Services Officer at National Council for Persons with Disabilities

Job summary

Development and management of programmes within the council, fundraising for programmes, development of partnerships with stakeholders. Formulation of the Council’s and National policies and strategies on CT PWSD, Registration, Habilitation and Rehabilitation, Education, Economic Empowerment, infrastructure development and Disability Mainstreaming.

Responsibilities

• Administering Fund application forms and targeting tools for beneficiaries grants and cash transfers programmes
• Participate in targeting community validation and enrollment of beneficiaries under PWSD-CT and administer the application process for education assistance, assistive devices and services, economic empowerment and infrastructure and equipment
• Conduct registration of persons with
• Supervise clerks/ Interns who work under them
• Call for and vet applications for education, economic empowerment grants, tools of trade, infrastructure, equipment grants, assistive devices, and submit the proposed beneficiaries to the headquarters
• Provide sunscreen lotions, cancer screening and treatment services, protective clothing and sensitization of self-care to persons with Albinism
• Facilitate registration of companies and businesses of persons with disabilities under AGPO and provide them with LPO Financing
• Train economic empowerment beneficiary groups on entrepreneurship
• Facilitate delivery of cheques of grants and bursaries groups and schools respectively
• Assisting the local communities and self-help groups to identify viable projects
• mobilize local resources for the implementation development assisting the communities develop Community Action Plans(CAPs)
• Link PWDs and DPOs with development partners
• Monitor implementation Registration, Rehabilitation &, Habilitation Education assistance, Infrastructure & Equipment support, Economic Empowerment & Enterprise Development, Cash Transfer and Disability Mainstreaming programmes,advise and report the progress
• Conflict resolutions among group members disaggregate data age etc.
• Participate in community mobilization and sensitization programmes of the Council
• Facilitate persons with disabilities access tax exemptions, licenses and employment service extension recommendation
• Organize National and International events on Disability at the County levels
• Create awareness on disability, programmes and services offered by the Council
• Lobby and advocate for implementation of 5% constitutional provision on appointive and elective positions in public and private entities
• Monitor compliance on the 5% constitutional provision on appointive and elective positions by public and private entities
• Monitor compliance on the 5% constitutional provision on appointive and elective positions by public and private entities
• Provide technical support on disability mainstreaming in form of training, accessibility audits, job placement requirements to public and private

Requirements

The successful candidate shall be a Kenyan citizen with:

• Bachelor’s degree in social science
• Professional qualification where applicabl
• Experience in working in the Disability Sector or a similar sector;
• Fulfill the requirements of chapter six in the constitution

Key competences and skills

• Proficiency in IT
• Communication and reporting skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Integrity
• Team player

Terms of service: Permanent & Pensionable

Consolidated pay is in accordance with the Council’s pay structure as well as Government (SRC) Allowances provisions as indicated below in Kenya Shillings: