Disability Inclusion Fellow (Guyer Fellow)

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Staff whose work requires or potentially could require any in-person interaction with Save the Children colleagues, partners, or beneficiaries must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless otherwise required by law. Save the Children complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.

Summary
Disability inclusion is a priority in Save the Children’s 2019-2021 strategy, and the Disability Inclusion Fellow will provide technical management of activities designed to increase the capacity of Save the Children’s international programs and policy and advocacy staff, who support development and humanitarian programming in 120 countries. The Fellow will be working to support Save the Children’s global Disability Inclusion Working Group, to support strategic initiatives that may include support for country strategic planning and proposals, partnerships with Organizations of People with Disabilities, or other capacity building programming around disability inclusion. The Fellow will also have the opportunity to work with Save the Children’s policy and advocacy team, focused on engagement with US government/USAID policies on disability inclusion.

What You’ll be Doing (Essential Duties & Responsibilities)

  • Support the positioning and capture planning for funding opportunities from public and private sources, in three to five countries, for disability inclusive programs and advocacy in our international programs.
  • Work with Disability Advisors and country office counterparts to develop capacity statements and case studies for use in business development and fund raising.
  • Support knowledge management of disability inclusive programming and its results, across our global portfolio.
  • Support Save the Children’s global Disability Inclusion Working group to build relationships with Disabled Person’s Organizations and Save the Children’s Global Disability Inclusion Policy
  • Review and development policy materials or research with a disability inclusion lens, as well as materials for disability inclusion capacity-building among policy and advocacy staff, and potentially other NGO partners

Required Qualifications

  • Demonstrated interest and/or experience in disability inclusion in international development, in one of the following sectors: health, youth employment, inclusive education, child protection.
  • Experience working with a Disabled People’s Organization and/or have strong networks within disability rights communities in the US or abroad
  • Must be an actively enrolled Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of program start date
  • Professional proficiency in spoken and written English,
  • Professional proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals and teams
  • Demonstrated commitment to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging

Preferred Qualifications

  • Academic focus on international development in either development or humanitarian settings, in a thematic or geographic area in which Save the Children works.
  • Experience working with a Disabled People’s Organization
  • Language skills in American Sign Language or Braille.
  • Familiarity/experience using adaptive or assistive technology for people with disabilities

What’s In It for You

  • Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
  • Highly collaborative and innovative teams
  • Flexible schedule
  • Remote opportunity
  • The knowledge that your internship is changing the lives of children all around the world

Classification: Paid Intern

Part-time: Up to 24 hours per week

Program Dates: September 19 – December 9, 2022

Pay rate: $16/hour

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.
Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

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