Job Title : Project Officer – Full Time

Project Title :  “Combating Discrimination and Human Rights Abuse of Marginalized Women and Children with Disabilities”

Duration : 23 Months

Salary : 600 Euros

NCCR is an independent and non-profit Palestinian NGO with the purpose to assist people with physical disabilities; and speech-language hearing disorders within the Gaza Strip to promote their opportunities for living independently, and achieving individual life goals. This is implemented through the specific services and activities in the field of professional multidisciplinary home based care, speech/language/hearing teaching, humanitarian protection programmes and capacity building of NCCR and partners and stakeholders. NCCR serves as a centre for development and performance of services and, increasingly, as a center for expertise and training. The NCCR calls upon candidates to apply for the full time job.

The NCCR seeks to hire project officer for the said post

 Description of the project :

 Supported by the European Union, a two-year- project will be set up to help women and children with disabilities to get organized and to protect their own rights. The project will contribute to community awareness on human rights, welfare and gender equality of vulnerable women with disabilities and building a legal framework. To project will also reach out to men to share gender awareness and support the women. In this project NCCR will work together with Kifaia Foundation from the Netherlands. The project will include psychological counselling, legal consultations and professional capacity building within Community Based Organisations in dealing with females and children with disabilities and rehabilitation. As part of the project a Females disabilities Rights Centre will be established.

 
Minimum Qualifications :

A university degree from a recognized university in business administration , development studies , human science , or other related discipline .

                           

Experience :

At least 3 years in project management , preferably in the project area

 

Language :

Fluency in both written and spoken English and Arabic

: Functions and Responsibilities

·             Undertakes planning and proceeding of the project, the project team and its partners;

·             Manages and instructs all NCCR's personnel involved in the project

·             Hires manages ,and instructs all external staff members (trainers, consultants, employees and volunteers) in order to deliver the project results;

·             Builds and maintains external relations with all relevant partners and institutions involved in the project;

·             Provides reports and records of proceedings of the Human Rights project to all relevant external relations;

·             Keeps the financial budget and expenses in co-operation with the financial department of the NCCR;

Documents and communicates about the results of the project whenever requested.

 

 

Competences : 

·   Has management capacities and professional know-how;

·   Has affinity with disabled people;

·   Has affinity with gender equality;

·   Needs to be flexible and to work under pressure ;

·   Needs to be able to work with people, while keeping the goal in mind

·   Needs to be communicative, and willing to work with foreign trainers and other stakeholders

·   Needs to be reliable and transparent to the donors

 

-  Deadline for submitting applications is 16 September 2010 . No applications will be considered beyond this date. Applications can be either sent with CV and cover letter to nccr.hr@gmail.com or delivered to main office , based in Al Nasser , Al Lababidy St. , Telephone No. 2873490 during working hours     ( 8:00 – 14:00) .

Only short list candidates with serious considerations will be contacted