Organization: CTG – Committed To Good
Location: Kabul
Grade:
Occupational Groups:
Public Health and Health Service
Closing Date: 2025-05-20
Job description
CTG overview
CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions.
CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilize at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in very high pace.
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Overview of position
In 2021 an L3 emergency was announced in Afghanistan following change in power in the country. UNICEF Health programme worked with partners to provide essential health services for children and women in need across the country. Services are provided through health facilities and mobile teams for remote, hard-to-reach and in-need areas. Monitoring and technical support are key functions to verify programme implementation and improve the quality of service, including MNCAH, EPI, and especially health in emergency activities in all provinces of the country, as well as at the regional and national levels.
In addition, in September 2021, the world bank suspended the Sehatmandi project in Afghanistan, this threatens to collapse the health system in the country, UNICEF and WHO have worked to sustain the services through CERF fund until a new mechanism is created. A monitoring framework of this modality is being created including monitoring field visits to health facilities receiving support through UNICEF.
Also, in 2021, vaccination against COVID 19 started in the country, adding more burden to the already overwhelmed health system, the introduction of new vaccine targeting different population groups, required another additional monitoring framework and tools to track the progress and ensue quality and equity.
Role objectives
Objective: Extenders are expected to carry out a range of duties, as outlined below, to support monitoring functions, demand generation, accountability to affected population mechanisms, technical facilitation and programme implementation.
Those duties, which are described in detail below, do not include neither programmatic nor financial authority. Extenders are identified among Afghani citizens with specific expertise and a thorough knowledge of the territory in which they operate, based on their residency and/or work experience.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Support the zonal office programme implementation and result, by improving extenders network performance through coordination and technical support.
- Coordinate the extenders network in the region and plan extenders activities and track the progress including:a)Maintaining the region provincial extenders and partners contact list and keeping it updated.
b)Setting monthly plans for provincial extenders tasks in coordination with the extenders and under the supervision of the Zonal specialist. based on priorities, programme monitoring plans, action points from previous visits. Share the plans with UNIFEC zonal health specialist for review and clearance one week before the beginning of the month, and then with provincial extenders and national extender once cleared.
c)Tracking the provincial extenders tasks implementation and monitoring their performance and report to UNICEF zonal health specialist and National extender.
d)Following up on extenders reporting including visit reports and monitoring checklists.
- Provide technical support to provincial extenders on issues related to monitoring EPI, RMNCH, Health in emergency, cold chain and health supplies management.
- Support reginal and provincial needs assessments activities and provide capacity building for data collectors when required.
- Ensure provincial extenders submitting visits reports and check reports quality and completion and provide necessary feedback, comments to further enhance the report so that it will address the result-based reporting and share main and urgent finding with UNICEF zonal health specialist.
- Build provincial extenders monitoring and reporting capacity and through training session and practical training during joint field visits.
- Work with extenders and partners to address issues related to programme implementation and quality based on monitoring findings under the supervision of UNICEF zonal health specialist.
- Conduct joint visits with provincial extenders to check monitoring quality and provide at work training.
- Coordinate adhoc data collection requests with provincial extenders, consolidate and check data quality before sharing.
- Develop and review monthly analysis of programme and partners performance in the region based on information shared by provincial extenders and from regional visits and suggest priorities and action points to UNICEF zonal health specialist.
- Conduct regular visits to monitor Health programme activities supported by UNICEF at reginal level, and facilitate UNICEF staff programmatic visits, with a focus on:a) Assessing programme implementation by Implementing Partners through PCAs (Programme Cooperation Agreements) and SSFAs (Small-Scale Funding Agreements) as well as programme implementation by partners and agencies according to the UNICEF Afghanistan Country Office Work Plans.
b)Checking EPI supplies chain systems and equipment in place and their functionality status, including following SOPs in vaccine storage and utilization.
c) Supporting Health information system and data registration reviews and assessments, and the implementation of Data Quality Improvement plans and microplanning activities.
Project reporting
Reporting to Health Specialist and CTG Account Manager
Key competencies
N/A
Team management
N/A
Further information
Minimum Qualification and Experience:
- Having a degree/diploma in health, medicine, public health, nurse, midwife or related field.
- A Minimum of four years of experience in health, medicine, public health, nurse, midwife or related field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in health, medicine, public health, nurse, midwife or related field.
- Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation.
- Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with healthcare professionals and stakeholders.
- Proven ability to contribute to the enhancement of health programs through data-driven insights.
- Reporting skills
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
· CTG encourages all candidates applying for this advertisement to ensure that their candidate profile is up to date with up to date experience / education / contact details, as this will help you being considered further in your application for this role.
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