Disability Inclusion Specialist Agency For Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD)

Working closely with the disability inclusion partner, s/he is responsible for the mainstreaming of disability inclusion in SIYEP program and serves as the link person with the Mastercard Foundation Disability Inclusion Lead.

Roles    & Responsibilities

Management functions

• Ensure the disability inclusion partner develops an acceptable annual gender and safeguarding TA workplan and budget and put in place adequate competent human resources for the execution of the gender and safeguarding TA services.
• Ensure effective coordination between the disability inclusion partner and consortium partner organizations.
• Participate in program planning, implementation, monitoring and learning.
• In collaboration with the Foundation’s Disability inclusion Lead assure quality of the TA services.
• Ensure a functional disability inclusive reporting and feedback mechanism.
• Ensure program disability inclusion best practices are documented and shared with partners and stakeholders for learning and adaptation.
• Submit timely acceptable reports for delivered work packages.

Disability inclusion mainstreaming 

• Conduct a comprehensive programmatic disability inclusion assessment with tailor-made recommendations.
• Develop and disseminate disability inclusion Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the program.
• Develop a disability inclusion Plan for the program and oversee its implementation.
• Ensure disability inclusion is integrated into all training manuals, IEC materials, and MERL system.
• Collaborate with the Foundation and consortium to develop the appropriate tools to consistently track and report on the extent to which all program activities are mainstreaming disability inclusion.
• Conduct annual participatory program disability inclusion audit and disseminate the results to partners for action.
• Support consortium partner boards, staff, disability inclusion focal persons to mainstream disability inclusion in their institutional policies, programs, and practices.

Person specifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in social policy, Special Needs Education, Development studies, Education, Management Highly required.
• Additional training in project planning, disability inclusion, protection and legal matters will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience facilitating disability inclusion in programs in a consortium setting.
• Good understanding of transformative disability inclusion approaches as well as protection and advocacy processes.
• Demonstrated experience in capacity development of local implementing partners.
• Demonstrated experience in developing operational tool (curricula, policies, guidelines) and documenting lessons learned.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills (in English), including the ability to work effectively with diverse groups of youth.
• Familiarity with participatory and youth-centered methodologies.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and partners.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Experience working in refugee-host community settings.
• Exceptional skills in report writing and tracking results
• Exceptional interpersonal, teamwork and networking skills
• Willingness to travel to remote districts of Uganda to support partners as and when required.