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The Organization of Human Welfare (OHW) is a non-governmental organization and is non-political, not-for-profit, and impartial organization with no bias towards a particular religion, ethnicity, or political belief. It has its own independent legal status and entity. OHW is operating since 2007 in the country with active membership with the national clusters and international donor agencies in Afghanistan including SWABAC, ACBAR, AICS, BAAG, AWN and most of the national and international Clusters operates based in Afghanistan.

Job Purpose:

The Health Program Manager is responsible for the strategic leadership, technical oversight, and operational management of Organization of Human Welfare (OHW)’s Health and Nutrition portfolio, with a strong focus on Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) implementation. The position ensures the design, quality implementation, monitoring, and reporting of health and nutrition projects in line with national policies, donor requirements, and international standards.

The role also leads health and nutrition proposal development, contributes to organizational strategy, strengthens partnerships with government and humanitarian actors, and ensures that OHW health interventions are effective, accountable, evidence-based, and sustainable.

Key Responsibilities;

• Technical Leadership, Program Implementation & Quality Assurance
• Provide overall technical leadership for Health and Nutrition projects, including BPHS-related interventions, ensuring alignment with MoPH policies, national strategies, and international standards (WHO, SPHERE, UNICEF).
• Ensure high-quality implementation of primary health care, nutrition, RMNCH, disease prevention, and health system strengthening activities across all target provinces.
• Lead the development and application of quality assurance systems, supervision tools, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Conduct regular technical field supervision and supportive monitoring visits to assess service quality, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure the use of approved national monitoring tools, including National Monitoring Checklists, IP monitoring tools, and relevant cluster guidance.
• Strengthen the technical capacity of health staff through structured trainings, on-the-job coaching, and mentorship.
• Ensure effective integration of nutrition, protection, AAP, safeguarding, and gender considerations within health programming.
• Monitor compliance with procurement, financial, and operational standards in coordination with support departments.

Design, Proposal Development & Resource Mobilization:

• Lead and contribute to the design of health and nutrition programs, including needs assessments, feasibility studies, and baseline assessments.
• Provide technical leadership in proposal and concept note development, ensuring strong alignment with donor priorities, BPHS, evidence-based approaches, and identified community needs.
• Work closely with the Program Development and Grants teams to develop logframes, theories of change, indicators, and budgets.
• Support the Health and Nutrition Sector Lead in identifying funding opportunities and designing innovative, scalable health interventions.
• Ensure proposals meet donor compliance requirements, cluster standards, and national health priorities.
• Participate actively in internal technical review committees and donor engagement processes.

Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL)

• Ensure that all health and nutrition programs have robust MEAL frameworks, aligned with cluster and donor standards.
• Collaborate with the MEAL team to ensure high-quality data collection, analysis, and utilization for decision-making.
• Ensure health assessment tools and indicators remain current, standardized, and contextually relevant.
• Lead monthly and quarterly program review and reflection meetings with project teams.
• Oversee the documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and evidence, including PDMs, evaluations, and assessments.
• Ensure regular submission of program progress updates to clusters, internal reporting platforms, and donor reporting hubs.
• Support field teams in documenting Significant Change Stories / Impact Stories, ensuring quarterly submissions from all provinces.
• Ensure findings from monitoring and evaluations are systematically integrated into program improvement and proposal design.

Coordination, Networking & External Representation

• Represent OHW in national, regional, and provincial health and nutrition cluster meetings, technical working groups, and coordination forums.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with MoPH, provincial health departments, UN agencies, NGOs, donors, and community leaders.
• Ensure OHW is recognized as a credible and reliable health actor at provincial and national levels.
• Support Project Managers in showcasing good practices and lessons learned during coordination meetings.
• Participate in project inception, review, and close-out meetings.
• Represent OHW during donor visits, government missions, and external delegations to project sites.

Accountability, Safeguarding & Compliance

• Ensure full compliance with OHW Accountability Frameworks, Safeguarding Policies, Code of Conduct, and donor regulations.
• Promote and integrate Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) across all health and nutrition interventions.
• Conduct community engagement and sensitization during field visits, including dissemination of Complaints and Feedback Mechanism (CFM) information.
• Ensure community feedback is systematically reviewed and incorporated into program adjustments.

Education & Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) or a closely related health field (required).

Professional Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in health and nutrition programming within humanitarian and/or development contexts.
• Proven experience managing BPHS or similar primary health care programs.
• Strong background in health systems strengthening, RMNCH, nutrition, and public health interventions.
• Demonstrated experience in proposal development, donor reporting, and grants management.
• Proven capacity-building and team leadership experience.
• Experience working closely with government health authorities and humanitarian clusters.

Technical Skills & Competencies:

• Strong understanding of Afghanistan health policies, BPHS, and humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
• Solid knowledge of MEAL systems, HMIS/DHIS2, and evidence-based programming.
• Excellent analytical, report writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear operational guidance.
• High proficiency in MS Office applications and health information systems.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is mandatory.
• Knowledge of local languages (Dari/Pashto) is a strong advantage.

Travel & Work Environment:

• Ability to work in remote and challenging environments and travel to province as needed.

Core Values & Behavioral Competencies:

• Strong commitment to humanitarian principles, gender equality, PESA, diversity, and inclusion.
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their cover letter with updated CVs to OHW’s HR department – Vacancies@ohw.org.af.
Applications should be received by OHW’s HR department on 30-Dec-2025 before 4:00 PM. And clearly, indicate the vacancy number and job title (Health Program Manager /672) in their email subject line. Otherwise, their applications will not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a Test/interview.

Vacancies@ohw.org.af