National RMNCH Technical Extender

Programme/Section/Zonal Office: Afghanistan Country Office/Health Section

Duty Station: Kabul

Title of Extender: National RMNCH Technical Extender

Number Required: 1

Time Frame: Till 31st March 2025

Geographic Focus (Province/District): All 34 provinces of Afghanistan with focus on hardtoreach areas

Minimum Qualification and Experience:

• The Consultant is expected to have minimum academic qualifications of a university bachelors degree in medicine (MD) or public health faculty (masters degree is preferable)
• Minimum 3 5 years of experience in planning managing and monitoring of BPHS/EPHS/RMNCH/Quality of Care activities.
• Experience in developing communitybased guidelines protocols and manuals
• Previous experience working with MoPH or National/International NGOs will be an advantage.
• A good understanding of Afghanistans health system particularly the RMNCH & QoC system
• Consultant is expected to (a) have a good knowledge of the working environment in the Afghan administration and the communities; (b) familiarity with the main stakeholders in the Public Health Sector in Afghanistan.
• Good spoken and written English as well as knowledge of the main local languages of Afghanistan.
• Willingness to travel across all 34 provinces for program support.

Task to be Performed

• To verify RMNCH service and QoC data collected at various levels.
• Support RMNCH service availability assessments tertiary care assessment Obs HDU readiness assessment etc including field follow up data review & analysis.
• To regularly review RMNCH data from various sources (Health Extenders HIVA monitoring data HMIS TPM QQM etc) for situational update to inform program planning design and implementation.
• To support development of RMNCH QoC score card using various data sources.
• To undertake monthly monitoring of prioritized HFs focusing on Labor Rooms Maternity wards Newborn Care Corners (NCC) Newborn Stabilization Units (NSU) and special care newborn units (SCNUs) Paediatric Care Units (PICUs) focussing on immediate survival gain interventions.
• To monitor distribution and use of RMNCH supplies across maternity newborn & paediatric units with special focus on HIVA supplies such as Radiant warmers NSAG UBTs CPAP TCBs concentrators etc.
• To monitor QoC onsite mentoring intervention at targeted HFs QI cycles high impact interventions (PPH management small and sick newborn care KMC MNDSR safe surgical checklist skills lab oxygen therapy etc.) MNH QoC data indicators MNDSR.
• Support strengething & integration of community follow up linkages for mothers newborns and children in CBHC road map focussing on care at home danger sign identification referral and post discharge facility follow up of small and sick newborns.
• Support rolls out and field monitoring of various RMNCH trainings CeMONC BEmONC ENC KMC Oxygen therapy CBNC HBB FBNC advanced newborn care CA counselling LR protocols and guidelines (UBT NSAG etc)
• Collect direct feedback Health Care providers on the QoC onsite mentoring intervention and high intervention capacity building support across targeted HFs.
• Collect direct feedback from beneficiaries about the quality of RMNCH care situation and needs and the suitability of the services provided and how to improve.
• Any other duties assigned by UNICEF to support the RMNCH program delivery

Remote Work :

No