Disability Inclusion Officer

Job Description

Title: Disability Inclusion Officer

Company Name: Community Development Centre-CODEC

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree in any discipline
∎ Must have Degree of Science in Physiotherapy (BSPT)
∎ or equivalent degree.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 5 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Physiotherapy center

Job Context:
∎ Community Development Centre (CODEC) is working in the coastal area of Bangladesh since 1985. Its core activities are the socio-economic development of coastal people which is operated through seven thematic areas as Agriculture, Fishery, Dairy and Horticulture; Education, Skills and Youth Development; Conflict Resolution; Climate Change and Disaster; Health and Nutrition; Social Entrepreneurship; Microfinance and Rohingya Education, Protection and Repatriation.
∎ Community Development Centre (CODEC) is going to implement Self- Reliance Project.
∎ The overall objective of the project is to :
∎ Strengthen food security, nutrition, and portable skills through homestead gardening and community aquaculture.
∎ Enhance waste management initiatives to reduce the environmental degradation in the targeted camps
∎ Provide FDMNs community members an additional income and skills through engaging them in up-scaling/ up cycling process & production.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Support project personnel to mainstream disability during the design/redesign phase including advice on resourcing, data collection and analysis, M&E and appropriate tools and information
∎ Support Programmes to mainstream disability as they develop proposals
∎ Facilitation of disability integration into camp and host community context, provide support for inclusion mainstreaming activities with other like-minded actors
∎ Ensure integration and collaboration with colleagues undertaking advocacy to achieve strategic objectives and priorities such as improving access to education
∎ Interact, build and nurture effective working relationships with relevant partners to foster coordination, collaboration and partnership relating to disability inclusion
∎ Collaboration/strengthening of working groups and local organizations who are working on disability.
∎ Build an inclusive environment and adhere to organization's Protection policy and standards and stay committed to the organization's vision statement and core values
∎ Providing technical assistance to Organization national/International offices, network members, partners and 'clients' programme activities to ensure inclusion of people with disabilities, considering the potential for organisational change and inclusive programme development.
∎ Data analysis and collection on age, gender and disability (using Washington Group questions).
∎ Promote inclusive approaches to ensure full and active participation of persons with disabilities.
∎ Have a working knowledge of social and community psychosocial and rehabilitation approaches to assist in building up community and home-based care support.
∎ Have a working knowledge of assistive products for older people including people with disabilities. -Supporting the development of a case management approach, that includes documenting work/activities in a care plan and setting up effective referral mechanisms or pathways to other service providers.
∎ Technical disability response, e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and support for careers.
∎ Generate quality evidence on the needs and capacities of people with disabilities, for use in research and programme work.
∎ Coordinate all aspects of the disability inclusion in the Self-Reliance project
∎ To create, develop and manage the disability strategic directions by the project management &donors.
∎ To create awareness about law of disability, 2013.
∎ Planning and implementation in disability inclusion activity and Advocacy.
∎ Capacity building of staff and participants
∎ Advocacy, Networking and Liaison with different stakeholder and strategic partners.
∎ Share the update project information and receive necessary feedback/suggestion to implement the project effectively.
∎ Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly work plan & reports to accomplish the targeted project activities.
∎ Effective coordination with GO, NGOs, UPs, Donors and relevant stakeholders.
∎ Ensure quality of home-based rehabilitation service.
∎ Receive training and delivery.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 30 to 40 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ At least 3-5 years' work experience with 2years proven experience in the same sector
∎ Excellent facilitation and documentation skills (designing/ facilitation of training, report, and communication).
∎ Computer knowledge (MS office package- both in English and Bangla);(3-years)
∎ Able to work in emergency conditions
∎ Good analyzing skill
∎ Strong team-work approach
∎ Communication skills in verbal and written Bangla and English
∎ Understanding & speaking of local language.
∎ Females are highly encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 60000 (Monthly)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 11 Jan 2022

Company Information:
∎ 6 Jan 2022
∎ Community Development Centre-CODEC
∎ Address : Plot-02, Road-02, Lake Valley R/A, Hazi Jafor Ali Road, Foy's Lake, Khulshi, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.codecbd.org
∎ Business : CODEC is a National NGO working with the disadvantage coastal and fisherflok communities for their socio-cultural and economic development.

Category: NGO/Development

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