Su Su Tun (she/her)

Experience

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  The Leprosy Mission International

  Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

  Physical Therapist

  • Give the community for Disability awareness, and awareness about Gender sensitization not to remain female Persons with Disabilities in development process.• Provide training of basic Physiotherapy Exercises to Caregiver and community volunteer therapists.• Provide Physiotherapy treatment and take assessments of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) within Ayeyarwaddy Region.• Provide Ulcer Care and Self-Care training to Person affected by Leprosy and their family.

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  Association for Aids and Relief - Japan (AAR - Japan)

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2015

  Township Manager

  AAR-Japan impemented Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Project for people with disabilities in 2 big townships of Yangon in Myanmar. As a township Manager of CBR project, my responsibilities include; • In Charge of Facilitating and managing the activities of Community Based Rehabilitation project for Persons with Disabilities in Dalla region, namely in program development, management, supervision, problem solving, internal coordination, and township level coordination.• Take responsibility for team management and capacity development of project staff and self-help group (SHG) members. Ensure positive team spirit and intervene/mediate in case of disputes.• In Charge of giving physiotherapy and rehabilitation services and care giver training concerned with rehabilitation to Persons with disabilities and their care givers.• Giving awareness about disability to the community.• Establish professional working relationships and lead negotiations with the stakeholders such as the Department of social Welfare, the Department of Education, local authorities, beneficiaries and other partner organizations. Show less

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  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2016

  Program Assistant

  My responsibilities as a Program Assistant includes;• Coordinate between JICA experts and counterparts, and relevant organizations and counterparts such as Department of Social Welfare, Myanmar Police Force, Myanmar Women Affairs Federation, Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association etc.. • Translate and interpret English/ Myanmar and Myanmar/ English. • In charge of managing the small grants for conduction of mobile trainings on protection of trafficked persons throughout the whole Myanmar.• Assist in the management of the whole project cycle. • Assist the project in conducting workshops, seminars. • Assist the project in developing manuals/ handbooks. • Conduct the office’s administrative works such as accounting, and secretariats’ duties to JICA experts. Show less

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  Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion

  May 2016 - Feb 2018

  Project Manager

  As an Inclusion Project Manager of "Support to Civil Societies projects", my responsibilities include;  Manage the projects related with Support to Civil Societies Organisations.  Coordinate with all projects’ stakeholders; including project partners, service providers, local authorities, consortium members and participants at all levels Manage project operations at national and regional level and develop and maintain partnerships at national level  Ensure the technical quality of the projects in line with HI’s technical guidelines and M&E guidelines.  Manage the small grants (10,000 Euros – 45,000 Euros) under project scheme for Inclusion and improving of accessibility to the services by Persons with Disabilities. Provide guidance to HI Regional Project Officers and to national partners to enhance the quality of their own planning, monitoring, reporting, reviews and lessons learned Prepare, on a regular basis, the project planning, monitoring, reporting, reviews and publications together with project’s internal and external stakeholders Actively contribute to the projects’ evaluations, lessons learned and to new projects’ assessments and design.  Provide and support for technical training related with Disability Inclusion to other projects and programs by Handicap International (Myanmar Mission). Addition responsibilities include:o Project management support for all project related operationso Project team managemento Continuous internal and external project coordination and communicationo National partners’ management and institutional capacities’ developmento Partners’ budget and financeo Trainings’ administrative coordinationo Project data and reportingo Documentation, and knowledge managemento Organisation of visits and meetingso Development and writing of new projects depending on the need Show less

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  DAI

  Mar 2018 - Dec 2018

  Grants Manager (Disability Inclusion and Victim Assistance)

  My responsibilities as a Grants Manager for Kann Let Program (OTI/USAID funded Program) in DAI - Myanmar Branch include but not limited to; - Manage the grants that are implemented by CSOs and I/NGOs; especially the grants related with Myanmar's Peace Process, Land Mines Victim Assistance and Disability Inclusion. - Monitor the implentation of activities through field visits and continuous communication. - Involve in grants development process to ensure the effective and efficient project development and to make sure the grants to be in line with appropriate budget and timeline. - Work closely with Program Development Officer to ensure the grants programms flow and partnership with the organisations. Show less

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  Community Bridging Services (CBS) Inc.

  Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

  Student Work placement/ Advanced Practicum

  I had involved in two projects named; (1) Beyond, Making It Happen! Project(2) The Jobnet Employment Program The outcomes are as follows;  Development of inclusive hospitality training module for the participants with different types of disability under the Beyond, Making It Happen! Project, Development of employment packages, such as employer package, employee package, and community services packages for the Jobnet employment program.  Working on the job plans for clients with disabilities. Show less

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  Malteser International

  Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

  Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Manager

  The responsibilities include, - Overall management of the DI-DRR project funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.- Representation of Malteser International in DRR and Inclusion/Protection fora as well as networking.- Supporting capacity building actions on disability-inclusive disaster preparedness and humanitarian assistance for stakeholders- Supporting partner organisations in developing and piloting innovative approaches to DI-DRR and humanitarian aid planning and implementation capacities.- Supporting Malteser International's country program in DRR and Disability-Inclusion related matters. Show less

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  UNOPS

  Mar 2022 - Jan 2024

  Program Management Senior Officer (Disability Inclusion & Cross Cutting)

  - Provide teams with technical inputs as necessary for improving the quality of the interventions of access to primary health care, physical rehabilitation, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by Persons with Disabilities. - Share information on all aspects related to disability inclusion, demand generation, community engagement, and community system strengthening in Myanmar- Assist in needs and resource assessments including disability identifications and socialinclusion models- Involve in the evaluation of proposals received, the selection of Implementing Partners, grant negotiations, and budget revisions with implementing partners- Manage the Disability Inclusion grants of implementing partners through budget negotiation, budget revisions, report review and clearances, regular meetings, and monitoring visits- Support grants contribute to the strengthening of health systems particularly community health systems and ensuring six cross-cutting areas’ standards such as (1) gender, diversity, and social inclusion, (2) disability inclusion, (3) community feedback mechanism, accountability and responsiveness, (4) conflict sensitivity and social cohesion, and (5) protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, and (6) community system strengthening. - Serve as a focal person of UNNOPS Myanmar in the UN Myanmar Country Team’s Disability Inclusion Working Group Show less