Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Overall purpose of the role:
Provision of adaptive communication materials and strengthening the access to adaptive information to persons with communication challenges and staff, incentive workers and partner staff in Nduta camp.

Main Responsibilities:
Provision of adaptive communication materials.
• strengthening the access to adaptive information to persons with communication challenges and staff, incentive workers.
• Translating during community engagement meeting including town hall, ceremonies and other camp visit that involve the community participation.
• Provision of education capacity building (preschool) to children with speech, sight and hearing impairments
• Preparation, translation of IEC materials to sign language.
• Provide training of sign language to care giver of people with communication challenges.
• Provide translation when needed to make the easy communication between people with communication challenges and service providers.
• Conducting assessment of POCs in need of adaptive communication materials.
• Provide weekly/ monthly report and the progress of the program to team leader.
• Conducting capacity building with care givers taking care of people with communication challenge
• Conduct other duties assigned by team leader.

Data collection and reporting
• Proper documentation of progress of the people with communication challenges.
• Make sure that the students attending preschool are well documented and the report is submitted to intregrated team leader.
• Make sure that data policy is highly repected following DRC protocal on data sharing.
• Program management
• Ensure efficient and effective communication among people with communication challenges and their care giver.
• Lead the translation of IEC materials to sign language.
• Make sure that the need assessment of people with communication challenges is conducted and well communicated for proper addressing of their concerns.

Logistics Duties
• Take care of equipment’s and supplies for the job.
• Ensure working equipment’s are in good condition and replenish/repairs when out of order.
• Reports immediately any security incidence/issue detected in the DRC premises.

About you
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:
• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential Experience
• Must have minimum of 2 years’ experience communication on sign language.
• Empathetic, patient and well organized especially communication to people with communication challenges.
• Excellent in critical thinking to accurately assess students’ attending preschool on sign language their progress and adjust lessons based on their needs.
• In addition, a person with good communication skills including communicating with caregivers (older people) parents, other teachers, administrators and children under their supervision.
• Innovative and abilities to conceive of different ways of reaching people with communication challenges and guiding them to progress field experience in emergency context is highly desirable.
• Cultural sensitivity, and commitment and understanding of the values of DRC. Good communication skills.

Education background
• Degree in Special Needs Education specialized in sign language.
Main Responsibilities:
Provision of adaptive communication materials.
• strengthening the access to adaptive information to persons with communication challenges and staff, incentive workers.
• Translating during community engagement meeting including town hall, ceremonies and other camp visit that involve the community participation.
• Provision of education capacity building (preschool) to children with speech, sight and hearing impairments
• Preparation, translation of IEC materials to sign language.
• Provide training of sign language to care giver of people with communication challenges.
• Provide translation when needed to make the easy communication between people with communication challenges and service providers.
• Conducting assessment of POCs in need of adaptive communication materials.
• Provide weekly/ monthly report and the progress of the program to team leader.
• Conducting capacity building with care givers taking care of people with communication challenge
• Conduct other duties assigned by team leader.

Data collection and reporting
• Proper documentation of progress of the people with communication challenges.
• Make sure that the students attending preschool are well documented and the report is submitted to intregrated team leader.
• Make sure that data policy is highly repected following DRC protocal on data sharing.
• Program management
• Ensure efficient and effective communication among people with communication challenges and their care giver.
• Lead the translation of IEC materials to sign language.
• Make sure that the need assessment of people with communication challenges is conducted and well communicated for proper addressing of their concerns.

Logistics Duties
• Take care of equipment’s and supplies for the job.
• Ensure working equipment’s are in good condition and replenish/repairs when out of order.
• Reports immediately any security incidence/issue detected in the DRC premises. "> About you
In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:
• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential Experience
• Must have minimum of 2 years’ experience communication on sign language.
• Empathetic, patient and well organized especially communication to people with communication challenges.
• Excellent in critical thinking to accurately assess students’ attending preschool on sign language their progress and adjust lessons based on their needs.
• In addition, a person with good communication skills including communicating with caregivers (older people) parents, other teachers, administrators and children under their supervision.
• Innovative and abilities to conceive of different ways of reaching people with communication challenges and guiding them to progress field experience in emergency context is highly desirable.
• Cultural sensitivity, and commitment and understanding of the values of DRC. Good communication skills.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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