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Programme Officer for Inclusive Education

Employer
Sightsavers
Location
Senegal (SN)
Salary
Local T's & C's
Closing date
19 Aug 2018

Job Details

Location: Senegal

Salary: Local T's and C's

Closing date: 19 August 2018

Our vision is of a world where no one is needlessly blind and where people who are blind and those with other disabilities enjoy the same rights as people without disabilities. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world. Sightsavers is growing rapidly and offers a great place to work.

Sightsavers are happy to offer an excellent opportunity to join our Senegal country office to enhance the quality of our programmes and to ensure that all programmes and projects are planned, implemented, monitored and evaluated to the highest standards possible. The role will also collaborate with staff and partners to identify areas of growth and assist in developing new initiatives.

Promote Sightsavers strategic approaches and theory of change in education and supporting partners to identify their own technical and capacity building needs, this includes providing support with pedagogical approaches and methods to meet children with disability learning needs including learners who are deaf, blind other types of disability and facilitate providing these in order to support them through the project(s) cycle.

The post will also develop and support long-term partner relationships, support partners by identifying their own capacity building needs, establish agreements with partners and promote shared learning and collaboration by facilitating networks and meetings.

Project Management is a large part of this role and will further support partners by managing all aspects of the project cycle, giving technical support and ensuring that all project documentation and reports are made available and accessible in a timely manner. Other duties involve assisting in the preparation of budgets, monitoring expenditure of project financial resources, taking the lead in certain programmatic areas and participating in PR activities.

The ideal candidate will be educated to university degree level or similar (Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies), have an extensive background in a similar role with working experience in the field of inclusive education, disability, gender, and human rights, ideally in an NGO.

Have Knowledge of local and national education systems, practices and contexts, particularly relating to the education of children with disabilities and have experience of all aspects in project management in community development programmes.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, please read the complete Job Description for further details.

Company

Sightsavers Head Office

35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 3BW

Postal Address

Bumpers Way,
Bumpers Farm,
Chippenham SN14 6NG

Sightsavers is an international charity that works in more than 30 countries around the world to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently. Sightsavers is headquartered in the UK and has over 400 employees. It also has branches in Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, India, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Sightsavers works with partners in order to provide a comprehensive range of eye care services. In 2013, Sightsavers' projects provided eye health examinations for nearly 14 million people, performed 300,000 eye operations, and treated over 100 million people for neglected tropical diseases.

People are also referred for treatment to prevent blindness or restore sight. Through community volunteers in developing countries, Sightsavers distributes medication to prevent blinding diseases. The charity also trains eye care workers and surgeons and funds operations.

Of the 30 countries Sightsavers works in, 23 are in Africa. These include Mozambique, Mali, Liberia and Kenya. Sightsavers is also present in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.

In addition to its medical work, Sightsavers works with partners in order to train specialist teaching staff and supply glasses, Braille kits and other learning tools. The charity aims to educate communities and reduce stigma around visual impairment and blindness. Through its work, people with visual impairments and other disabilities are supported to live independently, get an education and earn an income.

Sightsavers is also a campaigning organisation, working with national governments to tackle the root causes of avoidable blindness, such as lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities. The charity’s ‘Put us in the Picture campaign calls on the international community to make global development inclusive of the world’s 800m people with disabilities. The campaign’s vision is for all people to have equal access to employment, education, healthcare and participation in society.

Backing up Sightsavers’ work around the world is a strong research capability. Research and policy work revolves around three priorities – health, education and social inclusion. Gathering and disseminating sound research evidence helps to ensure the charity’s programmes meet the needs of the people they are designed to serve. Research evidence is also a strong tool when advocating for policy changes with governments.

Sightsavers has many partners that assist with its aim of eliminating avoidable blindness and may also provide funding. Partners include the UK government’s Department for International Development, the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Read our latest article on Third Sector: Sightsavers: Work for an award-winning charity tackling blindness worldwide

Company info
Website
Telephone
01444 446600
Location
35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH16 3BW
GB

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