Internal/External Vacancy Announcement

Organization: Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD)

Position: Inclusive Education Advisor - TARGET

Location: Addis Ababa

Salary: As per the organization scale

Background:

The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) is an Ethiopian development NGO established in 2005 and re-registered on 17 May 2019, Registration No. 0321, as a local organization in accordance with the Civil Society Organizations Proclamation No. 1113/2019. ECDD works collaboratively with other organizations to promote, facilitate, and build organizational capacity for “disability-inclusive development” in Ethiopia – the inclusion of disability issues and persons with disabilities in mainstream government service delivery and non-governmental development programs.

ECDD is currently partnering with Education Development Trust (EDT) to implement, with the financial support of DFID, a project entitled “Technical Assistance to Reinforce GEQIP-E Ethiopia” (TARGET) to promote inclusive education and inclusion of persons with disabilities in TARGET implementation. TARGET will promote systemic challenges by focusing on four key task areas. These are:

Task 1) Enhancing the ability of government agencies at the Federal and Regional level to deliver on policies and plans, by conducting training and coaching on ‘delivery approaches’;

Task 2) Reforming the national school leadership training system to become more decentralized, school-led and workplace-based;

Task 3) Enhancing school improvement planning and activity by building capacity in the domains of inclusion, teacher performance in the classroom, community engagement, and student careers advisory;

Task 4) Strengthening the monitoring, evaluation and research capacity of GEQIP-E by building capacity within the EMIS/NLA divisions of MoE, and via a research fund.

Job summary:

The Inclusive Education Advisor, reporting to the ECDD Program Manager, will promote, implement and monitor all inclusive education activities of the TARGET project in project intervention towns, located in all regions of the country. The Inclusive Education Advisor will be also responsible for supervising ECDD Inclusive Education Project Officers located in target regions of the project for the implementation and monitoring of all education sector-related activities of the project. The Inclusive Education Advisor will be based at the EDT TARGET Program Office in Addis Ababa to support the goals of the project, with a particular focus on ensuring that all capacity building activities are inclusive of persons with disabilities.

Representing ECDD, the Inclusive Education Advisor, along with the respective Project Officers based at the intervention regions, will advise the TARGET Project Team on inclusive education best practice and policies in Ethiopia; develop and deliver capacity building training on inclusive education for TARGET stakeholders including MOE/REBs, school officials and teachers, and DPOs; and actively promote at regional and community levels the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools.

 Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the TARGET Team to strengthen capacity building interventions of delivery teams at MOE/REBs;
• Conduct capacity assessment, facilitate and strengthen the capacity of local associations of persons with disabilities (DPOs);
• Support the TARGET Team for the development of disability friendly capacity building activities for Centres of Excellence to enable them to train Colleges of teachers’ education;
• Ensure leadership for equity and inclusion is maintained as part of national school leadership training system reform;
• Coordinate and jointly devise the inclusive education project implementation approach with the TARGET team;
• Support the identification and assessment of school-age children with disabilities at target schools and their catchment areas;
• Organize community mobilization activities to raise awareness on the right to education for children with disabilities;
• Support the design and implementation of ‘model interventions’ in order to improve schools through the Equitable School Improvement Fund (ESIF);
• Travel to regions and consult with REB personnel in target zones and towns on making target schools accessible to children with disabilities;
• Provide TA on inclusion of persons with disabilities for TARGET team and other technical experts during revision of the training content delivered via TDP and SIP;
• Partner with other stakeholders for the establishment of Inclusive Education Resource Centers (IERCs) and provision of inclusive education resource center materials at target schools;
• Devise a referral system for specialized service provision for students with disabilities at target schools;
• Help organize and participate in DAIT and other capacity building trainings for education sector actors;
• Work with the EDT team for the development of disability-inclusive portfolio-based certification for accreditation;
• Represent ECDD on Equity in Education Research Network (EERN) and Inclusive Education Task Force;
• Work with the EDT M&E TQA and Team Lead to ensure data collection, analysis and dissemination of GEQIP-E disability/inclusion indicators;
• Prepare regular and timely updates and reports, including success stories, and best practices;
• Undertake such other tasks as may be assigned by the ECDD Inclusive Education Team Lead and/or the Program Director

Job Requirements

•  Master’s degree in special needs/inclusive education, education, or related social science discipline;
•  At least 8 years of experience working in the field of education, preferably on inclusive education;
• At least 2 years of experience as an inclusive education advisor preferably at MoE or REB level 
• Experience working with local and/or international NGOs in implementing education projects;
• Previous experience working on DFID funded projects is a plus;
• Competence in the use of computer applications;
• Fluency in English and Amharic or Ethiopian Sign Language, knowledge of other Ethiopian languages desirable.

Qualified individuals with disabilities, especially women, are encouraged to apply. ECDD gives priority in employment to qualified candidates with disabilities. ECDD will meet any and all required disability adjustment costs to enable individuals with disabilities to meet the requirements of the position.

How to Apply

Fill the ECDD Job Application Form by clicking on the link  http://www.ecdd-ethiopia.org/vacancy-list/384-ecdd-inclusive-health-service-application-form.html.

submit with your application letter and CV only,  combined it together then convert it into PDF format  (testimonials/supporting documents are not required at this stage) the file not more than one MB ( 1MB) 

*** The file name use your full name and Do not forget to write the position on the Subject area.

 via www.ethiojobs.net or by e-mail to HRecdd@ecdd-ethiopia.org or hand-delivered in a sealed envelope to the ECDD Office – Meskel Flower Road behind Dreamliner Hotel, Tele: +251-114-165859 or through p. o. box 1530 code 1250, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 Note: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Relevant documents will be requested after screening.

Deadline: Ten (10) Days following the posting of this announcement