Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 04 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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About the Role
The Regional Community-Based Inclusive Development Advisor provides technical support to ensure effective programme implementation and proposal development. They develop capacity-building and training strategies in the technical area for country programme staff and partners and serve as primary technical support in areas of expertise for large regional projects in terms of resource mobilisation, proposal development, planning, implementation and evaluation. The CBID advisor builds effective partnerships with other NGOs and multi-laterals, as well as other regions within the organisation and assists in meeting specific objectives of current projects involving the particular technical expertise.

Duties and Responsibilities
Support the global work of the CBID Initiative:
• Participate in the collective work of the CBID Initiative team: Team meetings, Initiative workshops as required and relevant, CBID Community of Practice, sharing information as appropriate;
• Implement the CBID Initiative plan in West Africa in alignment with other CBID Initiative advisors in the region;
• Contribute to the continuous development and implementation of the CBID Capacity Development & Training programme;
• Support the development and publication of content on CBM’s CBID work across all internal and external communication channels (e.g. intranet, websites, newsletters and webinars);
• Develop, maintain and disseminate good practice examples and case studies of CBID programmes, which can be used for reporting, general communication and advocacy work;
• Contribute to the development and review of tools, guidelines, and technical documents of the CBID Initiative as relevant.

Strengthen CBID capacities in West Africa:
• Participate in the development, kick-off workshops, review, baselining and evaluations of CBID projects and programmes (3-way working methodology across the entire programme cycle);
• Participate in the development of CBID proposals for Legally Contracted Designated Funding (LCDF) opportunities (3-way working methodology, i.e. close engagement of Country Offices, CBID Initiative and Fundraising Departments);
• Provide direct technical support to CBM Country Offices and partners’ staff on CBID: Conduct field and monitoring visits, organise and run face-to-face and online CBID capacity development workshops and training alongside Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs);
• Participate in the development, review and evaluation of CBM country plans (3-way working methodology);
• Conduct CBID assessments on request of Country Offices, the Programme Development and Implementation Division or the CBID Initiative;
• Support Country Offices in building strategic alliances with key actors internally and externally to advocate for Disability-inclusive programming;
• Facilitate evidence-based CBID practice linked with programmatic interventions (e.g. through collaboration with academic institutions).

Networking and Advocacy:
• Build/maintain working relationships with the disability movement, including the African Disability Forum, to support a shared disability-inclusive community development agenda on the continent, with particular attention to French-speaking African countries;
• Build and maintain working relationships with the CBR Africa Network and other regional and continental networks focused on inclusive community development.

Skills and Experience
• Proven working experience in the domain of disability inclusion, preferably including disability-inclusive community development;
• Proven experience in designing and delivering technical assistance for civil society organisations, including organisations of persons with disabilities and/or public administration;
• Senior-level experience in managing development projects and programmes, combined with training or knowledge in disability inclusion and inclusive project cycle management;
• Proven experience in training professionals, practitioners, and other groups;
• Experience in advocacy for inclusion is advantageous;
• Experience in the livelihood or education sector is advantageous;
• French (fluent), English (professional proficiency);
• Identification with the Christian values and the mission of CBM.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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