Lady Health Visitor /
Midwife

Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan, is looking for competent Lady Health Visitor/Midwife for its Karachi and Sindh Region.

Overall Responsibility:

The Lady Health Visitor / Midwife will be responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring, and reporting nutrition-related activities at the BHCs, community and field level to improve maternal and child nutrition outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop monthly work plans and implement nutrition field activities effectively.
• Register and follow up children under five, pregnant and lactating mothers, adolescents, and CBAS for growth monitoring in project villages and BHCs.
• Identify and manage cases of stunting, growth faltering, SAM, MAM, and underweight mothers.
• Ensure follow-up of defaulter children and continuity of care.
• Provide timely supplements to beneficiaries and educate caregivers on proper use.
• Conduct awareness sessions, cooking demonstrations, and nutrition education for mothers.
• Maintain accurate records of LNS, nutrition supplies, education sessions, and project data.
• Ensure timely data entry, reporting, and application of MNCH best practices.
• Ensure calibration of all growth monitoring equipment and their PPM timely.
• Work with regional team to ensure that all case management is done as per protocols and record keeping is done exceptionally.
• Provide support to regional operations as and when required.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Diploma in Lady Health Visitor / Midwifery from a recognized institution.
• Valid registration with Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC).
• Minimum 1-2 years of relevant experience in community-based nutrition, MNCH, or public health programs.
• Prior experience in data collection, reporting, and use of digital health/nutrition systems will be an asset.

AKHS is committed to reducing our impact on climate and the environment and have set ourselves the goal of striving for net-zero carbon operations by 2030. All staff are expected to take part in making this a reality. The Lady Health Visitor accompanied with his/her Line Manager(s) is expected to identify and understand which aspects of his/her work have most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within his/her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.