Overview
Provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for the Reproductive Health Programme, ensuring high-quality implementation, business development, and representation.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for the Reproductive Health Programme.
- Lead programme planning, workplan development, budget management, financial forecasting, procurement, partner and contract management, donor reporting, and performance monitoring.
- Represent IRC at national coordination forums and maintain partnerships with the Ministry of Public Health, donors, UN agencies, and humanitarian partners.
- Lead business development, including identifying funding opportunities, conducting context and needs analyses, and leading donor engagement.
- Lead the development of concept notes, technical proposals, log-frames, workplans, budgets, and budget narratives.
- Prepare donor briefings, programme updates, advocacy materials, and evidence products.
- Oversee the establishment, rehabilitation, and operationalization of service delivery points.
- Ensure health facilities and Family Health Houses deliver the full integrated package of reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, nutrition, and basic MHPSS services.
- Monitor and improve the quality-of-service delivery.
- Lead and oversee community engagement and demand generation strategies.
- Monitor key community engagement and demand generation indicators.
- Lead government engagement and health system strengthening initiatives.
- Represent IRC in strategic coordination and advocacy with government counterparts and partners.
- Provide leadership, performance management, mentoring, and capacity strengthening to project staff.
- Actively engaging in monitoring and supportive supervision activities.
Required Experience
- Minimum of five - Six years of progressive programme management experience in reproductive health, MNCH, or integrated PHC in humanitarian or fragile-state contexts, with at least three years in Afghanistan.
- Demonstrated experience in reproductive health programming including MISP, SRH, community-based healthcare, and integrated PHC service delivery.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical proposal development, concept note writing, log-frame design, and budget development for bilateral and multilateral donors.
- Direct experience working with FHHs, CHWs, FHAGs, and Community Health Shuras in Afghanistan.
- Experience in government liaison and health system coordination including MoPH CBHC, PPHDs, and Health Cluster.
- Experience managing and mentoring multidisciplinary programme teams across multiple provinces.
- Experience in budget management, financial forecasting, and grant compliance.
- Experience with donor engagement and positioning with ECHO, USAID/BHA, FCDO, UNFPA, or comparable donors.
Qualifications
- Medical Doctor (MD or MBBS equivalent).
- Postgraduate degree in Public Health (MPH or equivalent).
- Additional training or certification in Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings (RHS), MISP, or Family Planning programme management.
