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

The project is in line with BHA's mission to save lives, alleviate human suffering and reduce the impact of disasters by helping people in need become more independent, and the Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2023.

The program is designed around the following main purposes:

Purpose 1: To mitigate excess morbidity and mortality of conflict and post-conflict vulnerable populations through improved access to curative and preventive primary healthcare services in targeted provinces.

Purpose 2:  To reduce nutrition-related mortality and morbidity by providing nutrition services to vulnerable individuals and families, including IDPs and local communities in targeted provinces.

Purpose 3: To improve the safety, protection, and well-being of vulnerable communities, including women and children, and prevent the adoption of negative coping mechanisms.

Purpose 4: To reduce WASH-related morbidity and mortality by improving access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services to vulnerable individuals and families in the target provinces.

Job Purpose

To promote Optimal MIYCN practices and provide practical support for mothers in understanding and addressing any potential issues common to MIYCN; advise mothers on ECD

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Undertake growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) of all children under two years.
• Conduct IYCF assessment for all caregivers with children below 2 years.
• Conduct nutritional counseling to pregnant and lactating women and mothers/caregivers of all children under two years with breastfeeding and complementary feeding difficulties.
• Address difficulties common among and lactating women and suggest culturally appropriate solutions to promote adequate breastfeeding.
• Conduct education sessions within the facility to all caregivers on optimal maternal infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) practices.
• Support the OPD SAM nurse to conduct anthropometric measurement (weight, height MUAC and edema of all children 6-59 months.
  Classification of all under five children in category of normal, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).
  Refer to proper services based on classification to address nutritional status.
• Identify pregnant and lactating women, form MTMSGs and conduct monthly meetings to educate them on optimal feeding practices.
• Training and supervising lead mothers to support in facilitation within MTMSGs.
• Plan and supervise food demonstration sessions within MTMSGs aimed to improve optimal complementary feeding practices.
• Participate in mass MUAC screening at community level on quarterly basis.
• Ensure recording of relevant MIYCN data and submission of monthly report to head of health facility or nutrition officer.

The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily inclusive in size. You may be required to travel to other parts of the country if required.

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. 

Qualification:

1. Afghan National
2. Graduated from high school.  
3. Nutrition counselling, MIYCN and IMAM training.
4. Understanding of community nutrition programming
5. Knowledge of nutrition, health and child development
6. Strong communication skills

Experience

1. At least 1 year as counselor SAM nurse,  experience in nutrition, IYCF and early child development (ECD) programming

Competency

1. Fluency in the local language; proficiency in English desirable

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 the 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 its 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 candidates and might propose you other positions than the one you applied for based on your qualifications.
• 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.

Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Please do not submit your CV or application to this website, it will not be considered for review.

Due to Urgency, the candidates are encouraged to apply at the earliest.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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. 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