Job description Access Coordinator
Application form Access Coordinator
Hours: Permanent, part-time (20 hours per week)
Job specific information
This role is to coordinate the Branch response to the National Access Strategy, creating accessible and inclusive communities by affecting change to transport and built environments so that disabled people have access to the same opportunities as other New Zealanders. You will do this by promoting knowledge and understanding of environmental access issues and rights of disabled people; resolving barriers to full community participation for disabled people and whānau/family and by monitoring the development of new and modified environments to ensure full compliance with relevant codes.
To succeed you will need an understanding of inclusion and the disability sector as well as an ability to:
Advocate and lobby appropriately within different settings.
Think laterally and with a solution focus.
Initiate projects, and to work independently and in collaboration.
Interpret legislation and policy, to research, analyse and respond, including the writing of submissions.
How to apply
Please contact CCS Disability Action on 07 853 9761 or email: midland.recruitment@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz to request and application form and job description.
Applications will be considered as they are received. As such, the closing date is subject to change. We will endeavour to update you regarding the status of your application as soon as possible.
About us
CCS Disability Action builds our work around three core documents; UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the New Zealand Disability Strategy. We work within a Human Rights framework and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. This position offers you flexibility in how you manage the role and we openly encourage people with lived experience of disability to apply.