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Outreach Worker for PWIDs DIC under NFM HIV Project
Country Afghanistan Province Balkh,
Categories Health Care, Type Full Time
Post Date 2022-04-10 Close Date 2022-04-15
Vacancy No OW-NFM-Balkh Gender male female
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration June 30, 2022 and extendable
Education Baccalaureate/ Bachelor Experience One work experience in medication or Health Management field (HIV, Harm Reduction and Oral Substitution Therapy etc.)
Organization Opportunities for you Salary As per budget and organization policy

About Company

About MMRCA: Background Information: The Medical Management and Research Courses For Afghanistan (MMRCA) is a national, non-for profit, non-political, humanitarian organization established in March 2008 by Afghan Health Professionals and is registered as an NGO with the ministry of economy (MoE) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. MMRCA has been implementing the NFM HIV Project (Scaling up HIV interventions among Key Affected Populations in Afghanistan) in Balkh and Kundoz provinces. Therefore, MMRCA is looking to recruit a qualified Outreach Worker for PWIDs DIC in Balkh province to provide the required HIV prevention related services for the under PWIDs DIC and OST Activity in Balkh province. MMRCA invites and encourage eligible candidates to apply for the position of Outreach Worker for PWIDs DIC for PWIDs DIC under NFM HIV Project located at PWIDs DIC in Balkh Province.

Job Description

Responsibilities :

  1. Respect the internal MMRCA and MOPH rules and policies.
  2. Performing full time and night duty according to schedule
  3. Preparation weekly, monthly and quarterly action plan, equipped with outreach tools and its implementation in field
  4. Promote an enabling environment, facilitate safe and easy access for other team and clients in PWIDs DIC level
  5. Provision of awareness and health education services for PWIDs clients regarding harm reduction and HIV prevention
  6. Providing Harm Reduction kits (needle, syringe etc) for PWID clients and re-collecting the utilized  needle, syringe by targeted clients on regular basis
  7. Provision of referral services from outreach area to OST center for MMT services etc
  8. Providing Harm Reduction and HIV/AIDs Services for PWIDs and other KAPs through PWIDs DIC and Outreach Activities
  9. Provision indicated Harm Reduction and HIV/AIDs Services based on signed project contract and achieving indicated target
  10. Recording provided services throughout of PWIDs DIC and Outreach
  11. To ensure excellent communication with team and target group
  12. Follow infection and prevention procedure and waste management such as used needle, syringe etc and transfer it to PWIDs DIC and disabling it through incinerator
  13. Preparation weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual progress report
  14. Participation in all related training and transferring to other staff
  15. Participation in all official meeting, workshop and events of  harm reduction
  16. To identify and report immediately any problems that may interfere in achieving program objectives
  17. Perform any other related duty assigned by line manager

Professional Competencies:

  • Good Knowledge of fluently in Dari/Pashto and English languages
  • Preference will be given to native resident
  1. Baccalaureate/ Bachelor
  2. One year work experience in related field
  3. Received Training about Harm Reduction, HIV/AIDs and Drug Addiction field etc
  4. Strong Communication and interpersonal skills.
  5. Good Computer Skill.

Job Requirement

Baccalaureate/ Bachelor.

Fluent in Dari and Pashtu and working Knowledge of English.

One work experience in medication or Health Management field (HIV, Harm Reduction and Oral Substitution Therapy etc.).

Submission Guideline

How to Apply:

If you meet the above requirements, you need to apply by submitting your CV (maximum three pages) electronically to the email address hr.admin@mmrca.org.af

Only applications with above documents submitted in electronic copy will be considered.  Please mention the job title in your subject e-mail when applying for this position. The closing date for receipt of applications is 04:00 PM Kabul time April 15 -2022. Interviews and written tests will take place in MMRCA main office at Shahr-e-Nauw Kabul.

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