Program Description:     The USAID funded Urban Health Initiative (UHI) Program’s goal is to improve health outcomes of people living in urban areas, particularly focusing on the health of women and children and other vulnerable populations. Interventions aim to increase demand, access and quality of health services. Lead by Jhpiego and implemented by a dynamic consortium of organizations, UHI is implemented in five cities in Afghanistan – Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kandahar.

Job title

Midwives Head

Immediate Line Manager

Cluster manager

Staff reporting to this post:

Midwives supervisors

Base Location

Kandahar Regional Hospital Maternity Ward

Team/ Program

MLMCC

Job Purpose:

Plan, organize and evaluate the activities concerning his/her field of action and the team associated, according to JHPIEGO values, policies and protocols and MLMCC health standards, in order to warrant the quality and continuity of the health care.

Key Accountabilities:

• Leading all the activities inside the MLMCC
• Carry out the functions and tasks associated to his/her specialty whenever required or needed, in order to optimize the resources, contributing with his/her knowledge and experience
• Implement all the protocols and hygiene procedures, and supervise his/her team follow the same standards, in order to warrant the quality of the care and service in his/her specialty
• Carry out and/or supervise the (decentralized) pharmacy and medical equipment management (drugs orders, follow‐up of the stock, storage conditions, inventories, follow‐up of expired drugs and their destruction, drugs consumption, etc.) in his or her department, in order to satisfy the needs of material with efficiency and effectiveness
• Carry‐out and/or coordinate administrative (exit‐paper, transfer‐paper, etc.), information and data collection (patient files, forms, statistics, etc.) tasks, and elaborate regular reporting, in order to

have updated and reliable information about the day‐to‐day activity in the project, output/ outcome and support decision‐taking

• Give regular feedback to the line manager and report directly any issue or incident
• In order to ensure the coverage of the human resources needs and maintain high standards of quality, organize and coordinate the activities of team supervised (week’s schedule, annual leave, absences, etc.), communicate with the HR officer all relevant information in due time, evaluate performance, define and ensure the needs for training
• Perform hands on tasks as part of the team whenever required or needed in order to optimize the resources and to contribute with his/her knowledge and experience
• Participate in MLMCC / hospital monthly meetings
• Participation in MNDSR committee meetings.
• Collection of daily report from midwife supervisor.
• Prepare weekly report and share with MCMCC Coordinator.
• Prepare monthly report and share with MCMCC Coordinator and HMIS focal point of hospital
• Able to compare the achievements with targets and control the job overload which affect the quality.
• Able to provide useful and on time solutions for the required challenge.
• Able to track every individual client of MLMCC information.
• MLMCC midwife head is in the same level as midwife.

Competencies:

‐ Demonstrates knowledge

‐ Demonstrates an open attitude

‐ Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation

‐ Manages own stress

‐ Performs his/her work

‐ Responds empathetically to clients and understands their concerns/needs

‐ She organizes her work

‐ Acknowledges the importance of teamwork and cooperation

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Registered Midwife, Bachelor degree is preferred
2. At least Three‐year experience in similar position desirable
3. Good communication skill both in writing and oral in Dari/Pashtu essential
4. Communication skill in English oral and written desirable.
5. Ability to communicate clearly and work well with others in a team environment.

Please send your CV to Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org. For further information about Jhpiego, please visit our website at www.jhpiego.org. Note: Please mention the job title and vacancy number of the position on your email subject line otherwise your application may not be considered. The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation. Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer!

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; education assistance plan and more.

Send resumes to Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org . For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer!