Disability Services Officer Job NCPWD

Disability Services Officer Job

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Key Responsibilities

• Administering Fund application forms and targeting tools for beneficiaries of grants and cash transfers programmes
• Participate in targeting community validation and enrollment of beneficiaries under PWSD-CT and administer the application process for education assistance, assistive devices and services, economic empowerment and infrastructure and equipment
• Conduct registration of persons with disabilities.
• Supervise clerks/ Interns who work under them
• Call for and vet applications for education, economic empowerment grants, tools of trade, infrastructure, equipment grants, assistive devices, and submit the proposed beneficiaries to the headquarters
• Provide sunscreen lotions, cancer screening and treatment services, protective clothing and sensitization of self-care to persons with Albinism
• Facilitate registration of companies and businesses of persons with disabilities under AGPO and provide them with LPO Financing
• Train economic empowerment beneficiary groups on entrepreneurship
• Facilitate delivery of cheques of grants and bursaries groups and schools respectively
• Assisting the local communities and self-help groups to identify viable projects mobilize local resources for the implementation of development projects; assisting the communities develop Community Action Plans (CAPs)
• Link PWDs and DPOs with other development partners
• Monitor implementation of Registration, Rehabilitation &, Habilitation Education assistance, Infrastructure & Equipment support, Economic
• Empowerment & Enterprise Development, Cash Transfer and Disability
• Mainstreaming programmes, advise and report on the progress Conflict resolutions among group members disaggregate data on gender, disability, age etc.
• Participate in community mobilization and sensitization on programmes of the Council
• Facilitate persons with disabilities access tax exemptions, licenses and employment service extension recommendation
• Organize National and International events on Disability at the County levels
• Create awareness on disability, programmes and services offered by the Council
• Lobby and advocate for implementation of 5% constitutional provision on appointive and elective positions in public and private entities
• Monitor compliance on the 5% constitutional provision on appointive and elective positions by public and private entities
• Monitor compliance on the 5% constitutional provision on appointive and elective positions by public and private entities
• Provide technical support on disability mainstreaming in form of training, accessibility audits, job placement requirements to public and private

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant social science from a recognized institution;
• Professional qualification, where applicable;
• Four (4) years’ work experience in a relevant field;
• Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six in the Constitution

Key Competencies and Skills

• Proficiency in IT
• Communication and reporting skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Integrity
• Team player

Basic Salary: KES 45,179-60,280
House Allowance: Depending on deployment
Commuter Allowance: KES 8,000
Medical Allowance: Cover to be provided according to the Council’s Medical Scheme.

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How to Apply

Candidates who meet the above requirements are invited to fill in a NCPWD application form enclosing curriculum vitae, academic and professional certificates and a copy of national identity card as well as Chapter 6 clearances to the address below, additionally they should provide names and contacts of two referees.

Applications should be sent from 27th May, 2025 to 15th June ,2025 or before to the following Address:

The Ag. Executive Director,
National Council for Persons with Disabilities
Waiyaki Way – Opp. ABC Place and Next to Kabete Barracks
P.O. Box 66577 – 00800,