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Summary

Skills to Succeed (S2S) is a global program addressing the global youth unemployment crisis, assisting more than100,000 at-risk youth ages 14-24 to acquire skills and competencies needed to get a job or build a business. S2S provides vocational and technical skills, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, life skills training, mentoring and job placement for young people in their transition from school to work. With support of Accenture, the program is currently implemented in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, South Africa and Vietnam.

Save the Children wants to ensure all youth have the same opportunities to succeed, and as such disability inclusion is a priority in our current strategy. The Fellow will support initiatives focused on advancing disability inclusion in Save the Children’s youth employment and life skills programming.

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

• Support the S2S Knowledge Management, Communications and Thought leadership strategy by researching and preparing for conferences and events where the S2S team can share best practices and learnings, with a particular focus on events focused on inclusion.
• Collaborate with S2S staff to develop presentations and key communications assets that capture the learnings and best practices from the program. Support the creation of newsletters and help to document inclusion and climate pilots.
• Work with Disability Advisors and country office counterparts to develop capacity statements and case studies for use in business development and fund raising.
• Analyze and summarize the key findings of Labor Market Assessments conducted in 5 countries to develop a brief for each market with a focus on inclusion. Work with S2S Global MEAL staff and country staff to develop and document job linkage strategies based on evidence from the labor market assessments.
• Other responsibilities as identified by Skills to Succeed Director and fellow.

Required Qualifications

• Must be an actively enrolled in an Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of intern program start date.
• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in disability inclusion in international development, in one of the following sectors: youth employment, inclusive education, adolescent life skills, climate, gender equality.
• Experience collaborating with Organizations of People with Disabilities and/or strong networks within disability rights communities in the US or abroad.
• Possess strong written skills, solid interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Currently eligible to work in the U.S.

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: June 10 - August 16, 2024

Pay rate: $17/hour

About Save the Children

No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

You see, 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 withallpeople 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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