Disability Inclusion Fellow (Guyer Fellow)
Save the Children | |
United States, Connecticut, Fairfield | |
Oct 01, 2024 | |
Description
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)
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
What's In It for You
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. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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