Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA) is established at 2054 (1998) adopting the values of the fundamental rights and responsibilities provided by the constitution of Nepal in order to support Women with Disabilities (WWDs) to pursue their rights, and provide them protection and livelihood support. Unless WWDs from all sections of the Nepalese community get understanding of their human rights, particularly as ensured by the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and exercise them, their lives will not be bright and prosperous. Thus, NDWA promotes the program to build the capacity of the WWDs living in both urban and remote areas of the country in order to make them capable and empowered so that they will be able to take initiative to exercise their rights. It is vital to empower women from other disadvantaged communities such as women with disabilities from Dalit and Madhesi to build their self- esteem and confidence. In this context, NDWA has an important role to advocate on the issues of WWDs, such as rights to education, health, employment, rehabilitation and social security.
NDWA is looking for experienced and highly qualified Nepali candidate to lead the Action for Justice (A4J) aiming to work on "Violence against women with disabilities" and its mission. The project has been funded by CBM Global Disability Inclusion Nepal. Candidates with proven skills of meeting the requirements and dedicated to work with OPD are encouraged to apply for this position:
Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA) is established at 2054 (1998) adopting the values of the fundamental rights and responsibilities provided by the constitution of Nepal in order to support Women with Disabilities (WWDs) to pursue their rights, and provide them protection and livelihood support. Unless WWDs from all sections of the Nepalese community get understanding of their human rights, particularly as ensured by the …
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Position: Project Coordinator - GBV Programme
Work location: Kathmandu district with 50% of travel to project sites.
Report To: General Secretary
Duration: 4 years (annual contract renewal)
JOB OVERVIEW and CORE PURPOSE
The Project Coordinator oversees Action for Justice project in Kathmandu district of Bagmati Province. Project coordinator will be prime responsible to spearhead the leadership and technical guidance for the gender and disabilities perspective in and across the program component. The project is to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) against women with disabilities. To attain this goal, the project will adopt a dual-pronged approach. On one hand, it will focus on empowering both organization of person with disabilities (OPDs) and women with disabilities to raise their voices against GBV. On the other hand, it will endeavor to enhance the protection and justice systems, as well as the behavior of those responsible for upholding these systems and the pertinent stakeholders.
The Project Coordinator will closely work with GBV Community Campaigner, Monitoring, Media and documentation Officer to maintain synergy in approaches and policy discourse at different levels in regard to gender and social Inclusion from the perspectives of women and girls with disabilities in Municipally and federal level.
S/he will provide overall leadership and supervision in project implementation, ensuring the donor compliances, documentation of the project outcomes, monitoring, evaluation and learning. S/he will manage the Programme team and build their capacity for effective management of the project portfolio.
S/he will develop and maintain effective and authentic collaboration and works in close collaboration with funding agency, technical team/section, executive board to ensure effective delivery of our project and organization strategy; and maintains high standards and quality. s/he provides support to strengthen the organizational capacity & expertise to the NDWA executive management.
Major Responsibilities and Tasks:
Programme management and ensuring the compliance
Project Team Management:
Communication and collaboration:
Safety and Security
Safeguarding
Qualifications, Experiences and Key Competencies:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
ESSENTIAL QUALITIES & SKILLS
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