Advocate

Disability Action

189 Airport Road West Belfast BT3 9ED Text phone 028 9029 7882

23 Apr 2008

Human Resources Officer

humanresources@disabilityaction.org

028 9029 7880

In 2006 Disability Action secured funding from Atlantic Philanthropies to enable it to establish a Centre on Human Rights for People with Disabilities. The Centre aims to foster a culture of Human Rights for disabled people throughout Northern Ireland through education and capacity building within the sector and the judicious use of lobbying, influencing and legal challenge.

Disability Action now wishes to appoint to the following position: Advocate (Ref AHRC/08)

The Advocate will undertake one to one work with people with disabilities and/or their families / carers / advocates. The post holder will utilise his/her personal skills and experiences to provide rights based advocacy and short-term support to people with disabilities. The Advocate will provide unbiased support, information and representation to enable and empower people with disabilities to express their views and needs in situations in which their human rights are being or potentially could be undermined or violated. She/he will also support and foster human rights based approaches to disability advocacy across Northern Ireland. Candidates must have the following:-

• Experience of working with people with disabilities or other disadvantaged/vulnerable groups in an advocating and/or mentoring capacity.
• The ability to demonstrate a human rights based approach to supporting people.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

This post is fixed term to September 2009 with the potential for extension to 2012.

For an application form please contact the Human Resources Officer, Disability Action, 189 Airport Road West, Belfast, BT3 9ED Telephone 028 9029 7880, Text phone 028 9029 7882 or emailhumanresources@disabilityaction.org

The application pack is available in alternative formats such as Braille, large print, etc, on request.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Thursday Wednesday 23 April at 4pm.

Disability Action is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applications are particularly welcome from people with disabilities. We would also encourage applications from men, members of the Protestant community and members of the black & minority ethnic communities, as they are currently under-represented at this level.