Background

UNDP, UNICEF and WHO, will implement the ‘Disability Rights Initiative Cambodia’, a five year programme that aims to improve the lives of people with disability through increased opportunities for participation in cultural, social, economic and political life. The programme is funded by the Australian Government and is a unique global pilot of partnership at the country level to deliver a disability specific programme.

The programme consists of four interlinked components as follows:

  • Supporting Government implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (implemented by UNDP);
  • Supporting Disabled People’s Organisations to raise the voice and protect the rights of people with disability (implemented by UNDP);
  • Supporting rehabilitation sector system strengthening (implemented by WHO);
  • Inclusive governance and inclusive community development (implemented by UNICEF).

UNDP will lead two components and UNICEF and WHO will lead on one component each. The program contains a deliberate mixture of systems strengthening initiatives in relation to MoSVY/DAC, DPOs, rehabilitation, subnational governance and community development, coupled with direct financial support for service delivery through the rehabilitation grants (focussed on PRCs) and community based rehabilitation (CBR).

To response the need of persons with disabilities under the component two – supporting disabled people’s orgnaisations to raise the voice and protect the rights of persons with disabilities. The Cambodian Disabled People’s Organisation (CDPO) is a non-governmental organization, was established in 1994 as a movement of Cambodian persons with disabilities, representing persons with disabilities in Cambodia and working towards becoming “The voice of persons with disabilities in Cambodia”.

CDPO has differentiated itself from other Cambodian disability organizations by building a national network of member Disabled People’s Organisations and Women with Disabilities Forums (DPOs/WWDFs). CDPO aimed to represents DPOs/WWDFs nationally and advocates for their rights and interests as well as helping to build their rights awareness and capacity towards achieving a life with dignity for persons with disabilities rather than providing the services related to rehabilitation, income generation and livelihood development.

CDPO endeavors to help empower persons with disabilities by facilitating the development of DPOs at provincial, district and commune levels. These DPOs represent persons with disabilities at a local level, advocating on their behalf with local government authorities for disability inclusion in development plans. In addition DPOs may advocate with local institutions and organisations for persons with disabilities and facilitate the formation of self-help groups for persons with disabilities to develop livelihood opportunities.

CDPO had developed the DPO guideline for their members and network, however the guideline does not have efficient to use while it required to provide a clear definition, function, roles and responsibilities of the DPOs and its members. It is important for CDPO to develop a standardised of DPOs guideline for their members and network, it would help them to understand the steps of establishment the DPOs, federation of self-help group (SHGs) so that they are able to manage their organisations as well as increasing the voice of persons with disabilities at all types of disability at the communities.

Duties and Responsibilities

The overall objective of the assignment is to develop and finalize the DPO guideline which applied to the Cambodian culture and context, and to ensure the guideline will be made available to DPOs and non-government organisations to helping them to minimum standards for the formation of DPOs and federation of SHGs.

On the basis of these results and bearing in mind other international approaches to identify and analyse the existing data gathering in this area (e.g CDPO draft guideline.) The consultant will develop and finalise the DPO guideline for CDPO and make recommendations for future action regarding the implementation of the DPO guideline. The consultant is expected to:

  • Provide DPO guideline development plan and methodologies for the consultancy service;
  • Identify and analyse on the existing data related to DPO, eg. Draft DPO guideline developed by CDPO and other sources to ensure the data are fully collected and analysed;
  • Develop and finalise the DPO guideline which will be applied in one standard – it can be applied to DPOs and NGOs.
  • Develop and finalise the existing templates of policies, procedures and regulations related to formation of the DPOs and federation of SHGs;
  • Develop the training manual of DPO guideline and easy read for the end users;
  • Provide the final report of the research with recommendations for future actions in relations to the DPOs, federation of SHGs formation;
  • Provide guidance note of collecting and writing the case study;
  • Provide the final DPO guideline to CDPO.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

  • Good facilitation and presentation skills;
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with various partners including the government, UN and other development donors and high quality liaison and representation at local and national levels;
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills;
  • Excellent interpersonal, analytical and report writing skills;
  • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with people from different backgrounds to deliver quality products within short timeframe;
  • Be flexible and responsive to changes and demands;
  • Be client oriented and open to feedback;
  • Excellent computer literacy.

Corporate Competencies:

  •  Demonstrates commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
  •  Exerts strict adherence to corporate rules, regulations and procedures;
  •  Familiarity with the internal control framework and results-based management tools is a must;
  •  Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Bachelor or Master degree in social-science, community development, management, and/or areas relevant for the assignment with particular skills relevant to disability studies and organizational development.

Experience:

  • At least 7 years with Master degree or 10 years with Bachelor degree of relevant working experience in the area of DPO organizational development and management;
  • Proven experience in developing the manual, guideline, policies and procedures related to Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO), Community Based Organisation (CBO);
  • Previous experience/participation in carrying out the training manual and case study development;
  • Knowledge of CRPD and experience of working on disability issues is a requirement.  Experience/knowledge of the disability context in Cambodia is an advantage;
  • Demonstrated experience of leading capacity development activities and training workshops;
  • Demonstrated strong organizational and planning skills;
  • Demonstrated strong communications skills (oral and written), sense of initiative and excellent conceptual and analytical capacities;
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment;
  • Gender sensitive programming.

Language:

  • Full proficiency in English, and excellent report writing skills;
  • Knowledge of Khmer language, an asset.

Important note:

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