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• Mobilize
  parents and helpers of people with CP and establish a structure of support
  groups
• Organizational
  and financial capacity building of the support groups and to the level of
  registering as Community Based Organisations ( CBOs.)
• Improve
  the sustainability of the support groups with capacity building in
  resource mobilization and income generation
• Trainer
  Of Trainers (TOT) in psycho-social support and physiotherapeutic methods
  to members of support groups
• Supervise
  and monitor the work of the support groups during project span
• Exchange
  of experience between support groups of different sub-counties
• Engage
  fathers of people with CP in targeted activities
• Conduct
  community awareness activities on CP rights
• Sensitize
  key persons at communities (drivers, teachers, nurses, doctors) about
  special needs of people with CP
• Engage
  people with CP and their helpers in community activities
• Board
  development training: The role of leadership in implementation of policies
  and guidelines
• Practicing
  transparent decision making and accountability towards its members
  (meetings)
• Participation
  in networks and relation building with the rest of the disability movement
• Establishment
  and updating of a membership register with a system of annual membership
  subscriptions
• Establishment
  and application of communication channels with members (newsletter, SMS
  network, and other)
• Engagement
  of members as volunteers in UNACs activities at all levels
• Training
  of staff and volunteers at the secretariat and executive committee in
  project management cycle (planning, monitoring, reporting)
• Strengthening
  accounting systems and procedures
• Establish
  routines of reflection and internal learning (meetings, feedback, internal
  reviews)
• Training
  in fund raising and resource mobilisation skills
• Investigate
  in a business model of income generating for UNAC and pilot the model

• The
  applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities, Community Based
  Rehabilitation, Social work from a recognised university/institute.
• At
  least three years’ experience with duties related to programme
  implementation, capacity building.
• Demonstrated
  knowledge and experience at identifying and differentiating cerebral palsy
  (CP) from other disabilities.
• Commitment
  to and understanding of gender sensitivity in programmes, including of
  issues related to violence against women and girls
• Familiar
  with capacity building processes
• Experience
  in promotion of human rights of vulnerable people
• Demonstrated
  experience of networking and collaboration with civil society and
  government at district and community level
• The
  ability to work with limited supervision
• Ability
  to document and communicate in English
• Proven
  interpersonal and networking skills to build relationships with a wide
  variety of stakeholders
• Ability
  to lead and motivate others
• Personal
  integrity and an ethical approach to work
• Knowledge
  of the local languages of Luganda and Rukonzo is an added advantage
• Specialism
  in livelihoods
• Training
  in parents’/ care takers and other stake holders.
• Prior
  work experience in organisations working with persons with disabilities.
• Training/qualification
  in gender in development
• Understanding
  of the issues facing persons with cerebral palsy in Uganda and/or a lived
  experience of disability

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