Disability Specialist

 

Description:

WISH 2 (Women’s Integrated Sexual Health) is one of three components of the overarching WISH Dividend programme that is being procured by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO). This programme is central to delivering the UK’s priorities on empowering women and girls as set out in the International Development Strategy, the UK’s strategic approach to sub-Saharan Africa and the International Women and Girls Strategy.

 

IPPF is the prime contractor on Lot 2 – Eastern and Southern Africa covering the following countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia. The Inception Phase of the contract requires IPPF to undertake several country-level analyses to finalise the scope and implementation of the programme

 

Objectives of the Consultancy:

The purpose of the consultancy is to conduct disability inclusion analysis for WISH 2 across the 7 implementation countries and support the programme in mainstreaming disability inclusion and capacity building actions into the programme.

 

The disability inclusion analysis will investigate the existing policy environment on disability inclusion, how access and availability of SRHR services are limited to people living with a disability, identify barriers and make recommendations for more inclusive programming. The findings will be used to develop the programme’s learning agenda, guide and inform the strengthening of the disability inclusion Action Plan and ensure that transformative approaches are mainstreamed throughout programme implementation.

 

Expertise:

• Significant demonstratable experience in conducting disability inclusion analyses for international

development programmes. Experience with disability inclusion analyses for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights programmes funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is strongly preferred.

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant professional work experience in disability inclusion analysis.

• Postgraduate university degree in social or natural sciences or other relevant discipline

• Thorough understanding of the disability inclusion context and experience working with government institutions and international or non-governmental organisations supporting disability inclusion and development work in the specific area of intervention.

 

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with people from different countries and cultures.

• Discretion in handling confidential information.

• Strong verbal communication skills.

• Fluent in English. Additional working proficiency in French preferred (verbal and written)

• Strong IT skills (including spreadsheet applications, especially Microsoft Excel, and databases).

• Strong analytical and research skills.

• Excellent time management and organisational skills.

 

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.

• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.

• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice,

including safe abortion.

• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.