Project Officer - Inclusive Education Kenyan national at Handicap International (HI)

THE POSITION

Under the supervision of the Project Manager - Inclusive Education, the Project Officer is responsible for the implementation of the inclusive education Strategy which focuses on improving equity in learning and social outcomes for refugee children with (and without) disabilities through better access to and quality of early childhood development and primary inclusive education. S/he will be the overall in charge of enhancing capacity of the teachers at the model and the satellite schools and actors of education in Kakuma on Inclusive Education and will work closely with Education Assessment and Resource centre (EARC) during assessment and school placement of children with impairment. S/he will be responsible for the documentations, developing action plan and giving the reports from the inclusive education.

S/he will be responsible for;

Strengthening the pedagogical skills of the teachers so they can provide quality inclusive

education.

• Conduct training and continous mentorship of teachers /classroom assistants in the model school and in the satellite schools on inclusive education.
• Offer braille during learning at the 6 targeted schools.
• Lead the schools to ensure the local exams are adequately adapted (braille copies,large fonts etc)

Leading the assesment and school placement at the EARC centre.

• Encourage caregivers /family members and community to refer children with disabilities to the EARC.
• Coordinate referrals where children with disabilities and their families are referred for EARC assessment.
• Coordinate with Lutheran World Federation to develop a monthly EARC assessment plan.

Promoting quality of services

• Ensure conformity with Handicap International standards and good practices for technical quality and approaches
• Refer to Project Manager for validation of approaches
• Compile and analyze lessons learned during the project and contribute to the development of capitalization document related to rehabilitation services delivery.

Respect of HI identity, rules and policies

Qualifications and skills required:

Essential.

Education :

• At least a Bachelor Degree in Special Needs Education with a certificate in Braille.
• Certificate in Inclusive Education will be an added advantage.

Experiences :

• At least 4 years’ experience working as special need /inclusive education teacher.
• Experience in working with EARC.
• Skills in using the Child Functioning Module (CFM) of the Washington Group set of questions
• TOT certificate will be an added advantage
• Knowledge on CBR approach and CRPD

Professional skills:

• Organizational skills
• Team player
• Working in semi autonomy
• Communication and animation
• Innovative and creative
• Problem solving
• Ability to adapt to challenging context
• Activity planning
• Networking skills
• Mobilization skills

Behavioural competencies :

• Organizational skills
• Team player
• Decision making
• Communication
• Multi tasking
• Innovative
• Problem Solving

Languages:

• English.
• Computer: Internet, Power Point, photo editing, word and excel

The email subject line should be marked: “Application for Inclusive Education Project Officer Position- KKM”.