Job Title: Project Officer
Organisation: Uganda
National Association of Cerebral Palsy (UNAC)
National Association of Cerebral Palsy (UNAC)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Director
Health and Services
Health and Services
About US:
The Uganda National Association
of Cerebral Palsy (UNAC) is a non-governmental organization established in 2013
to advocate for the rights of people with Cerebral Palsy (CP). It is at COMBRA
premises at Kiwanga Seta Mukono district. UNAC has received a 3-year’s project
for supporting people with CP in Uganda with the following theory of change:
of Cerebral Palsy (UNAC) is a non-governmental organization established in 2013
to advocate for the rights of people with Cerebral Palsy (CP). It is at COMBRA
premises at Kiwanga Seta Mukono district. UNAC has received a 3-year’s project
for supporting people with CP in Uganda with the following theory of change:
Job Summary: The Project
Officer will ensure efficient, effective and timely implementation of the a
project by coordinating collaboration
and capacity building for parents support groups organizing meetings with local
government and other stakeholders, ensuring conformity to the partnership
agreement, project design, to contribute towards increasing the visibility of
UNAC.
Officer will ensure efficient, effective and timely implementation of the a
project by coordinating collaboration
and capacity building for parents support groups organizing meetings with local
government and other stakeholders, ensuring conformity to the partnership
agreement, project design, to contribute towards increasing the visibility of
UNAC.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- 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
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- 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
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates should send their applications, three references, and
contact telephone numbers by hand delivery to UNAC, Tel: +256 755949649,
+256750582539
interested candidates should send their applications, three references, and
contact telephone numbers by hand delivery to UNAC, Tel: +256 755949649,
+256750582539
Application letters should be
addressed to:
addressed to:
Chairperson, Board of
Directors,
Directors,
Uganda National Association Of
Cerebral Palsy. ﴾UNAC
﴿
Cerebral Palsy. ﴾UNAC
﴿
P.O. BOX 6775, Kampala. Uganda
Email to: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]
Deadline: 15th January 2018 by 5:00pm
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