Expert Technical Advisers – Social inclusion and disability
- Employer
- Sightsavers
- Location
- Haywards Heath, Uk Ghana or East Africa
- Salary
- Local terms and conditions apply
- Closing date
- 7 Jul 2019
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- Function
- International Development
- Sector
- Disability, Health & Medical, International, Human Rights
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Sightsavers is looking for committed and dynamic individuals to join our social inclusion team..
Job Location: Various (to include UK, East Africa, Ghana)
Department: Programme Development and Innovations Team
Contract Type: Permanent, Fixed Term Contract and Consultancy Opportunities
Salary: Competitive – local terms and conditions apply
Our disability-inclusive programming focuses on education and health, economic empowerment and political participation. Cross-cutting all our work is a commitment to influencing and supporting the effective implementation of the SDGs, Disability Summit Commitments and UN treaties, particularly the UNCRPD. Gender mainstreaming is a core commitment of our work and addressing stigma and discrimination is a priority.
We are recruiting for permanent and temporary positions at a number of levels and in various locations. We are also seeking to bolster our list of consultants who will be available for short-term assignments. The post-holders will be responsible for providing technical support in the design of new projects, the provision of technical expertise to ongoing initiatives and they will also play a role in shaping the strategic direction of Sightsavers social inclusion strategy at this pivotal time.
Job/ Role Purpose:
To provide Sightsavers with technical and strategic programmatic advice in disability inclusion. Particular areas of expertise should include one or more of the following:
- disability mainstreaming (development and/or humanitarian settings);
- disability policy and influencing
- inclusive health, related to disability and/or gender;
- inclusive education
- mental health
- inclusive economic empowerment and/or diversity and inclusion in the workplace
- inclusion elections and political participation
- Community based rehabilitation
- Community mobilisation
- Behaviour change and communication
Please read the attached generic Job Description for further details. If you feel that your skills, expertise and commitment are what we are looking for, please complete an application form detailing your availability for a permanent, fixed term or consultancy opportunity.
We anticipate that initial interviews will take place in mid-July at our offices in Haywards Heath and via Skype for international locations.
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
- Website
- http://jobs.sightsavers.org/
- Telephone
- 01444 446600
- Location
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35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH16 3BW
GB
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