Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Special Needs Education, Disability Studies, Occupational Therapy, Community Development, Psychology, or a related field.
  
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in disability inclusion, inclusive education, or child protection programming.
  
• Proven experience engaging children with visual, hearing, or physical impairments.
  
• Familiarity with disability rights frameworks, inclusive sports, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
  
• Knowledge of safeguarding, PSEA, and child protection in humanitarian or development settings.
  
• Experience coordinating with government, schools, and disability organizations.
  

Technical Leadership on Disability Inclusion

• Provide expert guidance on inclusive sports methodologies for children with visual, hearing, and mobility impairments.
  
• Lead the contextualization and adaptation of coaching methods, training manuals, and life skills content.
  
• Ensure all program activities align with disability rights frameworks (CRPD, UDL principles, MoE guidelines).
  

School and Community Engagement

• Support mapping and assessment of schools for disability inclusion readiness.
  
• Facilitate disability awareness sessions for parents, caregivers, Boards of Management, and community leaders.
  
• Strengthen linkages between schools and disability rights organizations.
  

Capacity Building

• Train coaches, sign language interpreters, teachers, aides, and KRCS staff on disability inclusion, communication techniques, and adaptive sports practices.
  
• Provide ongoing mentorship to field teams on inclusive delivery approaches.
  
• Support orientation sessions for schools on accessible safeguarding and PSEA standards.
  

Implementation Support

• Oversee implementation of inclusive basketball clinics, ensuring accessibility, safety, and participation of children with different abilities.
  
• Support procurement, customization, and distribution of adapted sports equipment.
  
• Ensure all clinics and tournaments actively include girls with disabilities.
  

Monitoring, Documentation & Learning

• Conduct regular school visits to monitor inclusion practices and identify emerging needs.
  
• Collect and analyze disability-disaggregated data on participation, skills outcomes, and inclusion indicators.
  
• Document best practices, case studies, and success stories from beneficiaries.
  

Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with Ministry of Education, County Education Officers, disability organizations (DPOs), KISE, County Sports Directors, and other partners.
  
• Participate in quarterly stakeholder meetings and technical working groups.
  
• Support organization of Awareness Days, mini-tournaments, and the End Game Tournament.
  

Safeguarding & Protection

• Ensure all project activities uphold KRCS safeguarding, PSEA, and child protection policies.
  
• Guide coaches and teachers on disability-sensitive safeguarding practices and safe reporting mechanisms.