Overview
Call for expression of interest
Enhancing Economic Empowerment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Zimbabwe
Fee : To be negotiated
Location : Harare, Zimbabwe
About the role
In 2023, Sightsavers partnered with the Federation of Organisations of Disabled People in Zimbabwe (FODPZ), the National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped (NASCOH), Deaf Women Included (DWI) and the Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare, to launch an Economic Empowerment Project for Persons with Disabilities. This is a three-year project implemented in Harare and Bulawayo provinces, with a project end date of December 2025.
Responsibilities
The purpose of this consultancy position is to support and coordinate Economic Empowerment (EE) project activities from 01 June up to 30 September 2025 . The consultant will support the Economic Empowerment project to manage activities and relationships with key stakeholders. As the post holder you will ensure that the project is planned, implemented, coordinated, monitored , evaluated, and adapted to the highest possible quality standards.
Further duties and responsibilities include: Project Delivery
- Work with the country project management team and other funding / resources partner to coordinate implementation of activities and sharing of lessons learned.
- Manage all aspects of the project cycle with the partners including effective planning, start-up, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial and asset management, reporting, documentation and closeout.
- Liaise and work with the Global Technical Leads (Disability Inclusive Economic Empowerment) and other internal expertise as required .
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
- Ensure high quality and ethical MEL approaches are embedded in all interventions in the context of a project that is fast paced and innovative with continuous cycles of monitoring, evaluating and adaptation.
- Support tool development/adaption e.g., participant database, tracking entrepreneurs, ILO tool, Three Circles Tool, informed consent forms, surveys, feedback forms, participant registration forms
- Support learning and adaptation through developing and implementing tools, events and processes e.g., learning logs, action learning groups, qualitative and quantitative data collection tools, analysis and dissemination of performance data.
- Work with partners
- Identify partner organizations with whom Sightsavers can work to achieve the project and organization’s strategic objective of ensuring that people with disabilities have equal rights and opportunities through both service delivery and advocacy eqMM4KK BIpnb
- Build effective partner relationships and support longer-term relationships that go beyond the duration of the project by disseminating information and advocating for the project’s goals.
- Finance and Resource Management
- Support project partners in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
- Monitor expenditure of project financial resources in liaison with the Finance Support Services Officer and the Country Director.
- Information and Communication Management
- Be proactive in providing good quality information on case studies and interesting news stories relating to the project to support preparation of fundraising materials and advocacy materials
- Ensure that the country project management team, fund-raising, and communication department in HH receive appropriate materials and information as required to support donor reporting requirements.
Th is consultancy is highly varied and involved and the list is not an exhaustive list of duties or responsibilities . Please see the Terms of Reference ( ToR ) for full d uties, requirements, and deliverables.
Skills and Experience
As the successful candidate you will have a tertiary qualification (bachelor’s or above) in social sciences, education, development studies , or public health or equivalent, relevant and transferable working experience . You will be familiar with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, human rights and employment , and have s ignificant experience implementing projects, including experience of the disability sector and gender mainstreaming
Further requirements include:
- E xperience with labour market issues including labour market assessments, skills. training/development, internships, employer engagement, disability inclusion, job placements and job fairs.
- Experience in project monitoring, evaluation and learning.
- Experience of designing, managing and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability projects.
- Experience providing technical assistance to other organizations.
- Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, UNCRPD, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and employment is desirable.
Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please submit your CV and complete our Expression of Interest (EOI) form via our recruitment portal . Please also be sure to attach any examples of similar peer reviewed work you have completed, as this will enable us to better understand your experience . We are also interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
We anticipate that in-person interviews will take place during the week commencing 14 April and the evaluation process will include a n oral interview, to be completed by shortlisted candidates .
The anticipated start date for this consultancy is 1 June 2025.
Closing date: 6 April 2025
As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
More Information
- Job City Harare, Zimbabwe
