ACBAR

Action Against Hunger/Action Contre La Faim (AAH/ACF) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was created in France in1979. AAH/ACF has been active in Afghanistan in the medical, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation fields since 1995.AAH/ACF improved access to health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people, who live in remote areas without a localhealth system. In particular, the country team supported pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five, who are atgreater risk of malnutrition. Nutrition programs rely on an integrated approach, addressing both primary and underlying causes, inorder to have a lasting impact on nutritional status. The country team worked at community level, in villages and at provincial level,strengthening the public health system. It also worked at national level to ensure reliable information about the nutritional situation reached the wider humanitarian community. Covid-19 prevention was integrated into all interventions and additional responseactivities were implemented, such as the disinfection of health facilities and public places, cash assistance, psychosocial support andthe distribution of hygiene kits to affected populations.

Objective 1: To ensure the smooth and proper running of acute malnutrition and disease infection preventive activities through providing systematic and regular supervision, monitoring and follow up of community based nutrition primary health care actives.

• Ensure the demographic/community profile information collection in the catchment area.
• Ensure the proper implementation of community mobilization and awareness-raising sessions to improve the community health-seeking behavior and disease/malnutrition prevention
• Ensure the quality screening, early detection of acute malnutrition cases in the community, and timely referral to the MHTs
• Ensure proper distribution and quality monitoring of MNP/Sprinkle consumption for U5 children and adolescents girls/women at childbearing age in the community
• Organizing and facilitating V "A" and deforming campaign in the community
• Ensure community-based disease surveillance activities in the community
• Organized day observations in the community; nutrition action week, world breast feeding week, and others
• Ensure health and nutrition integrated home visiting and follow up of vulnerable beneficiaries such as absenteeism, defaulter, non-responder, refusal, relapse at HH level
• Ensure community conversation session conducted with community stakeholders; community leaders, religious leaders, elders, husbands/fathers, and mothers-in-laws using the steps: observe, think, try and act procedures
• Ensure the quality of Mother to Mothers supports group and male forum sessions conducted in the community
• Ensure cooking demonstration conducted during group sessions in the community
• Ensure the implementation and follow-up of standard protocols in the community mobilization program.
• Follow up on proper utilization of medicine and nutrition of supplies distributed to the community, through educating the community about the disadvantage of selling and sharing them.

Objective-2: IYCF sensitization and other IYCF related services for PLWs and caregivers of  0-23montsh children

in the community

• Ensure the regular enrollment of caregivers for PLWs and 0-23months children in IYCF program.
• Maintain rapid and full assessment of IYCF by the team
• Ensure the community promoters, FHAG and CHWs pay attention to IYCF component (early maternal nutrition, early breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and complimentary feeding) during group discussions, community sensitizations and individual health education.
• Identifying and referral of beneficiaries for the need based counselling session and conducting follow up home visit.

Objective 3: Capacity building and management of community promoters, community health workers, crowd controls and Family Health Action Group members 

• Preparing a training document and reference document for CPs, CHW, FHAG, M2MSG lead mother, and male forum facilitators with the support of the capacity-building expert.
• Formal and on-the-job training of CPs, CHW, FHAG, M2MSG lead mother, and male forum facilitators.
• Organizing induction session for newly recruited community promoters.
• Conduct need-based training for the community outreach team.
• Check, control, and ensure the attendance of the community outreach team, ensure the team respect working hours 

Objective 4: Data compilation, analysis and report

• Collect the list of absent defaulters from the MHT register on weekly basis. And update the MHT supervisor on the progress made regarding absent and defaulter tracing
• Collection and compilation of the daily, weekly, and monthly community outreach statistics reports
• ensure the data quality collected from the community outreach team
• Weekly submission of Database report to Data entry officer; M2MSG and Male forum session, screening and referral, community sensitization/health education, community profile, and Family-MUAC activities.
• Report any kind of problems and challenges observed on the field to the MHT supervisor

Objective 5: Coordination and collaborations

• Ensure good coordination with the MHT staffs
• Collaboration and coordination with other AAH programs team
• Ensure a good coordination and working relationship is maintained with the health and nutrition program implementing Partners in the community
• Attend the CBN, and CHW coordination meeting in the province
• Representation the organization during community outreach campaign in your catchment area
• Organized quarterly review meeting and joint supportive supervision with government CBN program focal

Objective 6: Proactively support AAH commitments to gender equality, child protection and disability sensitivity

• Read and ensure a full understanding of AAH Gender Minimum Standards & Child Protection Policies, asking questions and/or for support when necessary;
• Implement all work related activities with a gender, disability and child protection lens, taking into account the different needs, concerns and ideas of our staff and beneficiaries;
• Ensure the incorporation of gender equity principles in all policies and activities;
• Encourage the participation of all genders in meeting and on committees;
• Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability. 

Education (if relevant) and experiences expected

• Degree in public health/Nutrition//Health Science/Child Development/ or Social Science
• At least 1-year experience in NGOs.

Technical skills

• Team-building and training skills.
• Independent, critical mind and pro-activity
• Strong analytical skills.
• Good organization, planning, and reporting skills.
• High flexibility to travel to different provinces and districts where ACF has active operations.
• Computer skills (MS Office: word and Excel) are essential.
• Knowledge of locations and communities is a plus.
• Capable of working under stressful situation.
• Ability to take initiative and prioritize multiple tasks with minimum supervision.
• Good strategic and analytical ability with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to engage in and promote effective collaboration within and outside ACF to achieve shared goals and optimize results.

Required skills

• Ability to effectively research and analyses markets data
• Creativity and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Enhanced mobilisation and communication skills

Languages

• Fluent in Dari and Pashto (Written, spoken, Read)
• Basin in English (Witten, Spoken, Reading)

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a cover letter and full CV with three Referees indicating the vacancy announcement to the address: Human Resources Department AAH office or can also be emailed to:

vacancies-hl@af-actionagainsthunger.org indicating the job tile and vacancy number of the position in the email subject line.

Eligible candidates are invited to apply by the earliest possible, until 02 Nov 2025. 

Qualified female candidate are encouraged to apply.

Do not submit academic certificates with the application. These will be requested if the candidate is selected. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the written test/interview.  

Action Against Hunger/Action Conter La Faim is an equal opportunity employer.  We strongly encourage women and people with disabilities to apply.  ACF/AAH has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA)

Employment at Action Against Hunger is free of charge. Action Against Hunger does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process to the candidates. Therefore, please refrain of offering money or any other form of compensation to anyone claiming that they can secure you a job or assist you in the hiring process and this is strictly against our recruitment policy. 

vacancies-hl@af-actionagainsthunger.org