Disability Inclusion Advisor – CBM UK

About the role

Place of work

Munro House, Mercers Row, Cambridge, CB5 8HY, or at,CBC House, 24 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG.

With at least 50%working from home option.

Starting salary

£45,000 to £50,000 depending on experience (this will be pro- rata for part time hours).

Contract type

37.5 hours per week fulltime (80% considered). Fixed term 21 month with possible extension.

Reports to

Director of Advocacy and Influencing (withdotted line to technical advisory function).

Key responsibilities

The CBM UK Inclusion Advisor will be responsible for generating new business opportunities and delivering disability inclusion technical advice to mainstream organisations and key stakeholders in the UK. The role will also contribute to ensuring the advisory programme of the wider CBM Global Federation is of sound quality, appropriately resourced and promoted both internally and externally. While being able to develop and deliver technical advice is the most important element, we are particularly seeking a strong understanding of, and preferably experience in delivering or advising on, inclusive education.

Key activities and responsibilities include:

• Work with and alongside CBM Global Country Teams and the disability movement to deliver high quality disability inclusion advice on policies and programmes, change facilitation and capacity strengthening.
• Work with UK and Global colleagues to generate new business in order to build the technical advisory function of the organisation through:
  • Securing and delivering fee for service advisory work in UK
  • Technical support to accessing funding for delivery by other advisory teams and partners
  • Co-delivery on wider IAG network advisory projects
• Lead on stakeholder and partnership management to maintain excellent servicing of advisory clients.
• Ensure appropriate systems and processes are in place, and contract outputs are delivered to a high standard for effective operational delivery.
• Contribute to the evidence and MEAL base for disability inclusive practice.
• Contribute to the peer learning approach of the wider IAG network and strengthen the advisory capacity of the CBM UK team.

Departmental Objectives

We believe progress in realising disability rights is best achieved when CBM Global’s three “vehicles of change” – field programmes, advocacy and advisory -work hand in hand. While this role sits in the Advocacy and Influencing team, it works collaboratively with colleagues across CBM UK and CBM Global’s Inclusion Advisory Group network to amplify the reach and impact of what we do.

Programmes: partnering with the disability movement and other key external partners to develop and support the delivery of high-quality, transformational programmes that deliver lasting change for people with disabilities.

Advocacy: holding duty bearers to account on inclusive policy, practice and commitments, whilst generating and applying evidence and learning to inform our advice to mainstream partners and extend sector thought leadership.

Advisory: partnering with the disability movement to transform systems and influence the programmes and policies of humanitarian and development organisations, institutions, and government actors to be more inclusive and realise the rights of people with disabilities.

Reporting and Cross Team Working

The CBM UK Advisor is line managed by the Director of Advocacy and Influencing but works closely with colleagues in the UK and globally. This includes:

• the support of and quality assurance by the CBM UK Technical Advisory Lead (CEO) and the IAG Global team, in line with CBM Global’s peer review approach
• Programme Funding
• Advocacy and influencing
• Programme and Programme Finance

The role has no direct reports but will draw in other staff in UK team and IAG.

Main Activities

1. Provide technical support, advice and capacity development to development and humanitarian stakeholders, alongside co-delivery partners such as CBM Global Country Teams and the disability movement (40-50%)

   1. Bring in-depth knowledge and skills in one or more technical areas which can be applied to influence key stakeholder policy and practice.
   2. Assist external stakeholders to assess their organisational disability inclusive development and/or humanitarian action capacity.
   3. Strengthen the disability inclusion capacity, policy, programming, research and evidence of key development and humanitarian partners through the provision of quality inclusion advice and training, as well as ongoing mentoring and support.
   4. Contribute to monitoring, evaluation and learning activities relating to disability inclusion advisory services, aligned with IAG MEAL processes.

2. Contribute to business development and management (30-40%)

   1. Work with the Programme Funding team and with other relevant country and technical teams to identify new work opportunities and position CBM UK to secure new contracts, partnerships and activities, in line with organisational strategy and priorities (we are particularly seeking someone who has, or is willing to build, inclusive education experience which is a key area of development for CBM Global).
   2. Lead on identifying and developing leads for portfolios of advisory work, agreeing work allocation with other CBM UK and IAG colleagues, consultants and partners as appropriate.
   3. Negotiate and deliver contracts with external stakeholders to agreed deadlines, standards, and partnership agreements (including progress reports, financial reports, deliverables and MEAL) and to support project delivery (e.g. drafting project plans, budgets, and terms of reference).
   4. Work with Programmes, Programme finance and Programme funding staff to ensure appropriate project management, administrative and financial systems and processes are developed and applied to meet due diligence, procedural and compliance requirements.
   5. Cultivate and maintain positive relationships and appropriate communication with clients, partners, consultants, associates, subcontractors, and disability movement stakeholders.
   6. Identify and monitor risk issues, developing and maintaining appropriate mitigation strategies.
   7. Represent CBM and disability inclusion in relevant stakeholder groups.
   8. Contribute to IAG network communications aligned with UK business development priorities to profile UK and wider IAG network experience and expertise.

3. Foster effective collaboration with CBM Global Country Teams, technical teams, and the disability movement in the provision of advisory support (5-10%)

   1. Advocate for the role of people with disabilities and the disability movement in all work.
   2. Develop and maintain effective partnerships and collaborations with OPDs which focus on two-way learning.
   3. Where appropriate, contribute to the capacity strengthening of OPDs to enable them to more effectively influence development and humanitarian partners to be more inclusive in their policy and practice.
   4. As part of delivering advisory contracts, support Country Team staff to respond to advisory requirements of mainstream partners and to broker effective relationships between development and humanitarian partners and OPDs as appropriate.

4. Contribute to learning initiatives, and the development and dissemination of an evidence base for disability inclusive development/ humanitarian action and influencing (5-10%)

   1. Contribute to team learning through the development of internal resources, participation in meetings and peer review processes, as well as contributing to organisational initiatives and meetings.
   2. Support the Evidence and Learning Manager to work with Country Teams and partners in the documentation of best practices and lessons learned, and the planning and implementation of research.
   3. Work with the Advocacy and Influencing Team on the provision of disability inclusion advice to research applications in areas of expertise.
   4. Contribute to a resource library of tools and publications and dissemination to key stakeholders.

5. Teamwork and administration

   1. Demonstrate leadership in modelling inclusive behaviours.
   2. Undertake administrative tasks as required, including work-planning, time-sheeting, KPI tracking etc.
   3. Contribute to internal learning, peer review processes, resource development, including building the capacity of CBM UK and IAG peers.
   4. Contribute to and participate in CBM UK and CBM Global initiatives and events, representing CBM UK and the IAG.
   5. Contribute to a team culture that values proactive problem-solving, open and honest communication.

Person specification

Experience & Knowledge

• Knowledge and experience in two or more programmatic disciplines or specific sectoral areas: inclusive education, disaster riskreduction, climate change, gender, social protection, health,economic empowerment etc. (essential).
• Experience of business development, including scoping anddeveloping fee for service proposals to strategic stakeholders (essential).
• Experience of negotiating and delivering contracts to a highstandard (essential).
• Knowledge of and/or experience in applying the principles of human rights-based approaches to development or humanitarian action (essential).
• Experience workingwith Organisations of Persons withDisabilities and/or established networks with the disability movement (essential).
• Demonstrated experience in different formsof capacity development and facilitation that will influence the policy and practice of individuals and organisations (essential).
• Having livedexperience as a person with a disability (desirable)
• Experience in coaching and mentoring others (desirable).
• Experience in evidence-based programme design, including conducting situational assessments, identifying root causes of development challenges, applying innovative approaches to address them effectively (desirable).

Skills, Competencies, & Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to adapt pitch,style and content of messages in ways that are appropriately tailored and accessible to a range of audiences, and to communicate in an inclusive manner including with a range of stakeholders in low- and middle-income country contexts (essential).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to build partnerships and alliances and motivate individuals or teams towards achieving a commongoal (essential).
• Ability to fosterpartnerships, facilitate dialogue, and ensure theinclusion of diverse perspectives in development processes, understanding and respecting cultural contexts, adapting approaches to localconditions, and building relationships based on trust and mutual respect (essential).
• Strong abilityto analyse and synthesise information (essential).
• Ability to workindependently and as part of team (essential).
• Innovative thinkerand initiative-taker witha can-do attitude (essential).
• Availability to undertake international travel (in approximately 1–2-week blocks) up to three times per year (essential).
• Enthusiasm for the missionof CBM UK and sensitivity to working withina Christian framework and to other faiths and cultures (essential).
• Excellent writingskills and theability to contribute to research and monitoring, evaluation and learning activities (desirable).

Qualifications & Training

• High level qualifications and extensive applied background in international development, disability or social sciences, public health, socialpolicy or other relevant qualification (essential).

Employee Benefits

• Agile working for all staff members which includes options for flexible working hours and up to 50% working from home for most roles.
• Wonderful modern offices, which are fully accessible.
• All full-time employees are entitled to 25 days’ holiday per year in addition to UK public holidays.
• Option to buy extra annual leave.
• CBM places an emphasis on professional development and training for its employees in order to enable them to fulfil their roles. We support employees in their desire to further their qualifications and careers, including offering opportunities to undertake fully paid study and training.
• Competitive salaries within the sector. We regularly review salaries to attract, develop, motivate and retain the appropriate calibre of employees.
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 5%.
• Group Life Insurance for all employees, which is equivalent to 2 x your annual salary.
• Yu-Life (employee wellbeing app).
• Our Wellbeing Working Group actively supports mental health and wellbeing in the office. We also offer a free Lifestyle Counselling Helpline & Online Support Service
• Bike to work scheme

How to apply

More information about CBM can be found by visiting our website. We are happy to answer any questions you may have. Please email our Recruitment Team or call us on 01223 484700.

Application forms can be downloaded from our website. Please email your completed form and Curriculum Vitae to recruitment@cbmuk.org.uk

Closing date for the receipt of applications is Monday 25th November, 9am. With potential interviews being held week commencing 2nd December.

We look forward to receiving your application.