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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

General Duties:

• Consistently monitor and report safety and security concerns to IRC management and liaise with community leaders and stakeholders to maintain a safe operating environment.
• Maintain professional, supportive relations with team members and provide on-the-job mentorship to other staff including community health volunteers (CHVs) and cleaner at FHH.
• Provide correct, non-directive birth spacing and method mix counselling to clients including couples as part of routine RH consultations, ensuring informed choice across the full range of available methods.

Specific Duties:

• Provide direct, client-cantered and high-quality reproductive health clinical care service delivery.
• Triage, screening, and clinical assessment of clients, including RH history-taking and medical eligibility screening for contraceptives method mix options.
• Performs basic and assisted delivery care and provides the full range of short- and long-acting contraceptive method mix services within scope of practice (including implant and IUD insertion/removal and injectable provision), following successful completion of the relevant clinical certification.
• Performs any needed neonatal and obstetric resuscitation activity and conducts basic nutrition screening and psychosocial support referral as an integrated part of RH consultations.
• Ensures timely supported referrals to the nearest Emergency Obstetric Care centre.
• Cascades rights-based FP counselling (BCS+), medical eligibility criteria (MEC) screening, and DMPA injectable technique to the linked CHW pair, and provides monthly supervisory verification of CHW counselling quality and injection practice.
• Maintains regular linkage with the Family Health Action Group (FHAG), Community Health Shura, and linked CHWs to receive referrals arising from community dialogues and household visits and follows up on defaulter and first-contact cases identified through these community structures.
• Provides antenatal and postnatal care in line with national/international standards and protocols.
• Delivers health & hygiene promotion, health education and patient/caregiver counselling, and ensures adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC) measures.
• Ensure accurate recording of RH service data in clinic registers and the relevant health information system (e.g. DHIS2/MIAR), and timely completion of summary reports.
• Carry out duties as per duty roster
• Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner

 Requirements:

• Qualified Midwifery diploma/certificate and registered with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)
• Fluency in Pashto/Dari and any other local languages of the assigned location
• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background.
• At least 2 years+ clinical midwifery experience.
• Priority will be given to candidates who have completed the 3-month FHH (Family Health House) training provided by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).
• Previous training or experience in reproductive health service provision (including birth spacing/method mix counselling and long-acting method insertion), is an advantage. Work with and support Community Health Workers and community volunteers on RH demand generation, health promotion and awareness raising.
• Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of RH commodities and supplies and work with relevant staff to ensure prompt resupply.
• Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.
• Strong skills in non-directive, informed-choice family planning and reproductive health counselling, with the ability to provide sensitive, accurate, and non-judgmental method mix counselling tailored to each client's needs.
• Excellent communication skills in local languages, basic spoken and writing of concise reports in English.
• Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy.
• Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night.
• Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations.  
• Communication and reporting skills: Ensure all patient consultations are documented and patient records completed.
• Submit reports in a timely manner.

Professional Standards: All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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