Field Officer – Clinical

Re- Vacancy Announcement

Date of publication: 13 April 2026

Save the Saptari is a non-profit-making national NGO working since 2056 BS. It is dedicated to work strategically to contribute to the overall development of disadvantage groups’ special focus on women, girl, and another marginalized and disadvantaged groups. Save the Saptari with the partnership of One Heart Worldwide is implementing “Strengthening Maternal Neonatal Health Services in Partnership with the Local Government (स्थानीय सरकारको साझेदारीमा मातृ तथा नवजात शिशु स्वास्थ्य सेवा सुदृढिकरण) in Saptari District” from 2025. Thus, Save the Saptari hereby invites applications from suitable and qualified Nepalese citizens for the following positions:

Details of Announcement:

Field Officer – Clinical – 1 (One)

Duty Station: District Headquarters with a minimum of 70% field visits & Must have 2   Wheeler valid driving license.

Purpose of the Position:

The Field Officer – Clinical will be responsible for providing technical support to MNCH service providers at the facility level and relevant stakeholders in MNCH program planning, conducting community awareness-raising activities focusing on MNCH, assessment, planning and follow-ups of MNCH services at the facility and community level.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical:

• Provide continuous support to implement OHW project including birthing centre equipment support, capacity building training or coaching for a service provider, HFOMC strengthening and community-level activities. 
• Conduct needs assessment of the health facilities and support in timely delivery of the support including equipment at the designated health facilities. 
• Provide technical support visits to birthing centres, health workers and FCHVs with a special focus on the quality of services and capacity building on data collection, reporting, recording and clinical skills. 
• Frequent field visits to health facilities and communities to facilitate the training, program follow-ups, awareness-raising activities and to collect routine monthly data from health facilities and communities.
• Conduct monitoring visits of the health facilities, nursing staff, FCHVs, and clients and provide necessary feedback
• Keep a proper record of all the activities in the given form and formats and report on time in the specified time period
• Contribute to preparing monthly progress reports, technical deliverables, presentations, and district work plans
• Develop a network to collect and monitor all maternal deaths in the district and undertake follow-up visits to every household where maternal deaths have occurred to verify the death and identify causes of death. 
• Share information about maternal deaths to the concerned HF and municipality and facilitate discussion to prevent similar deaths in the future.
• Support to build sound relationships with Health Office, urban/rural municipality office, local government offices, program focal person, health facility staff, community stakeholders and female community health volunteers in order to plan & schedule program and achieve program deliverables at the field level.
• Any other job assigned by the Supervisor or program managers.

Job Specifications (minimum job requirements):

Academic qualifications and work experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing with experience in the maternal, neonatal and child health fields. or PCL Nursing (Staff Nurse degree) with two years’ work experience in the maternal, neonatal and child health fields

Skills and abilities

• Good experience in working with health service delivery systems.
• Experiences in clinical work and Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health programs
• Completion of SBA training will be an additional advantage.
• Knowledge and experience in program and community level training.
• Practical experience in facilitation and interaction with government counterpart/local stakeholders at different local health facilities, and ability to deal with various stakeholders
• Knowledge and experience using MS-Office packages and statistical packages, email and the internet.
• Good verbal and written communication in English and Nepali.
• Good interpersonal skills and experience working in a team in a multicultural environment.
• Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
• Ability to function as a self-starter with limited supervision.

Qualified Nepali citizens meeting the above criteria are requested to send his/her updated CV with at least 2 references along with motivation letter at savethesaptari43@gmail.com by 17th April 2026 before 5.00 pm. Please clearly mention the position title in the subject line for clarity in an application.

Applications from female and marginalized, disadvantaged communities and local residents are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the further selection process. Canvassing at any stage of the process shall lead to automatic disqualification. The right to reject and select the application shall remain to the organization. The person working with this organization must be committed to following the provisions of safeguarding policy of the organization.