Self-Employment Officer

Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation (BASR) is a non-profit non-government organization that is nationally recognized for the comprehensive specialized inclusive health, rehabilitation and development programs and services it renders to the Palestinian population, particularly persons with disabilities, through its varied centre based, outreach and community based programs. For further information about BASR, please visit: www.basr.org.

BASR is currently seeking to fill the following position:

Key responsibilities:

• Provide technical oversight in the field of livelihood with a focus on micro-enterprises and manage the field operations throughout the West Bank governorates.
• Support the planning and coordination of the project training activities relevant to micro-enterprise management and self-employment.
• Supervise the development of feasibility studies process for sustainable micro-enterprise to be led by PWDs.
• Coordinator the referral of PWDs to available financing opportunities based on criteria agreed upon by the program.
• Conduct regular follow-up visits to PWD-led micro-enterprises, and help conduct assessments to determine challenges, gaps and support needs of PWDs managing micro-enterprises.
• Facilitate access of persons with disabilities to skills development and coaching related to their self-led micro-enterprises.
• Identify access to finance constraints facing PWDs, and develop and facilitate partnerships between the economic empowerment program for PWDs and local micro-finance and financial institutions, in order to expand the pool of funding opportunities for PWD-led enterprises.
• Update the program’s database with all relevant information about program beneficiaries, and all related interventions.
• Support the advocacy unit in the preparation of success and impactful stories for documentation and reporting.
• Provide technical reports on the progress of the program’s related activities.
• Participate in meetings, seminars and professional development activities to keep technically current and share information with relevant staff.

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, disability studies, Human Rights Studies, special education, business administration, or relevant fields proven experience in disability related projects.
• Understand disability related laws and conventions governing services to persons with disabilities, adopting a human rights approach to disability.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in NGOs sector.
• Demonstrated experience in project management: planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience in building cooperative relationships.
• Ability to work independently, under pressure and under tight deadlines.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks efficiently.
• Driving license is a must.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a motivation letter and CV, indicating the position applied for, by Sunday, 29 April 2018 to [email protected]. Applications that do not meet the specified minimum requirements, or are received after the closing date, will not be eligible.

Applications from candidates with disabilities are especially encouraged.