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Job Title: Disability and Inclusion Specialist
Team Leader: No
Department: Education & Research
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (other locations may be considered)
Work Remotely: Hybrid – both in office and remote are possible
Travel Required: Minimal
Position: Full Time
Reports To: Head of Education & Research
Contract Type: Term
Organisation: Ubongo International/Ubongo Learning (depending on employee location)
Benefits: Applicable
Number of Posts: 1O
OrganisationSummary:
UBONGO
is Africa’s leading producer of kids’ edutainment. As a non-profit
social enterprise, we create fun, localised and multi-platform
educational content that helps kids learn, and leverage their learning
to change their lives. Ubongo reaches millions of families across Africa
through accessible technologies like TV, radio and mobile phones. Our
show’s Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me currently air in 31 countries across
Africa, in Swahili, English, French, and Kinyarwanda. We are currently
adapting the shows to even more languages including Kikuyu, Luo, Yoruba,
Hausa, Igbo, and Twi. This is a great time to join an organisation
that’s rapidly growing across the continent, and work with a creative
and impact-driven team committed to reaching as many families in Africa
with life-changing edutainment.
Job Position: We are looking for a
Disability and Inclusion Specialist. Working at Ubongo won’t be easy,
but it will challenge and excite you with lots of responsibilities,
plenty of fun, and give you the opportunity to impact the lives of
millions of kids every day.
We’re looking for a dynamic, creative
and flexible Disability and Inclusion Specialist to join and improve our
Education & Research department. You’ll work closely with our Head
of Education, Pre-Production Coordinator, Innovation Manager and
Production Manager to make Ubongo’s content more inclusive and
accessible to all kids!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conduct research around inclusive education and Ubongo Learning content
Main Activities:
- Identify and reach out to partners for research relating to inclusive education
- Support
user tests and focus groups with kids from underserved groups such as
(but not limited to), children with disabilities, refugees, children in
institutional care, children from low-income or rural communities, or
other stakeholders as needed. - Contribute to development of materials for testing.
- Conduct desk research around inclusive education issues for early learners and primary learners.
- Contribute to preparation of new content, ensuring that it is accessible for learners with disabilities
- Report on and share research findings with Ubongoers for the purpose of improving the inclusivity of our content.
- Analysing, summarising and sharing results and learnings across the organisation and externally
Main Activities:
- Keeping
the Ubongo team up-to-date on best practices and relevant work in the
inclusive education space, and making sure we are always applying best
practices. - Building capacity of Ubongoers, especially the
Education and Pre-Production teams on how to conduct user testing and
write scripts in an inclusive way. - Advise the executive team and senior management on making Ubongo an inclusive and accessible place of work for all.
REQUIREMENT:
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
Essentials:
- At
least 4 years experience working in inclusive education, especially
education for children with special educational needs and disabilities. - Bachelor’s Degree in Disability Studies, Gender, Education, Research or another related field
- MUST have experience working with children, preferably in conducting research with children
- Well versed in the rights of people with disabilities, and best practices in creating accessible and inclusive content
- Highly
organised! We have a lot of different projects and shows being created
simultaneously, and you will be required to give input on all of these
projects - Able to speak and work fluently in English
- Be experienced in leading capacity development for internal and external stakeholders
- Willing to speak up for what’s right, when you see wrong, or when you think there might be a better way
- Someone
who loves kids. They’re why we do what we do. They’re running around
our office all the time. Our kids’ music and videos will become part of
your life (and constantly stuck in your head!)
PREFERRED:
- Knowledge of Kiswahili
- Located in Tanzania, Kenya or Uganda or have the right to work in one of these countries
- Experience on gender issues and working with out of school children
- Knowledge and experience applying Universal Design for Learning principles
Candidates
with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Please be aware
that our office is currently on the second and third floors of a
building that only has access via stairs. We are committed to finding
solutions to accommodate all staff and encourage all to apply regardless
of our current office situation.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Benefits:
Phew!
You made it through that. The good thing is that there are also perks,
like a delicious healthy lunch at the office, health insurance, pension
payments of up to 10% (matching the value of your individual
contributions), 28 working days paid annual leave (in addition to the
public holidays) and you get to watch cartoons at work.
Please
note that only applicants who apply using this online form will be
considered. Those who come directly to the office with a CV or who email
their CV to us will simply be referred back to this online form.
So please save yourself time and effort by simply sticking to this form. THANK YOU!
