Disability expert - trainer

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Handicap International is an international organisation specialised in the field of disability. Non-governmental, non-religious, non-political and non-profit-making, it works alongside people with disabilities, whatever the context, in response to humanitarian crises and the effects of extreme poverty.

Handicap International implements programmes of assistance to persons and local organizations, inclusion programmes and programmes focusing on the fight against the main causes of disability. It runs projects in almost 60 countries, with the support of a network of 8 national associations (Germany, Belgium, Canada, United-States, Luxembourg, United Kingdom and Switzerland).
The organisation employs almost 3300 people worldwide, 330 of whom work in France and in its European and North American sections.

Job context:

The project establishment is based on mainstreaming disability issues in Disaster Risk Reduction planning. Disabled People Organizations (DPOs) are the first key partners to mainstream disability issues to DIPECHO partners further to training and working group organized with HI. DIPECHO partners are the partners that throught their DRR project will mainstream Disability issues within the community further to training and sensitization provided by the DPOs and material published.
The Location for the implementation of the activities are in Tachkent and in Fergana Valley.

Duties:

The stake of this post is to provide the technical expertise and trainings on disability issues to DPOs and DIPECHO partners in order that the communities are sensitized and include disability issues in their Disaster Risk Reduction plan.
The Disability Expert will have to support the DPOs to mainstream Disability issues into Disaster Risk Reduction plan from DIPECHO partners.

Objectives:

1) Provide expertise and facilitate within the DPOs working group to
2) Organize a training for 30 trainers of trainers ( members of DPOs) on inclusive DRR:
3) Mentor the Trainers of Trainers and provide guidance in their first trainings implementation to DIPECHO partners trainers.
4) Design the framework of a survey to carry out on 'Disability confidence' among DIPECHO DRR trainers for the purpose to measure the "impact" of the trainings in DRR plan implementation (survey carried out with trained and not trained trainers on Disability issues)
5) Provide support to the DRR Project Manager whenn needed, notably on monitoring and evaluation issues.
6) Other tasks could be added according to the needs of the project and the program.

Profile sought:

Occupational therapist or physiotherapist, or social degree
Strong training skills
Knowledge of Disaster Risk reduction
Wide understanding of Disability issue

Desirable competencies or competencies to be acquired:

Autonomy
Previous experience with HI
Experience in working with partner

Languages:

English and Russian