United Mission to Nepal Job Vacancy for Project Officer -Disability and Gender

Vacancy 02 Jul 2021 3743 0

United Mission to Nepal (UMN) is an international development organisation that aims to enable the poorest people living in poverty to transform their lives, leading towards the fullness of life. As we serve the people of Nepal, multicultural teams of Nepali and volunteer expatriate staff work alongside local organisations in 1c) districts (six clusters and two hospitals), building partnerships that lead to healthy, dignified, and empowered individuals and transformed communities.

UMN recognises a need for a growing awareness of disability and gender inclusion in Nepal thus wants to support this through its Disability Rehabilitation and Community Capacity for Peace Programmes.

Position: Project Officer -Disability and Gender (Woman only)

Location: Kapilvastu

The job holder is responsible to build the capacity and monitor UMN's project implementing partners in the technical areas of Disability Inclusive Development (DID), disability rehabilitation, gender equity and Do No Harm (DNH) to achieve UMN's and the partners' strategic goats within Kapilvastu Cluster.

Qualification and experience: Essential

Bachelor's Degree in Social Science or any relevant discipline with at least two years of relevant working experience;
Good understanding of disability inclusive development, gender equity, youth mobilisation, and Do No Harm (DNH) approach in the context of development interventions;
Sound knowledge in advocacy and Right Based Approach;
Have good knowledge in managing development projects, planning, budgeting, reporting, and monitoring;
A good trainer and eager to build the capacity of others;
Good computer skills particularly in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, emalls and the internet;
Excellent language and communication skills both in Nepali and English.

Desirable

Ability to take initiative & work independently by taking ownership of the assigned responsibility;
Higher experience in disability rehabilitation, gender mainstreaming and familiarity with the local context especially with the household level gender governance of Mad hesi communities;
A good team player with coaching, mentoring, and training skills;
Good persuading, motivating, negotiating, and mediation skills;
Social skills necessary to build effective working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including Rural Municipality, Youth Groups, Community Leaders, and other district level networks in the context of Kapilvastu;