International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over 100 countries and implemented over 300 projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies, and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) and institutional support across many areas and sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, agriculture, economic growth, food security, education, environment, and global health.

Assignment Title: Health Expert

Department/Location: Remote / Afghanistan

Technical Point of Contact: Project Manager

Type: Consultant, Short-term

Classification: Consultancy

Overview: International Business and Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a US-based international development consulting company, is seeking a Health Expert to support a proposed UNICEF evaluation of the maternal and child health handbook (MCH-HB) project in Afghanistan. The selected candidate will provide technical expertise on public health, particularly maternal and child health, to ensure that the evaluation is technically sound and contextually relevant. This is a part-time consultancy position from May 2025 to November 2025.

Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support the Team Leader by providing substantive technical feedback on the health sector, particularly on public and community health
• Review and provide input on evaluation methodology from a health perspective
• Conduct documentation reviews related to health systems and healthcare delivery
• Support data gathering and analysis, particularly on health-related aspects
• Manage interviews/consultations with health sector key informants
• Lead on specific health-related elements of the evaluation as assigned
• Contribute technical health expertise to the inception report, emerging findings presentations, and final report
• Help interpret evaluation findings in the context of Afghanistan's health system
• Provide recommendations for improving maternal and child health services
• Ensure technical accuracy of health-related content in evaluation deliverables

Minimum Qualifications:

• More than eight years of professional experience in health sector, particularly maternal and child health and nutrition, emergency context, humanitarian and development assistance
• Work history in international cooperation, public health, maternal and child health, humanitarian and development assistance
• Ability to support documentation reviews, data gathering, and analysis, including managing interviews/consultations with key informants
• Ability to lead on health-related elements of the evaluation work
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and another UN language

Education: Minimum an advanced degree [Master's Level] in a relevant field

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in UN or international development environments
• Knowledge of Afghanistan's health system or similar contexts
• Understanding of home-based records for maternal and child health
• Experience with health program evaluations
• Familiarity with public health systems in humanitarian contexts
• Knowledge of UNICEF's maternal and child health programming
• Understanding of gender considerations in health service delivery

Work environment: For international candidates, this position will be based remotely, with potential travel to Afghanistan or other regions as required. For local Afghan national candidates, this position will be based locally in Afghanistan.

Physical Requirements: This is largely a sedentary position that requires the ability to speak, hear, see, and lift small objects up to 20 lbs.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Travel: Travel may be required to field.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

About the Organization:

IBTCI has been in business since 1987. We specialize in Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL), Institutional Support (IS), Financial & Risk Management (FRM), Supply Chain Management & Procurement (SCMP); Social & Behavior Change (SBC) and Capacity Building. We provide these services across many sectors including, but not limited to, agriculture, resilience & food security, conflict & crisis, democracy & governance, economic growth & trade, education & human capacity development, energy & infrastructure, environment & climate change, global health & WASH and humanitarian and disaster assistance. At IBTCI, our colleagues are encouraged to collaborate and be part of the solution while getting the tools and guidance needed to grow and support our clients' missions.

IBTCI is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. This means that IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

If you are an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability, or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact the Talent Acquisition team at TalentAcquisition@ibtci.com (Do not send your resume to this account, for consideration please apply in our career page, https://careers.ibtci.com/jobs).

Minimum Qualifications:

• More than eight years of professional experience in health sector, particularly maternal and child health and nutrition, emergency context, humanitarian and development assistance
• Work history in international cooperation, public health, maternal and child health, humanitarian and development assistance
• Ability to support documentation reviews, data gathering, and analysis, including managing interviews/consultations with key informants
• Ability to lead on health-related elements of the evaluation work
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and another UN language

Education: Minimum an advanced degree [Master's Level] in a relevant field

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience in UN or international development environments
• Knowledge of Afghanistan's health system or similar contexts
• Understanding of home-based records for maternal and child health
• Experience with health program evaluations
• Familiarity with public health systems in humanitarian contexts
• Knowledge of UNICEF's maternal and child health programming
• Understanding of gender considerations in health service delivery

Work environment: For international candidates, this position will be based remotely, with potential travel to Afghanistan or other regions as required. For local Afghan national candidates, this position will be based locally in Afghanistan.

Physical Requirements: This is largely a sedentary position that requires the ability to speak, hear, see, and lift small objects up to 20 lbs.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Travel: Travel may be required to field.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

About the Organization:

IBTCI has been in business since 1987. We specialize in Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL), Institutional Support (IS), Financial & Risk Management (FRM), Supply Chain Management & Procurement (SCMP); Social & Behavior Change (SBC) and Capacity Building. We provide these services across many sectors including, but not limited to, agriculture, resilience & food security, conflict & crisis, democracy & governance, economic growth & trade, education & human capacity development, energy & infrastructure, environment & climate change, global health & WASH and humanitarian and disaster assistance. At IBTCI, our colleagues are encouraged to collaborate and be part of the solution while getting the tools and guidance needed to grow and support our clients' missions.

IBTCI is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. This means that IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

If you are an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability, or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact the Talent Acquisition team at TalentAcquisition@ibtci.com (Do not send your resume to this account, for consideration please apply in our career page, https://careers.ibtci.com/jobs).

Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support the Team Leader by providing substantive technical feedback on the health sector, particularly on public and community health
• Review and provide input on evaluation methodology from a health perspective
• Conduct documentation reviews related to health systems and healthcare delivery
• Support data gathering and analysis, particularly on health-related aspects
• Manage interviews/consultations with health sector key informants
• Lead on specific health-related elements of the evaluation as assigned
• Contribute technical health expertise to the inception report, emerging findings presentations, and final report
• Help interpret evaluation findings in the context of Afghanistan's health system
• Provide recommendations for improving maternal and child health services
• Ensure technical accuracy of health-related content in evaluation deliverables