Posted on: Thu 18-01-2024

Our Vision

• ICM envisions a world where every childbearing woman has access to a midwife’s care for herself and her newborn.

Our Mission

• To strengthen midwives’ associations and to advance the profession of midwifery globally by promoting autonomous midwives as the most appropriate caregivers for childbearing women and in keeping birth normal, to enhance the reproductive health of women, and the health of their newborns and their families.

Purpose and Scope of Midwife Advisor Positions

Midwife Advisors are central to the work of ICM as they are the midwifery technical experts that work with the ICM Head Office. Their role encompasses:

• Providing midwifery leadership and technical advice (internally and externally);
• supporting advocacy and communications by ensuring that key messages reflect the most
• recent and robust midwifery evidence;
• managing development, reviewing, and updating of ICM core documents including standards
• and position statements;
• representing ICM at various fora to ensure that the views and interests of midwives and ICM
• are represented; supporting midwife volunteers who may represent ICM from time to time;
• supporting ICM Board Members with representation and liaising with member associations;
• contributing midwifery technical expertise to ICM-managed projects or where ICM provides
• technical expertise through consultancies;
• liaising with and supporting capacity-building of member associations;
• supporting the development, dissemination, and implementation of ICM’s professional
• framework at country, regional, and global levels, including developing resources and
• approaches to support implementation; and
• supporting the strengthening of ICM’s regions and the development of midwifery globally.

Vacancies

ICM is currently seeking

• Two full-time midwife advisors (40 hours per week)
• One half-time midwife advisor (20 hours per week)

Application

To apply, please send a cover letter and CV in English addressed to Sigrid Engstrom at [email protected].

Please ensure that documents are sent with the titles “your name cover letter” and “your name CV” and state “Midwife Advisor” in the email subject line.

This position will be evaluated on a rolling basis hence applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

The final deadline for applications is 29 February 2024. The first round of interviews is anticipated to take place in March 2024 and the recruitment process for selected candidates will include written tests/assignments, oral presentation, and additional interview(s).

For more information about The International Confederation of Midwives, please visit our website at www.internationalmidwives.org.

Download the Job Description and Submit Your Application

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