Disability Inclusion Officer

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Description of task

Important notice:

• Persons with disabilities who is a national of Indonesia are strongly encouraged to apply.
• The candidate for this position should have experience working on disability inclusion as well as on coordination for this topic.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Youth & Adolescent Specialist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the national UN Volunteer Disability Inclusion Officer will:

• Support Disability Focal point(s) in different programme areas across the office in promoting disability inclusion as the office’s cross-sectoral priority and other cross-sectoral priorities in the office (such as: adolescent development and gender equality).
• Support the planning, monitoring, and drafting and dissemination of a situation analysis of Children with Disabilities looking at variety of angles including policy, technical, and institutional lenses, to inform policies and programme, especially in terms of coordination and partnership across sectors and stakeholders.
• Coordinate the development of office-wide knowledge products on disability inclusion, including sectoral recommendations for integration into cluster workplans.
• Support programme priorities (i.e. inclusive education, humanitarian response, accessible WASH facilities, gender equality), including internal and external capacity building when it comes to the issues of disability inclusion
• Promote adolescents and young people engagement, especially for adolescents and young people with disabilities, including in facilitating co-creation and participatory design process
• Support the disability-inclusive aspects of management targets, such as managing disability score cards monitoring, improving office accessibility, recruitment and procurement whenever relevant
• Promote the engagement of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) in programme planning, monitoring, and implementation, including in humanitarian settings.
• Promote universal design in communication assets and materials, including ensuring the accessibility of the organizations’ meetings, workshops, and other online and offline public engagement
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Educational additional comments

• University degree in Social Sciences, Social Works, Education, and/or related fields.
• Master or higher qualification is preferable.

Experience remark

• Persons with disabilities who is a national of Indonesia are strongly encouraged to apply.

• The candidate for this position should have experience working on disability inclusion as well as on coordination for this topic.

• Knowledge and experience in the following areas will be required:

- Progressive experience in promoting disability inclusion (junior level)

- Extensive network with the communities and organizations of persons with disabilities

- Inclusive communication,

- Programme management and monitoring

• At least 1 (one) year of professional work experience disability inclusion.

Language skills

• Indonesian(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise details

Excellent interpersonal skills with strong facilitation skills, especially in working with young people

and children with disabilities.

• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work

inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members,

religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and

approaches of communications for development;

• Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work

effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel;

Competencies values

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Client Orientation, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Creativity, Empowering Others, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Judgement and Decision-making, Knowledge Sharing, Leadership, Managing Performance, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Self-Management, Technological Awareness, Vision, Working in Teams

Application procedure

• Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile including contact details and two references and submit it. Incomplete profiles shall not be considered. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Post is for National UN Volunteer assignments ONLY. This is a national UN Volunteer assignment. Therefore only nationals of above-mentioned Country and legal residents with a residency permit, the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply. For further details, please clink on the link below. Application deadline: 19-08-2021