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 …