National Federation of the Deaf Nepal (NDFN)

Advocacy Officer

National Federation of the Deaf Nepal (NDFN)

Advocacy Officer

National Federation of the Deaf Nepal (NDFN) is an umbrella organization of the Deaf Associations in Nepal.

Advocacy Officer

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Basic Job Information

Job Category : NGO / INGO / Social work
Job Level : Mid Level
No. of Vacancy/s : [ 1 ]
Employment Type : Contract
Job Location : Kathmandu, Nepal with frequent travel in the project districts
Offered Salary : Negotiable
Apply Before(Deadline) : Apr. 07, 2019 23:55 (5 years ago)

Job Specification

Education Level : Under Graduate (Bachelor)
Experience Required : More than or equal to 2 years
Professional Skill Required : Ms Office Skills Communication
Other Specification
  • Bachelor degree with at least 2 years of work experience in related field (Master degree with at least 1-year experience will also be considered)
  • Good Understanding on Disability-related National (disability right act inclusive education policy, Health policies) and International laws and policies (UNCRPD, SDG)
  • Familiar with current socio-political context and change process
  • Excellent Excel skills and MS package
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in both English and Nepali language
  • Prior experience working in with organization of persons with Disabilities will be an advantage
  • Preference would be given to candidates with ability to communicate in Nepali Sign language and other forms of communication like braille, tactile communication etc
  • Respect to the diversity in particular to the poor marginalized, vulnerable and disability population

Job Description

  • An Advocacy Officer will work in close coordination with the Project Manager and the Board to Plan and execute various advocacy works in Local/ Provincial and Federal Level
  • Work to develop central level unified advocacy plan on deafblindness and local and province level plan for the partners to implement on local and province level
  • Liaison between the partner's organization and project coordinators on to ensure the implementation of the advocacy activities in line with the advocacy plan
  • Establish networks with different Government agencies in central, province and local level and civil society organizations, NGOs and DPOs working in health and education sector to advocate on Deafblindness inclusion
  • Provide necessary guidance, form, and formats for the project coordinators to implement the advocacy activities in line with advocacy plan
  • Monitoring and evaluation of the advocacy activities at the local level and coordinate the advocacy on the center level
  • Ensure the advocacy work are properly documented and reported on time
  • Support to the Coordinator and Manager to develop training materials, orientation and sensitization program and Media mobilization

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