MIDWIFE ACTIVITY MANAGER

About Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Doctors Without Borders) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.

Job Summary

OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

Define, implement and follow-up all midwife and maternity related activities in a project area, according to MSF policies, analyzing statistics and reports and ensuring the proper implementation of protocols and management of staff involved, in order to provide a high quality Mother and Child Health (MCH) care to the population. Manages staff involved in the midwife and maternity related activities.

Duties & Responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

-   Plan, organise and ensure the implementation and supervision in close collaboration with other medical staff all Sexual and reproductive health activities

-   In order to ensure the coverage of the human resources needs and maintain high standards of quality, oversee and support the activities of team supervised (week’s schedule, annual leave, absences, etc.), communicate with the HR Admin department all relevant information in due time, evaluate performance, define and ensure the needs for training

-   Supervise administrative procedures and documents, analyse routine data for monitoring purposes, be responsible for the reporting of SRH activities (collection and analysis of med statistics), and participates in the epidemiological reports related to health facilities in the project area and in the monthly reports according to guidelines, in order to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activity in the project and support decision-making

-   Know, promote, always implement and follow the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensure high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment

-   Coach and supervise the OBS, OT, IPD, Neo and night supervisors (expat and national) – this includes, but is not restricted to, evaluation of supervisors, setting SMART objectives and regular talks to offer support and identify challenges

-   Improve interdepartmental communication including but not restricted to conflict resolution

-   Give regular feedback to the line manager and report directly any issue or incident

-   Support the supervisors with implementing a department-specific training plan and organize extra trainings for supervisors when needed

-   Assist and collaborate with the field doctor and nurse when required (normal or complicated deliveries, SV cases, etc.), to complement the existing human resources and contributing to the resolution of complicated cases

-   Ensure and supervise the implementation of protocols by all staff in order to improve the quality of the healthcare given to the population and prevent malpractices

-   Coordinate and follow-up referrals of pregnant women that respond to MSF referral criteria

-   Informs other medical managers or doctors about any possible serious problem or complication (i.e. worsening of state of patients, problems in medicines, etc.)

-   Supervise the proper distribution of drugs and use of material, keeping track of consumption patterns and supply orders, and monitoring inventories, together with the project logistician, as well as train midwife and maternity staff on these matters, in order to ensure having minimum levels of stock to carry out the project and a rational and appropriate use of material resources

-   Perform hands on tasks as part of the team whenever required or needed in order to optimize the resources and to contribute with his/her knowledge and experience

-   Participate in the definition and update of annual project planning and budget, as well as participate in any emergency activity or exploratory visit in or out of the project area if needed, in order to keep control of the MSF activities and projects while adapting the humanitarian assistance given to the population according to the changing conditions and context

-   Participate in monthly reports according to guidelines

-   Organise and lead monthly supervisors’ meetings and follow-up identified actions points.

Job Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND COMPETENCIES

Education

-   Midwifery diploma essential

-   Proficient user of MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) essential

Experience

-   Other experience in similar position desired

-   MSF experience essential

-   Also provider certificate is an asset

Languages

-   Dari/Pashtu: oral and written desirable

-   English: oral and written essential

WORKING HOURS AND SALARY

FULL TIME POSITION FROM SUNDAY TO THURSDAY

SALARY WILL BE PAID ACCORDING TO THE MSF SALARY GRID

Submission Guideline

The interested candidates should submit their applications before the Thursday 31st March at 4 pm with the CV, motivation letter, including references details and with supporting documents (certificates, diplomas etc.) to Médecins Sans Frontières, Administration Department , Khost Project via:

-   In a sealed envelope at Médecins Sans Frontières Administration department MSF Khost Maternity Hospital, Matun Road 9, Khost City

-   Or by Email.

The reference MIDWIFE ACTIVITY MANAGER must be stated in the application to be valid. If you do not clearly state the position for which you are applying & attach the required diploma & other supporting documents, your application may not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

MSF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. All applications are free for all candidates and no one should require any payment or compensation during the recruitment process. May the candidate be asked for any fee, he/she must report to MSF Administration through the recruitment contact.

Functional Area

General

Countries

Submission Email

MSF-khost-recruitment@msf.org

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