Disability Inclusion Specialist

The Agency For Accelerated Regional Development (AFARD) in collaboration with six partners (African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN), Omia Agribusiness, Agromax, Tropical Institute of Development Innovations (TRIDI), Uganda Rural Development and Training Institute (URDT) and Gudie Leisure Farm (GLF) and partnership with the Mastercard Foundation will implement a 5-year program, “Sustainable Inclusive Youth Employment Pathways (SIYEP)” in West Nile, Karamoja, Acholi, and Central and Western Uganda as part of the Young Africa Works Strategy to address unemployment
challenges faced by young women in Uganda. The program will directly reach 258,000 young women (7% refugees and 5% young women with disabilities (YWWDs)) and transition 90% into work, and 70% into dignified and fulling work. This will be achieved through institutional strengthening, market relevant training, skilling, incubation, and access to capital and markets.
The program will work directly with Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVETs), Local Artisans, and incubation centers and in collaboration with local and central government entities such as Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD), National Council of Higher Education (NCHE), Uganda Business and Technical, Examinations Board (UBTEB), Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT), Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URBS), Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), NGOs, CBOs, and existing Young Africa Works partners.

JOB TITLE:  Disability Inclusion Specialist (1 vacancy)
Reporting: Technical Advisor, Youth Skilling & Workforce Development

Duty Station: Kampala
Employment terms: Full time; Fixed Term: 5- years renewable annually based on satisfactory performance and availability of funds.
Job Summary
Working closely with the disability inclusion partner, s/he is responsible for the mainstreaming of disability inclusion in SIYEP program and serves as the link person with the Mastercard Foundation Disability Inclusion Lead.
Roles & Responsibilities
Management functions
• Ensure the disability inclusion partner develops an acceptable annual gender and safeguarding TA workplan and budget and put in place adequate competent human resources for the execution of the gender and safeguarding TA services.
• Ensure effective coordination between the disability inclusion partner and consortium partner organizations.
• Participate in program planning, implementation, monitoring and learning.
• In collaboration with the Foundation’s Disability inclusion Lead assure quality of the TA services.
• Ensure a functional disability inclusive reporting and feedback mechanism.
• Ensure program disability inclusion best practices are documented and shared with partners and stakeholders for learning and adaptation.
• Submit timely acceptable reports for delivered work packages.
Disability inclusion mainstreaming
• Conduct a comprehensive programmatic disability inclusion assessment with tailor-made recommendations.
• Develop and disseminate disability inclusion Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the program.
• Develop a disability inclusion Plan for the program and oversee its implementation.
• Ensure disability inclusion is integrated into all training manuals, IEC materials, and MERL system.
• Collaborate with the Foundation and consortium to develop the appropriate tools to consistently track and report on the extent to which all program activities are mainstreaming disability inclusion.
• Conduct annual participatory program disability inclusion audit and disseminate the results to partners for action.
• Support consortium partner boards, staff, disability inclusion focal persons to mainstream disability inclusion in their institutional policies, programs, and practices.
Person specifications:
• A bachelor’s degree in social policy, Special Needs Education, Development studies, Education, Management Highly required.
• Additional training in project planning, disability inclusion, protection and legal matters will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience facilitating disability inclusion in programs in a consortium setting.
• Good understanding of transformative disability inclusion approaches as well as protection and advocacy processes.
• Demonstrated experience in capacity development of local implementing partners.
• Demonstrated experience in developing operational tool (curricula, policies, guidelines) and documenting lessons learned.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills (in English), including the ability to work effectively with diverse groups of youth.
• Familiarity with participatory and youth-centered methodologies.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and partners.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Experience working in refugee-host community settings.
• Exceptional skills in report writing and tracking results
• Exceptional interpersonal, teamwork and networking skills
• Willingness to travel to remote districts of Uganda to support partners as and when required.

Signed Application and a 2-pager motivation letter plus relevant academic & experience credentials, CV with names and daytime contacts of three referees,
and your daytime phone contact numbers in 1-file PDF format should be addressed to “The Human Resources Office” and e-mailed to procurement@afard.net latest on May 23, 2025 at 5:00PM. In the subject area of your email, indicate the position you are applying for.
Polite Notice.
• Qualified females and refugees are highly encouraged to apply.
• Only complete applications will be accepted and considered for review.
• Only those who are ready to start immediately will be shortlisted.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Successful applicants will be required to start immediately after appropriate screening checks including criminal records, child and sexual abuse, exploitation and/or harassment. By applying, job applicants consent to these screening checks