Public Health Officer (Emergency Health)

About the role

IOM's Public Health Officer (Emergency Health) in Kabul works under the supervision of the Head of Programmes and Operations and the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator (Migration Health). The officer gives management support and expert technical advice to the coordinator on the emergency health portfolio, including the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) and vaccination and polio interventions, and supports the Country Office's public health and emergency health preparedness, response and recovery strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for vaccination and polio interventions, ensuring micro-planning, cold chain continuity, vaccine accountability and evidence-based outbreak response.
• Manage and coordinate project activation, implementation, reporting and evaluation of emergency health programmes with the Migration Health Officer.
• Develop and support proposals and meet regular reporting requirements.
• Strengthen national disease surveillance, alert and response capacity at border posts, and support early warning systems.
• Coordinate with the Displacement Tracking Matrix unit and other units, and share information with cluster partners and emergency responders.
• Support vulnerability assessments, risk mapping and provincial-level preparedness planning.
• Organize trainings and meetings on the International Health Regulations and disease surveillance, and represent IOM at Health Cluster meetings, liaising with the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and other partners.
• Travel regularly to the borders with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran and to sub-offices, in line with security restrictions.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Nursing, Medicine, Health Sciences, Community or Public Health, Epidemiology or a related field with five years of relevant experience; or university degree with seven years.
• At least three years of experience designing and implementing IHR/public health in conflict settings, and in vaccination, polio or VPD programmes.
• Proposal development and reporting experience; UN, IOM or INGO experience preferred; cluster experience and field experience in migration, refugee and displaced persons programming are advantages.
• Fluent English (oral and written); working knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish is an advantage.
• Applicants must be mobile and pass medical, security and visa clearances.

Required skills

• Databases, Microsoft applications, spreadsheets, word processing and SPSS/STATA.
• Analytical, communication, presentation and writing skills, and ability to work in high-pressure, rapidly changing environments.