Qualifications and Experience :

• Master’s degree in Disability Studies or related degree in international development, human rights, education, psychology, sociology or other related area.
• At least 5 years’ experience of leading the design and implementation of Disability Inclusive programmes.
• Experience of working directly with children with different types of disabilities and their families.
• Experience of designing and facilitating capacity building trainings on disability rights and inclusive programming for staff and external stakeholders.
•  Experience of working with representative organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and good relationship and wide network with disability experts and OPDs in Nepal and/or Bhutan and beyond.
• Strong understanding of the Disability Rights sector, policy priorities and the situation for adults and children with disabilities in Nepal & Bhutan. Demonstrated understanding of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
• Demonstrated disability inclusive program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
• Experience of strategy development and planning to promote and enhance Disability Inclusion.
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
•  Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships across cultural and organisational boundaries with internal and external stakeholders, and managing through influence.
• Comfortable working independently with little supervision, as well as with receiving and accounting for direction and engaging as part of a dynamic team.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Nepali.

Desirable:

• Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery to ensure disability inclusion across sectors and phases.
•  Experience working in child rights or with children.
• Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children’s rights and rights of adults and children with disabilities. Familiarity with Disability Situation Analysis, Barrier Analysis, CRPD monitoring and Disability Data.

Required: (Nepalese Citizen Only)

Contract length: Fixed Term

Job Detail Expired

Contact Detail