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Senior Communication Specialist, the Performance Management

Ministry of Public Health, Multi Location

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Bachelor's Degree
Multi Location ()
Full Time
957

About Ministry of Public Health

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is tasked with a critical mandate; to deliver and promote sustainable and accessible health care services to the people of Afghanistan. Social and economic advancement can only be realized in a thriving and healthy society. The success of the MoPH is heavily driven in its ability to plan and use allocated resources effectively. Effective financial management is therefore critical for sustainable development and is the primary tool that translates the MoPH development strategies into noticeable outcomes or service delivery. Good governance and democratic accountability relies on transparent management of the MoPH budget. Therefore, ineffective financial management undermines the effectiveness and efficiency of development interventions and hinders the country’s progress towards improved and sustainable health care. MoPH finance directorate is going through a reform process and after reviewing the structure of finance directorates of other line ministries such as MRRD, MoE and MAIL, has proposed a new and standard structure that is approved by MoPH leadership, for this purpose MoPH needs a qualified staff as head of coordination and reporting unite, to take the responsibility of overall coordination and financial reporting of MoPH.

Job Summary

The incumbent will work under the direction of the PMO Team Leader. S/he will be responsible to play a pivotal and instrumental role in the communications associated with the performance management system for different target audiences. In tandem with the MoPH team, the incumbent will engage in.

Duties & Responsibilities

Objective:

To demonstrate knowledge and outstanding interpersonal skills to implement communication strategies to achieve the objectives of the SOP, and generate high-quality products written in English and local language.


  • Under the supervision of the PMO Team Leader and Senior Performance Management Specialists,
  • Assist the PMO Team Leader and Senior Performance Management Specialists who compile and provide performance-related evidence to inform the leadership’s policy decisions with respect to the SPs’ performance in BPHS and EPHS under the Sehatmandi project.
  • Play a role of chief editor of the official communication with partners and stakeholders (e.g. public announcements and appeals, official notices [letters and emails], reports and minutes of meeting etc.), Performance Management Dashboard and other PMO publications in English to ensure credible and high-quality products.
  • Facilitate to develop a database to help the PMO develop reports as necessary.
  • Provide interpretation services from English to local language(s) and vice versa when requested by the Senior Performance Management Specialists.
  • Keep himself/herself updated on all PMO-related activities to be able to respond to any information requested at any time.
  • Liaise with the PMO team and submit the SOP-related reports to the PMO Team Leader.
  • Keep the MoPH website up and running with required data included in the products related to the PMO.
  • Act as a Secretary for Head of GCMU and arrange the meetings
  • Arrange GCMU staff meetings and team leaders meeting and share his instructions with GCMU staff
  • Prepare calendar of events, GCMU newsletter and update all notice and sign boards at regular basis
  • Accomplish other activities required by the department.

Job Requirements

The applicants must have a university degree in a discipline related to Social Science, Health Sciences or Computer Science.

The applicants must have at least 5 years of work experience in the government, UN agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations and/or donor agencies working for the health sector.

The applicants must demonstrate the ability to write and speak in English at professional level and fluent in one of local languages.

The applicants must have skills in public relations and communication.

The applicants must have knowledge and hands-on familiarity with computer operations including MS Office Suites.

The applicants must be able to travel within and outside Afghanistan.

Deliverables:

All PMO deliverables in English are thoroughly edited and made available in public domain, which include but not limited to: the Monthly Updates, Quarterly performance Review (Appraisal) Report, Semi-Annual Performance Review (Appraisal) Report, and Performance Management Dashboard. 

The Performance Management Dashboard is edited and kept updated semi-annually.

PMO database is created and kept up and running.



 The applicants must demonstrate the ability to write and speak in English at professional level and fluent in one of local languages.

   The applicants must have skills in public relations and communication.

The applicants must have knowledge and hands-on familiarity with computer operations including MS Office Suites.

The applicants must be able to travel within and outside Afghanistan.

Submission Guideline

: (I) Electronic applications will be sent to: sub e-mail which corresponds if any of following 2 items is missing, your application will be considered as ineligible/incomplete.


1. In your emails please specify the title of the position as well as vacancy number for electronic submissions and please do the same in the hardcopy submissions.

2. Updated Curriculum vitae (CV)/Resume (Please attached your recent photo and mention in your CV exact date/periods of your work experience, graduation Day, Month, and Year).


If you are shortlisted and invited for written test/interview you will be required to present the original, the following:


A. Education Documents: Your recent education degree/diploma

 Copy of verified Baccalaureate (12 passed) degree by Ministry of Education

 Copy of verified 14 or 15 passed degree by related Ministries

 Copy of verified Bachelor Degree by Ministry of Higher Education

 Copy of verified Medical Doctor Degree by Ministry of Higher Education

 Copy of verified Master degree by Ministry of Higher Education

B. Copy of National Identity Card (Tazkira: Only the pages that show picture and Tazkira number, pages, place of issue and date of issue)


(II)


Electronic applications will be sent to: sub e-mail


Hard copies will be sent to: HR Container, Second floor, at the Ministry of Public Health, Great Masoud Square Kabul Afghanistan.


The Contact Person at Human Resources is: Mr. Mojib Rahimi, HR Officer, MoPH-GD HR. Phone number: 0093- (0)-700991056



Note:

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to written test/interview and subsequent process. Please contact the person in charge (Mr. Mojib Rahimi ) for confirmation.


No CVs will be accepted after the closing date.


Any persuade will be threat as disqualification.


Candidate who applies for the same position in last six months and was unsuccessful (Obtained less than 60% marks), will not be short listed.


Fraudulent documents and or fraudulent claims in CVs and or documents will result in disqualification at any stage of the recruitment process.

The test and interview will be taken from the following references.

Main point of TOR:

2.Federal Plain

language Gaideinse March 2011

https://www.plainlanguage.gov/media/FederalPLGuidelines.pdf 

  

Functional Area

General

Countries

Submission Email

gdhr.mophapply@gmail.com

Post Date

Jul 13, 2019

Closing Date

Jul 27, 2019

Reference

Senior Communication Specialist, the Performance Management

Number of Vacancies

1

Salary Range

As per NTA salary scale

Years of Experience

5 years

Probation Period

3 month

Contract Type

Consultant

Contract Duration

Not Specified

Contract Extensible

false

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree

Gender

Any