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VAC-14157 Health Promotion Officer

Kabul

  • Organization: CTG - Committed To Good
  • Location: Kabul
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Public Health and Health Service
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
  • Closing Date: Closed

Job description

CTG overview

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Overview of position
Access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene is among the fundamental and basic human rights. Unfortunately, Afghans still have a long way to go and get access to this right. As per the latest report of MICS 2022/2023, access to at least basic sanitation is still as low as 44.5% with huge disparities between rural and urban, 66.7% and 36.9% respectively. 19.8% people defecate in open (1% urban, 26.2% rural). Basic hygiene stands at 58.3% with disparities of urban and rural again (67.7% in urban and 55.1% in rural). Under 5 child mortality still stands at 55/1,000 live births. In order to get to the SDG target for sanitation and hygiene, which is “access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situation” and decrease the under 5 child mortality, we need upstream work (policy/strategies development, enabling environment…) and also implementation of services at various levels (communities and institutions). UNICEF has been providing support to the WASH sector to attain the SDGs for WASH by provision of WASH services, coordination, policy/strategy development and implementation of the WASH projects. UNICEF as one of the main technical and financial supporter for the WASH sector has remained the core supporter for MRRD, MoPH and MoE and has been backing up the technical units in the country and continuing its assistance under various circumstances. The extenders who have been supported by UNICEF, have gained several years of experience in coordinating and implementing different approaches in rural Afghanistan. Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS); a tested approach in the country, has been scaled up with UNICEF support and is being implemented in different provinces successfully. UNICEF has also been supporting the HCHP to trigger the health staff to wash their hands at the critical times to avoid transmission of pathogens between patients and raise demand for WASH facilities. Provincial teams with support from Kabul based extenders (based at the technical departments of the de facto ministries) have been implementing the projects to contribute in overall WASH goal and attain the SDG # 6.2.
 
Role objectives
  • Design and conduct health promotion campaigns, as per approved annual plans at provincial levels, for different health programs especially Hygiene and sanitation;
  • Conduct capacity building workshops for project staff at district level , health facility staff, and community leaders;
  • Distribute communication materials to the target audiences;
  • Develop media plan and conduct monitoring of media campaigns;
  • Providing technical assistance to different health programs and departments in implementation of health promotion/health communication programs.
  • Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual activity reports;
  • Any other assignment given by the health promotion director.WASH provincial plan developed and implemented.
  • WASH intervention designed and implemented.
  • WASH interventions are supervised and monitored on regular basis;
  • Health promotion campaigns designed and implemented.
  • Capacity building workshops/trainings conducted.
  • Communication materials distributed.
  • Media plan developed, implemented and monitored. Technical assistance to relevant departments of DoPH and other stakeholders provided.
  • Annual, quarterly and monthly reports are prepared and submitted.
Project reporting
Key competencies

Minimum Qualification and Experience:

  • The Provincial health promotion officershould have medical degree from a recognized institute
  • At least four years of field experience in one of the WASH packages (water, sanitation or hygiene)
  • Experience in CLTS and Family Health Action Groups is favourable
  • Experience in working with community and community mobilization
  • Familiarity with cultures of different Afghan communities
  • Very good interpersonal communication skills
  • Basic information regarding Afghanistan MoPH BPHS system
  • Ability to implement hygiene and sanitation programs at the community level
  • Must be computer literate and familiar with basic computer software including MS Office and internet use
  • Ability to supervise and manage a team
  • Must be able to communicate well in Pashto, Dari and English
  • The both male and female candidates must have the ability to frequently visit communities
Team management

N/A
Further information
Disclaimer:
· At no stage of the recruitment process will CTG ask candidates for a fee. This includes during the application stage, interview, assessment and training.
· CTG has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) which is outlined in its Code of Conduct. Protection from SEA is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to CTG’s Code of Conduct at all times.
This vacancy is now closed.