Organization:

Addis Guzo (Swiss NGO) works at a high professional level, providing mobility aids, skills development training, pediatric physiotherapy and comprehensive early intervention programmes for people with disabilities.

Vacancy for a talented junior physiotherapist who wants to specialize in the treatment of children with disabilities. The position involves one year of internal training in paediatric physiotherapy and early intervention with international professionals. We offer a full-time position in a multidisciplinary team of four physiotherapists, a therapeutic assistant, a curative educator and an early interventionist, as well as collaboration with the mobility aid workshop and a paediatric neurologist.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Professional baseline assessment and definition of comprehensive therapy goals and objectives,

• development of therapy plans,

• implementation of individual and group therapies,

• needless daily written documentation,

• discharge and summary reports,

• coaching of parents and caregivers,

• collaboration in a multidisciplinary team.

Our working hours are: Monday to Friday 7:30-16:30.

Salary: The basic salary is 19255 ETB. The salary is based on our salary scale and is non-negotiable. Our benefits include: continuous professional development, 23 days annual leave, health insurance, travel allowance, 14% Provident Fund

Job Category: Physiotherapy

Program Areas: Rehabilitation Department: Pediatric Physiotherapy & Early Intervention

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Geja Sefer, Lideta

Employment Period: 2-year contract with the possibility of extension 

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• BA in Physiotherapy - we do not recruit graduates, only applicants with at least one year's work experience.

• You must be able to speak, write and understand English perfectly, as our training language is English at high level.

Application Documents:

• We expect complete application including a motivation letter which explains in detail why you want to work for our organization and specialize in pediatric physiotherapy and early intervention, a CV in tabular form with a current photo and copies of certificates and recommendations.

Required Attitude:

• We are only interested in genuine applicants who are verifiably willing to specialize in pediatrics physiotherapy and early intervention. As we train our staff comprehensively, from the core and to a high standard, applicants must be willing to commit for a minimum of 2 years.

Required experience:

• 1 year work experience, personal or professional experience with people with disabilities is a plus

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send a digital application to:martina.oberli@addisguzo.com

Subject: Physiotherapy Application 2024 (please add your name)