Job Detail

About Save the Children

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•             No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•             All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•             Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Disability Program Officer, under the coordination of the Senior Disability Program Officer, will be responsible for ensuring that the organization’s disability projects are fully implemented. These projects include four key areas of work:

* Promoting change in practice at field levels through the provision of technical advice and training to UNHCR and other humanitarian partners, including identifying gaps and opportunities to strengthen disability inclusion in programs, piloting actions and monitoring effectiveness of these interventions.

* Supporting DPOs to engage more in refugee issues at country, regional and global levels through awareness raising, training and the provision of sub-grants in selected contexts or projects.

* Building the evidence base on disability inclusion in gender based violence (GBV) programming in humanitarian settings through piloting and evaluating strategies, and designing technical tools and resources for GBV practitioners, in partnership with the IRC Women’s Protection and Empowerment team.

* Promoting policy and practice change within the broader humanitarian community through the dissemination of findings and reports from field work, and targeted communication and advocacy campaigns with UN agencies, NGOs, donors and humanitarian practitioners.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Child protection Sr. Program Manager

Dimensions: Design and implement field assessments and training packages on disability inclusion for field partners, and monitor the outcomes of field visits.

Communicate and coordinate with field partners in the planning of field visits, and manage the logistics of related travel.

* Document findings of field visits, capturing progress, barriers and recommendations for advancing disability inclusion in a variety of programs and contexts.

* Grants management, including monitoring, reporting and financial oversight, as well as the preparation and monitoring of any sub-grants delivered in the projects.

* Represent the WRC’s disability work at meetings and conferences, and contribute to advocacy and communications campaigns.

* Assist with continued fund-raising for the WRC’s disability work, including proposal development.

* Collaborate and coordinate with other WRC staff to promote disability inclusion across other programs in the organization.

Staff directly reporting to this post: Case Workers  

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Support the project planning and implementation of assigned project activities at the field level (Thang Binh district in Quang Nam province), ensuring implementation schedules are met as per the detailed activity plan, and that adherence to systems for quality project implementation are strengthened. This includes project annual and quarterly activity and budget planning; assist partners in preparing project advance and liquidation, data collection, reporting;

Coordinate communication and facilitate information sharing among the project team, implementing partners, and project beneficiaries at the community level to assist local partners (parents association, schools, organizations of persons with disabilities, relevant government district departments) in strengthening the community interest, involvement and support networks.

Liaise with various community stakeholders in Quang Nam (district people committee, organization of persons with disabilities; parents associations, district departments of health, education, social affairs etc.) and mobilize them to ensure full involvement of community leaders, community representatives, and local government representatives in the overall implementation and improvement of project activities.

In coordination with the project team support capacity building events for community representatives. Monitor and report on project activity implementation at local levels.

Assist local partners in compiling data provided at the community level as per project requirements and contribute to the preparation of reports.

Assist local partners in following policies and procedures in compliance with relevant donors (Caritas Australia and CRS) at local level including project accountability towards the project beneficiary effectively (including child protection policy).

Participate in proposal development and growth for Disability program as assigned by the Program Manager.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

  Integrity:

  • Honest, encourages openness and transparency.

   

   

Skills Required

• Communication Skills

Submission Guideline: