Media Coordinator - MoPH
| Background: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Health status: The health status of the approximately 25 million Afghans is among the worst in the word. The infant mortality rate is 129 per 1,000 live births and maternal mortality ratio is 1,600/100,000 live births. The nutritional status of children and women is very poor. The poor health status of women and children is exacerbated by a very high fertility rate and low contraceptive prevalence. Most of the burden of diseases results from infectious causes, particularly among children where diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, and vaccine preventable illnesses likely account for 60/of deaths. Health Care Services: Until 2003 the performance of the public health system was poor (e. g. only 8 % of women received prenatal care) with the exception of mass vaccination campaigns which achieved high coverage since 2004, there has been a large increase in service delivery, about 90% of it provided by NGO. The Ministry of public Health (MOPH) has taken the responsibility to organize the allocation of funds within the sector and to set guidelines and standards for service provisions by NGU, which are contracted. The Basic package of Health services (BPHS) and Essential package of Health Services (EPHS) have been developed which clearly delineate the service that should be provided by each type of primary health care and hospital facilities respectively. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Duties & Responsibilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Perform assessment of media relation and its tools in MOPH to help develop an evidence based resource center within PR department of MOPH. 2. Develop guidelines and standard operating for all media events and activities. 3. Assist in the development of all media tools and executive reports and update them regularly. 4. Assist in the training of national and provincial health officers to build their capacity on presenting success stories of MOPH to the governor house, partners and media. 5. Coordinate all aspects of media relations which includes organizing press conferences, sending news, press releases and articles to the local print media, watching media and informing MOPH leadership on hot issues in the media. 6. Assist in the production of a quality weekly health publication for domestic circulation. 7. Assist the public Relation Department to prepare press by gathering relevant information from related health programs of MOPH. 8. Any other relevant tasks assigned by the director of PR and leadership of MOPH. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualifications required: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Perform assessment of media relation and its tools in MOPH to help develop an evidence based resource center within PR department of MOPH. 2. Develop guidelines and standard operating for all media events and activities. 3. Assist in the development of all media tools and executive reports and update them regularly. 4. Assist in the training of national and provincial health officers to build their capacity on presenting success stories of MOPH to the governor house, partners and media. 5. Coordinate all aspects of media relations which includes organizing press conferences, sending news, press releases and articles to the local print media, watching media and informing MOPH leadership on hot issues in the media. 6. Assist in the production of a quality weekly health publication for domestic circulation. 7. Assist the public Relation Department to prepare press by gathering relevant information from related health programs of MOPH. 8. Any other relevant tasks assigned by the director of PR and leadership of MOPH. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Submission Guideline: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Only applications based on the attached Job Application Form will be accepted. 2. Electronic applications will be sent to: e-mail (mophgdhr@gmail.com) which corresponds to the PRR Consultancy Office, Ministry of Public Health. 3. Hard copies will be sent to: HR Department, Second floor, PPR Consultancy Office at the Ministry of Public Health, Great Masoud Square 4. The Contact Person at Human Resources is: Mr. Mohammad Mateen Popalzai, Admin Assistant, MoPH-GD HR. Phone number: 0796-318-392 Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to a written test. In case you don’t receive any reply within six weeks counted form the closing date for this application, most likely you will not have been shortlisted. Please feel free, however to contact the person in charge (Mr. Mohammad Mateen Popalzai) for confirmation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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