Health Officer - Health & Nutrition

About the role

The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is recruiting one Health Officer for its merged areas headquarters in Kurram District, within the Health & Nutrition department. The post reports to the Program Manager and covers a project of 5.5 months, ending on 1 November 2026. Local candidates are given preference and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

The Health Officer provides strategic, technical and managerial leadership for PRCS health and nutrition programmes, working with the Program Manager, provincial and district authorities, Movement partners and field teams to strengthen integrated health, nutrition and facility-based WASH interventions. The role also supports assessments, proposal development, donor reporting and emergency response design and implementation.

Key responsibilities

• Lead programme planning, implementation oversight, quality assurance and adaptive management, and supervise health staff at mobile and static facilities, including the pharmacist.
• Oversee quality of service delivery, including case management, referrals, infection prevention and control, and clinical governance, and institutionalize quality assurance mechanisms such as supportive supervision, routine quality assessments, performance monitoring, case reviews and mortality reviews.
• Promote rational use of medicines, compliance with treatment protocols and essential drug management standards, and strengthen community-based programming and social and behaviour change approaches.
• Oversee supply chain and medical logistics: forecasting, procurement planning, distribution, stock management, inventory control, batch monitoring and pipeline tracking of pharmaceuticals, consumables and nutrition supplies.
• Support volunteers and local partners (CSOs, CBOs) and promote locally led programming, including partner capacity strengthening in quality, risk management, safeguarding and accountability.
• Maintain data quality across HMIS, DHIS2, surveillance and internal M&E systems, lead data-driven reviews and strengthen reporting tools and donor reporting.
• Represent PRCS in coordination platforms, clusters, technical working groups and government forums, and contribute to proposal development, resource mobilization and donor reporting.
• Strengthen team capacity through mentoring, coaching and training, and support the preparation of proposals, budgets and donor reports while monitoring expenditure and compliance with donor and audit requirements.