities.
• Demonstrate pride in their work and enthusiasm for quality of care.
• Monitoring and Reporting.
• Any other tasks assigned by the program lead.

Minimum Specialized Qualification:

• At least a Bachelor's degree in the field of public health, health care sciences,  Midwifery or a related field (essential).
• Technical expertise in midwifery (supervisory role).
•  Prior experience working with organizations and the FHH  project.
• Fluency in Pashto and Dari with strong communication skills, with fluency in the English language required.
• 5-7 years of increasingly responsible professional and managerial experience in programme/ project management in the field of midwifery or maternal health, within UN agencies, INNOs and local NGOs or other relevant organizations on health projects, especially in the FHH project medicines management.
• Willing to travel to remote parts of the country to monitor the implementation of projects.
• Able to manage and plan the work effectively and meet deadlines.
• Any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
•  Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

ADVS strongly encourages all qualified applicants, especially persons with disabilities, to apply for this position. We are committed to the principles of inclusion, equal opportunity, and empowerment of vulnerable groups.

• Interested candidates are requested to send their applications (CV and Cover Letter in one file) to the following email address:
  jobs@advs.org
• Please make sure to mention the Job Title and Vacancy Number (Midwifery– VA#04 –Kabul) in the subject line of your email. Applications without this information will not be considered.
  Example: Application for
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for a written test and interview.
• If you are not contacted within two to four weeks after the closing date, please kindly consider that your application has not been successful.
• ADVS applies a transparent, merit-based, and competitive recruitment process .