Disability Inclusion Fellow (Guyer Fellow)

Summary

Disability inclusion is a priority in Save the Children’s 2025-2027 strategy – in our programs, advocacy and workplace. The Disability Inclusion Fellow will provide technical support to 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 support strategic initiatives of Save the Children’s global Disability Inclusion Working Group that may include research and evaluation, developing technical guidance, forging partnerships with Organizations of People with Disabilities, support for resource mobilization and proposals, or other capacity building around disability inclusion. The Fellow will 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.

This opportunity is made possible through the David Guyer Fellowship.

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

• Under the supervision of the Head of Program Quality and Impact, and in coordination with the Global Disability Inclusion Working Group, provide support to country programs to advance Save the Children’s disability inclusion policy.
• Work with focal points for disability inclusion in Save the Children’s thematic areas (health, education, child protection) to organize and implement capacity building for staff who work on international proposals and/or programming that aims to be disability inclusive.
• Review and develop materials for policy advocacy with a disability inclusion lens.
• Support the development of materials for disability inclusion capacity-building among program, policy and advocacy staff.

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.
• 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.

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:          Jan 27 - April 18, 2025

Pay rate:                       $17/hour

About Save the Children

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.

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.

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.