- The Midwife Intern assist the implementation of health and nutrition activities through Community Health Points, mothers’ groups and community awareness. In particular, she help with providing basic healthcare for mothers, Antenatal Care and Postnatal Care, nutrition awareness for mother and children. She will also facilitate community awareness. She will maintain coordination with local elders, community, and stakeholders. She will assist in providing needful support to Medical Doctor.
- Help with managing Health Service Point in community.
- Learn and practice to provide primary healthcare services for mother and children.
- Help with maintaining and updating mothers’ and children database for the targeted areas.
- Assist to provide maternal healthcare service for mother and children on regular basis in the targeted areas.
- Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner.
- Assist in providing psychosocial support the patients based on need.
- Provides antenatal and postnatal care in line with relevant standards and protocols.
- Help with conducting screening to identify SAM and MAM children in the targeted areas.
- Assist to Arrange Nutrition Camp and community mobilization activities related with health and nutrition.
- Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
- Learn and practice to provide support and mentorship to Community Health and Nutrition Workers.
- Implement outreach activities with the team to access ‘hard to reach’.
- Work with and support Community Health and Nutrition Worker to provide health promotion, community mobilization and awareness raising.
- Learn and practice to develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities, local government agencies and other agencies.
- Hold meetings with local communities and represent the program in local stakeholder meetings.
- Assist in preparing monthly progress report and submit in a timely manner.
- Any other official task assigned by line manager.
· Graduated from midwifery institute.
· No experience required.
· Fluent in local languages, and good English proficiency.
· Willingness to learn new skills.
· Good team-work spirit
Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following:
The closing date for accepting applications is 04June 2025.
Please clearly state the Vacancy Announcement number and title of the position you are applying for in the subject link
Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non-profitable, non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life-changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.