Capacity Building Officer - Health and Rehabilitation

Job Description

Title: Capacity Building Officer - Health and Rehabilitation

Company Name: Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)

Vacancy: 01

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Dhaka (Savar)

Salary: Tk. 60000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2024-05-09

Application Deadline: 2024-05-19

Education:

• Bachelor degree in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or equivalent;

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in disability/ rehabilitation field;

• Experienced in capacity strengthening is preferred.

• Age At most 45 years

• Skills in developing training and providing coaching for capacity building

• Ability to develop information material

• Ability to work with partners, civil society organizations, or public authorities

• Knowledge of referral mechanisms

• Ability to respect deadlines and work under pressure

• Very positive personality, with strong orientation toward solutions

• Adaptability, flexibility

• Autonomy in work

• Good understanding of community-based rehabilitation (CBR)

• Excellent communication skills Proactive, solution maker, strongly positive, constructive and dynamic personality

• Excellent interpersonal, networking, communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills;

• Excellent reading and writing skills in English and Bangla, including the ability to compose, edit, analyze and report using complex information;

• Good written & spoken communication in English and Bengali;

• Excellent time management and multi-tasking skills;

• Team Working, planning and organizing;

• Willingness to undertake extensive field trip;

• Ability to work independently and in a team;Good understanding of community-based rehabilitation (CBR)  

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Conduct needs assessments and collaborates with stakeholders to identify capacity-building needs and gaps;
• Develop and implement comprehensive capacity-building strategies and plans aligned with project goals.
• Create and adapt training materials, including presentations, handouts, and e-learning resources, to meet the specific needs of different audiences.
• Develop Screening tools for early Identification of children with developmental delays and disabilities·
• Provide technical support to partner organization (PO) to conduct household level survey to identify children with developmental delays and disabilities.
• Develop a sustainable referral pathway for early identification and early intervention for children with disabilities
• Provide technical support to partners’ organization to conduct accessibility assessment at community school. 
• Home Modification for better accessibility for children with disabilities at community level. 
• Provide caregivers training on continuing home exercise and related therapeutic activities and ADL·
• Identify technical resources required for the implementation of the plan and support their mobilization and contextualization in close coordination with Program Manager.
• Provide guidance to partner organizations in the identification of children with disabilities needs for assistive devices, and home adaptations.
• Develop family information/education tools and support local service providers in developing and enforcing caregivers` rehabilitation training.
• Identification of case studies and success stories to illustrate changes induced by the project and for communication use.
• Any other assignment provided by the organization.

Job Context:

• The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with disabilities. CDD simultaneously builds technical capacities of the development stakeholders and the communities in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by strengthening their leadership and providing them with essential rehabilitation and other supports. CDD is one of the most renowned organizations in the field of disability-inclusive development. CDD’s work in Bangladesh is supported by international and national donor agencies/development partners. CDD offers an inclusive, amicable, and respectable work environment.
• The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian version of the Noble prize) has been awarded to its Executive Director in 2010. In 2018, CDD was recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as one of the best organizations working on disability and development issues.
• CDD is planning to recruit one Capacity Building Officer - Health and Rehabilitation (EiEi) under project titled ‘Strengthening Early Identification & Early Intervention for the Children with Disabilities’ supported by Liliane Foundation (LF). The Capacity Building Officer is responsible for designing, coordinating, and implementing capacity-building programs and initiatives to enhance individuals, teams, and partner organization`s skills, knowledge, and capabilities. The incumbent will work closely with Management to assess training needs, develop appropriate training materials, and deliver practical capacity-building activities. Develop case studies and success stories to illustrate changes induced by the project and for communication use. Capacity Building officer is expected to ensure capacity-building plans are established and run in a timely manner for the project. The duration of the project is till December-2025. 

• T/A,Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays

Prorata basis festival bonus