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Disability Inclusion Officer Job at Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD)
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD)
Job Description
The Disability Inclusion Officer will lead, coordinate, and advise on strategies, policies, and programs to ensure that people with disabilities, including children and older persons, have full and equal access to social services and participation. The role involves providing expert guidance on accessibility standards and disability-responsive social protection programming across government MDAs.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
- Support in disability inclusion across all Government MDAs to provide expert guidance on accessibility standards, universal design, affirmative action and reasonable accommodation in line with domestic, regional and international legal frameworks.
- Support the team in the design, review and implementation of child, elderly and disability-responsive social protection programming.
- Guiding on periodic reviews for integration of Persons with Disabilities of different age groups and Older Persons across the Government MDAs.
- Support in capacity building and training on disability inclusion and social protection for Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities.
- Support mentorship and coaching to university students with Disability on inclusion, Disability rights, advocacy and life skills.
- Support in functional disability assessment to identify barriers to effective participation by persons with disabilities and recommend the appropriate reasonable accommodation and affirmative support needs.
- Support research, report writing, dissemination and implementation of recommendations on minimum inclusion, employment and affirmative action requirements by Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons
- Support targeted Disability policy formulation, review and implementation to ensure meaningful inclusion and effective participation by persons with disabilities and older persons in compliance with national, regional and international state obligations.
- Support in programme monitoring, evaluations and performance reviews for improved programme outcomes.
- Strengthening linkages between the Ministry and organizations of persons with Disabilities (OPDs), development partners, communities, universities and other key stakeholders.
- Support in field work and data collection of disability disaggregated data to influence inclusive planning, programming and implementation to ensure inclusive development
- Carryout such other tasks and activities assigned to him/her by the supervisor/commissioner.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
Apply here: https://mglsd.go.ug/vacancies/
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