TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RECRUITMENT OF A DISABILITY INCLUSION ADVISOR UNDER CLIMATE JUST COMMUNITIES PROJECT

1. Introduction 

A. NUDOR Background

The National Union of the Disability Organizations of Rwanda (NUDOR) was established as a civil society organization in September 2010 by 8 National organizations of Persons with Disabilities and has currently nine (9) members. Currently, NUDOR is composed of fifteen (15) National Organizations of Persons with Disabilities.

Through its interventions, NUDOR aims at achieving its vision and mission which are respectfully “a society where People with Disabilities enjoy equal human rights, opportunities and full participation as other citizens” and “to serve as a voice of member organizations to advocate for disability rights, inclusion of all aspects of life and their full and effective engagement in sustainable development programs.”

Our response / strategic objectives: In line to needs of persons with disabilities and their organizations, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals and the National Strategy for transformation, the following are strategic objectives that will drive our work in the years to come:

• Strategic objective 1: Promote Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities.
• Strategic objective 2: Advocate for Accessible, Quality and Equitable Health Care Services for Persons with Disabilities.
• Strategic objective 3: Ensure appropriate social protection system to persons with disabilities and facilitate them to achieve equal opportunities for work, productive employment and decent work for achieving dignified lives and contribute economically to their families and entire community needs.
• Strategic objective 4: Ensure persons with disabilities are included in the responsive, participatory and representative in decision-making at all levels.
• Strategic objective 5: Governance and Organization Development

Cross thematic areas: Following are cross thematic areas that inspired the development of our theory of change and the overall strategy: Gender equality; Community based rehabilitation; Advocacy& Research.

In line with its climate change as cross cutting area of intervention, with the support from the Scottish Government through the  consortium made of the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), Trōcaire and Christian Blind Mission (CBM) UK was constituted, with local partners in Rwanda including the Rwanda Climate Change and Development Network (RCCDN), DUHaranire AMajyambere y’ICyaro – Association pour le Dévelopment Rural Intégré (DUHAMIC-ADRI), DUTERIMBERE NGO, Rwanda Development Organisation (RDO) as well as the National Union of Disabilities Organisation Rwanda (NUDOR).

The Climate Just Communities (CJC) project is to implement effective climate justice interventions focusing on community voice and needs, prioritising marginalised communities, women, and persons with disabilities.

The  CJC programme will be “of” and “for” the community: communities will be engaged in a participatory, culturally sensitive manner to identify climate-change-related needs (in their own terms) then design interventions (owned by them) to respond.

CJC in Rwanda provides unique opportunities to create long-term, sustainable change within communities by strengthening resilience of those most vulnerable to climate change impacts, e.g. historically marginalised communities , women, and people with disabilities

A success   to delivering CJC is through ensuring the most marginalised people access the programme, as the Climate Justice Fund (CJF) Evaluation noted “CJF projects tended to target the most vulnerable areas but not always the most marginalised peoples”.

The Consortium is dedicated to overcoming the barriers that the most marginalised community members might experience when accessing the intervention  through partnership with experienced in disability inclusion organisations – CBM UK, NUDOR and their networks – key Consortium members ensuring inclusion is addressed throughout. From the outset, persons with disabilities and marginalised groups will be included in the programme through design of inclusive targeting tools, triangulation through para-social community volunteer networks, and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), to ensure no-one is left behind. Disability peer review groups will review programme MEL and ensure inclusive outputs.

In this regards, NUDOR, therefore seeks the services of an experienced and self-driven person to lead this process hence the vacancy below.

Job Title: Disability Inclusion Advisor

Reporting To: Head of Programs

Location: Kigali

Role profile:

Reporting to the Head of Programs, the Disability Inclusion Advisor will promote and facilitate disability inclusive practices amongst civil society, public and private actors. S(he) will play a key role in nurturing partnerships with these actors and provide hands on technical support in the form of training and coaching.  S(he) will support to financial institutions to develop and offer tailored financial solutions that address the unique needs and constraints of persons with disabilities, such as microloans, savings products, and insurance; training of Government officials on disability rights and inclusion, leading to the development and improvement of policies and regulations that protect and promote the rights of people with disabilities. Whereas the Disability Inclusion Advisor will be responsible to train and advise different stakeholders including Trocaire Delivery partners to promote the disability inclusion within CJC Project activities under this consortium. (S)He will largely work with other disability inclusion facilitators under NUDOR disability inclusion advisory department.

Key responsibilities

Networking: To represent NUDOR and empower communities to advocate for climate justice and local equity (objective 3.1.2c) by strengthening existing structures and platforms (e.g. National Climate Change and Development Network and district-level members; Government-led Disaster Management Structure with national/district/sector-level committees). These structures facilitate inclusion of community voices from local to national level including national policy dialogue, and effective policy implementation at local level. Using these structures, supporting Trócaire and local delivery partners to facilitate communities’ contribution to Rwanda’s Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation.

Advising and training: To coordinate learning sessions and working groups; to bring organisations such as delivery partners and stakeholders under CJC project together in learning platforms; to develop and deliver trainings and workshops on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in development programming and policies, promoting the active involvement of persons with disabilities in climate-related initiatives, ensuring their voices are heard and included in decision-making processes. To provide coaching and advice on the same.

Training material and tool development: To lead and provide input to co-creation processes, building on principles of human centred design; to provide content to training manuals and tools; Pro-actively identify the need for additional training materials and tools, and support the development of those.

Knowledge and information management: To gather and disseminate relevant information regarding disability inclusion mainstreaming; To document lessons learned, case studies and stories of change.

Required Skills and Qualifications 

• University Degree in the Development studies or in other related fields;
• At least 4 years of experience working in Non-Governmental Organizations, and specifically with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities;
• High level of exposure to barriers that persons with disabilities face and practical solutions to overcome those barriers, either through life experience or through previous working experience;
• Experienced trainer and facilitator with experience in designing and conducting skills-building workshops and other capacity development approaches with a variety of stakeholders;
• Experiences in developing tools and training modules on disability rights and inclusion and have ability to review the existing policies, laws, strategies and programs to make it more disability inclusive;
• Excellent people skills with the ability to develop others and to impart knowledge and experience in an accessible and clear manner.
• Familiar with Adult learning/ participatory training methodologies;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Commitment to local capacity building and past experience of engaging and working with local stakeholders in inclusive project design and implementation.
• Demonstrated expertise in implementation of climate change related programs and projects within the Non-Government Organisations;
• Ability to produce timely and deliver high-quality results;
• Good analytical and writing skills, including report writing;
• Good spoken and written, Kinyarwanda, English and French;
• Strong organisational and time management skills;

Qualified  Candidates  should  submit  a  motivation  letter , CV, Copy of Degree  and  other  supporting  documents  in English to: NUDOR email, i[email protected] not later than 22^nd December 2023 at 12 pm. The application letter has to be addressed to the Executive Secretary of  NUDOR. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for written test.

NUDOR  is  an  equal  opportunity  employer.  Qualified  women  and  persons  with  disabilities  are  strongly encouraged  to  apply.

Kigali, 12nd December, 2023

NSENGIYUMVA Jean Damascene                                                                        

Executive Secretary