Disability Officer at Vihiga County Government

Duties and responsibilities

• Conduct registration of persons with disabilities;
• Working closely with the national council of persons with disability for implementation of the County’s Disability Act and other relevant legislations;
• Facilitate registration of companies and businesses of persons with disabilities under AGPO and provide them with LPO Financing under AGPO;
• Facilitate Training of economic empowerment beneficiary groups on entrepreneurship;
• Assisting the local communities and self-he projects, advise and report on the progres
• Conflict resolutions among group members disaggregate data on gender, disability, gender, disability, age etc;
• Participate in community mobilization and sensitization on programmes of the Council

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in social science and its equivalent;
• Those with a Bachelor’s degree will have an added advantage;
• Minimum 2 years working experience;
• Experience in working in the Disability Sector or a similar sector.