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    Inclusive Sports & Recreation Officer-1 Position: Duty Station: TBC (Pha-an/Phapon/Taunggoo) VA: 2021-HI-008

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    This document summarizes a job posting for an Inclusive Sports and Recreation Officer position with Humanity & Inclusion in Kayin State, Myanmar. The position involves identifying beneficiaries for and planning inclusive sports and recreational activities, especially for children with disabilities, women, and other traditionally excluded groups. Key responsibilities include developing activity plans, organizing and supervising inclusive sports programs, training volunteers, documenting activities, and ensuring activities are conducted respectfully and ethically. The position requires experience in facilitation, inclusion, and working with communities, as well as fluency in Burmese and local languages.

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    This document summarizes a job posting for an Inclusive Sports and Recreation Officer position with Humanity & Inclusion in Kayin State, Myanmar. The position involves identifying beneficiaries for and planning inclusive sports and recreational activities, especially for children with disabilities, women, and other traditionally excluded groups. Key responsibilities include developing activity plans, organizing and supervising inclusive sports programs, training volunteers, documenting activities, and ensuring activities are conducted respectfully and ethically. The position requires experience in facilitation, inclusion, and working with communities, as well as fluency in Burmese and local languages.

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    This document summarizes a job posting for an Inclusive Sports and Recreation Officer position with Humanity & Inclusion in Kayin State, Myanmar. The position involves identifying beneficiaries for and planning inclusive sports and recreational activities, especially for children with disabilities, women, and other traditionally excluded groups. Key responsibilities include developing activity plans, organizing and supervising inclusive sports programs, training volunteers, documenting activities, and ensuring activities are conducted respectfully and ethically. The position requires experience in facilitation, inclusion, and working with communities, as well as fluency in Burmese and local languages.

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    Inclusive Sports & Recreation Officer-1 Position: Duty Station: TBC (Pha-an/Phapon/Taunggoo) VA: 2021-HI-008

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    Inclusive Sports & Recreation Officer- 1 Position

    Duty Station : TBC (Pha-an/Phapon/Taunggoo)


    Duration : 6 months – further extension conditional upon funding
    VA : 2021-HI-008

    Humanity & Inclusion (HI - registered as the Federation Handicap International) is an independent and
    impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. HI works
    alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order
    to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity
    and fundamental rights. HI works to meet the needs and defend the rights of children, women and men
    with disabilities. In emergency, HI’s mandate widens to target the most vulnerable groups within any
    population taking gender inequities into account – from isolated rural communities, to people with
    disabilities, to excluded minority groups – to ensure their equal access to appropriate relief aid).

    Since 1984, HI has been active in Burmese refugee camps along the Myanmar-Thailand border. The
    organization has set up rehabilitation centers and supplies prostheses and mobility aids to people with
    disabilities. In Myanmar the first operations are dated 2008, following cyclone Nargis. The program,
    mainly focused on emergency response, was closed at the end of the response operations. In 2013, the
    program was reopened.

    HI’s intervention in Myanmar and Thailand is based on 3 strategic pillars:


    1/ Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), including Victim Assistance and community-based Risk
    Education
    2/ Inclusion with a focus on Disability Inclusion, (projects covering Inclusive Humanitarian Action
    providing technical support to Humanitarian Actors, Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction, Inclusive
    Livelihood)
    3/ Health including Physical and Functional Rehabilitation and MHPSS
    This includes prevention of disability amongst malnourished children in Rakhine through Early
    Childhood Stimulation Therapy and Physical Rehabilitation; Physical and Functional Rehabilitation
    services and Mental Health services in the frame of victim assistance in Kachin & in South East Myanmar
    amongst others.

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HIMyTh/

    HI programmatic response in Kayin (Karen) State to the conflict escalation include the deployment of
    mobile units to provide emergency assistance (protection, rehabilitation, MHPSS, recreational activities,
    health and external referrals) to displaced and host communities.

    Humanity & Inclusion encourages qualified people with disabilities or chronic illness and women
    to apply. We commit advancing inclusive workplace to remove barriers and to the full and equal
    participation in the workforce. We commit to provide equal employment opportunities, reasonable
    accommodation in workplace to all employees and qualified applicants, regardless of Nationality,
    gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including people with disabilities.

    Main objective of the position:


    To provide inclusive sports and other recreational activities to traditionally excluded people in the
    community including women, persons with disabilities, and children with and without disabilities.

    VA2021-HI-008 _ Inclusive Sports and Recreation Officer (Kayin/Karen)


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    Responsibility 1: Identification of beneficiaries
    • Identifies new participants for inclusive sports and recreational activities, in particular children
    with disabilities
    • Coordinates with HI Project Officer-Service Linkage to engage those identified in an initial
    screening as interested in sports and recreational activities
    • Links with HI rehabilitation team and protection partners to ensure inclusion of all persons with
    specific needs
    • Refers participants to other HI services if necessary

    Responsibility 2 : Ensure proper planning and implementation of inclusive sports and recreation
    activities
    • Prepares periodic (weekly and monthly) work plan of the activities.
    • Uses appropriate tools designed with the technical unit and MEAL team to monitor participation
    in and outcome of activities.
    • Mobilize traditionally excluded persons and organize them to participate including addressing
    social and familial barriers to participation in inclusive sports and recreational activities
    • Designs and supervises activities taking into account the location of the activity, and gender and
    age level of participants in coordination with the technical unit
    • Ensures activities are organized and taking place in a safe space and inclusive manner
    • Coordinates the activities with education, MHPSS, and other partners to ensure the collaborative
    support of participants, including finding suitable land or space
    • Follows up of services with the participants, their caregivers, schools, playgrounds, and other
    services accessed by regular and frequent support visits.
    • Sensitize the local communities on the importance of recreational, sports & physical activities for
    all persons and support greater awareness and understanding through outreach activities
    • Work in close collaboration with the volunteer, ensuring the quality of service
    • Requests necessary supplies, in cooperation with their Team Manager.

    Responsibility 3: Supervision and Training of the volunteers


    • Provides technical supervision to Sports and Recreational activities volunteers, in coordination
    with the project manager and technical unit
    • Provides on the job training to volunteers including the adjustment of activities and design and
    implementation of an inclusion strategy
    • Supports the volunteers as a liaison to the project manager and technical unit to coordinate
    formal training and professional development activities
    • Assists in the regular appraisal of the Sports and Recreational activities volunteers

    Responsibility 4: Documentation and Reporting


    • Ensure timely feedback to volunteers regarding strengths and areas for improvement including
    the proposal of future training
    • Write weekly reports reflecting program activities and ensure their timely submission
    • Ensure that records and reports of beneficiaries are disaggregated by age, gender, and disability
    (if any).
    • Prepare summary reports reflecting various project activities
    • Support the timely and efficient implementation of the monthly action plan
    • Support Team Manager to provide feedback on the implementation and ensure timely
    discussions on any challenges encountered while involving relevant persons/departments.

    Responsibility 5: Conduct
    • Demonstrates care and respect for traditionally excluded persons
    • Demonstrates an ethical and professional practice of outreach, inclusion, and facilitation
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    • Respect beneficiary confidentiality and privacy and ensure that volunteers maintain
    confidentiality and respect of all beneficiaries privacy
    • Respect and promote HI’s Policies and report any violation of HI’s policies amongst the teams or
    partners.
    • Reports any incident or act that causes any harm to the beneficiary or others.
    • Always interacts with children with the presence of their parents or caregivers
    • Always respect a refusal of treatment.

    It is expected that the position holder will perform any other duties as required by the Line Manager
    that are commensurate with the position.
    Due to the developing and volatile situation in South East Myanmar and emergency nature of the
    programmatic response, the position holder’s responsibilities may evolve as per programmatic needs.

    Duty Station: Kayin (Karen) State


    Line Manager of the position holder: Team Manager
    Position holder is Line Manager for: N/A
    Position holder is technical referent for: N/A

    Profile:

    Essential Preferable

    Qualification(s) University degree in Physiotherapy/


    Occupational Therapy
    Experience • At least 2 years of relevant • Previous NGO experience
    experiences
    Competencies • Excellent facilitation skills • Computer knowledge (MS office
    (facilitation of training, awareness
    package)
    session, communication with the
    community) • Good English level
    • Burmese: Fluent
    • Karen languages
    Personal • Able to work in harsh conditions • Experience of working in a remote
    • Good physical condition community setting is an advantage
    qualities
    • Strong team Works approach • Experienced in Humanitarian
    • Communication skills in verbal and Context, preferably in the field of
    written Burmese rehabilitation, inclusion.
    • Knowledge of disability and • Experience working in
    development issues in Myanmar multidisciplinary context
    • Sensitized on issue related child
    protection, protection of gender-
    based violence etc.

    HI is committed to protecting children and vulnerable adults from harm. All staffs are expected to
    comply with the child Protection and PSEA Policies. Applicants for this position will be assessed
    regarding their suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults.

    Reference within the advertisement HI Myanmar’s commitment to the organizations Child Protection and
    PSEA Policies, making reference to the special prevention measures taken to ensure safer recruitment
    processes are followed.

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    The successful candidate will be required to complete a police check and self-declaration form to help
    verify their suitability to work with children.

    Send applications to: [email protected] (CV + cover letter).


    Please write: “VA2021-HI-008 Inclusive Sports & Recreation Officer (Kayin/Karen)” in subject.
    Deadline for the submission: 12th May 2021.

    The appointment of the position is subject to the fund availability.

    Only shortlisted applicant will be contacted for a written test and interview. Applicants may be contacted
    on a rolling basis before the closing date, it is encouraged to apply early. After closing date, applications
    are not considered.

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