Jobs & Internships
Posted on 25 June 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Children, Cross-Disability, East Asia Pacific Region, Education, Inclusion, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, youth | Tags: CBR, Chamdo, China, Community based rehabilitation, Consultant, Handicap International, inclusive education, job post, Lhasa, Shigatse, TDPF, tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet Disabled Persons' Federation |
Application deadline: July 4, 2008. Applications should be sent to hr@handicap-int.org.cn, NOT We Can Do.
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Inclusive Education Consultant – Tibet Autonomous Region
1. Background Information
Handicap International (HI) has been operating in the Tibet Autonomous Region since 2000, in cooperation with the Tibet Disabled Persons’ Federation (TDPF) at regional level and the Lhasa, Shigatse [...]
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Posted on 26 May 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Human Rights, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, Handicap International, HI, Making it Work, UNCRPD, United Nations |
Handicap International is recruiting for a new position in the U.S. office.
Making it Work Program Manager – Washington DC Metropolitan Region
Handicap International (HI), an NGO that works to improve living conditions of people living in disabling situations in post-conflict or low income countries, is launching Making it Work, a multi-stakeholder initiative to create an [...]
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Posted on 11 May 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Blind, Children, Deaf, Education, Jobs & Internships, Multiple Disabilities, Opportunities | Tags: blind with multiple disabilities, Braille literacy, deafblind, education programs, family, Hilton/Perkins program, leadership skills, perkins international program, Perkins school for the blind, professionals, teachers |
Perkins School for the Blind
Job Description
Job Title: Director
Program: Perkins International Program
Supervisor: President
Location: Watertown Campus and Frequent Traveling
The following statements describe the principal duties to [...]
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Posted on 29 April 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Blind, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, South Asian Region, Volunteer Opportunities | Tags: Bangladesh, BERDO, blind education and rehabilitation development organiza, Dhaka, disabled community, fellowship, ict, micrcredit, newsletter, Rehabilitation, short-term fellowship, talking library, volunteer opportunity |
If I understand correctly, it seems that the participating fellow/volunteer may need to cover all associated travel and other expenses. In exchange, you would gain experience that you can put on your resume. Please use the contact information provided near the bottom of this announcement to obtain more detail about this opportunity.
Short Term [...]
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Posted on 14 April 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Employment, Jobs & Internships, Latin America & Caribbean, Opportunities | Tags: bolivia, capacitador en temas de discapacidad, disability awareness trainer, Irish Aid, la paz, public sector, sector público, servicio nacional de administración de personal, SNAP, Spanish, stella hobbs |
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Disability awareness trainer
SNAP (Servicio Nacional de Administración de Personal), La Paz, Bolivia
SNAP is a Bolivian public administrative body, whose responsibilities include the training and development of public servants. Based in La Paz with 35 staff, it has 15 regional training centres, covering rural and urban areas across Bolivia’s nine administrative [...]
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Posted on 14 April 2008. Filed under: Cross-Disability, Education and Training Opportunities, Employment, Jobs & Internships, News, Opportunities, Rehabilitation, Resources, South Asian Region | Tags: caregivers, disabled Indians, disabled people, documentaries, Employment, films, Indians with disabilities, international laws, Jobs, media lab asia, NGOs, people with disabilities, persons with disabilities, policy makers, publications, punarbhava, rci, Rehabilitation, rehabilitation council of India, service providers, training, vocational training, web portal |
A new interactive web portal for people with disabilities in India, called Punarbhava, has launched. This initiative of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) and Media Lab Asia is targeted not only at persons with disabilities but also non-government organizations (NGOs), policy makers, caregivers, service providers, people working in the disability sector, and the [...]
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Posted on 19 March 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Fellowships & Scholarships, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: 2009-2010 academic year, all disciplines, Fulbright scholar program, lecturing, lecturing awards, research, research awards |
The following email was recently circulated. People interested in this opportunity should contact the Fulbright Scholars program directly; We Can Do is unable to assist with inquiries.
I don’t recall all the details, but I believe that some past Fulbright awards have gone to people involved with disability issues.
Dear Colleague:
The Fulbright Scholar program is offering [...]
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Posted on 12 March 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Human Rights, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: Boston, Diana Samarasan, Disability rights fund, third sector new england's nonprofit center |
Disability Rights Fund seeks Program Officer
About the position
The Program Officer position offers a unique opportunity to join a groundbreaking grantmaking initiative supporting the rights of persons with disabilities. As a member of a small team, the Program Officer will help shape the Fund as it matures and incorporates the best strategies in funding disability rights [...]
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Posted on 20 February 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Human Rights, Inclusion, Jobs & Internships | Tags: advocacy, Africa, Arab region, Asia, disability and international development, disability inclusion, disability rights, Europe, Inclusion, job opening, job post, job vacancy, Latin America, managerial jobs, Michael Fox, Middle East, North America, Rehabilitation International, RI Foundation, RI World Congress, Secretary General, Tomas Lagerwall, work opportunity |
Michael Fox, president of Rehabilitation International, has been circulating the following announcement; note that the application deadline is March 28, 2008:
As advised at the RI 2007 Assembly in Djerba, Tunisia - our Secretary General Tomas Lagerwall has decided to leave RI later this year - and return to Sweden after a seven year term with [...]
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Posted on 8 February 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Fellowships & Scholarships, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: FLTA, Fulbright FLTA Program, fulbright foreign language teaching assistant program, Institute of International Education, National clearinghouse on disability and exchange, United States department of state |
SHARE YOUR LANGUAGE
Apply to teach in the United States!
This year’s fellowship application deadline is February 15.
The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program sponsors young English teachers to travel to and live for a year in the United States to:
Teach their native language as either a course instructor or teaching assistant
Plan cultural events and language [...]
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Posted on 5 February 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Fellowships & Scholarships, Human Rights, Jobs & Internships, Middle East and North Africa | Tags: American Jewish Committee, ECOSOC, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Graduate Fellowship, UN Economic and Social Council, UN Watch, United Nations |
Although this fellowship/internship placement is not specific to disability issues, I hope that qualified, interested We Can Do readers will consider applying for this:
UN Watch is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva whose mandate is to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter, and promote human rights for [...]
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Posted on 4 January 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Deaf, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: Albana Izeti, Albania, Albanian National Association, ANAD, Colin Allen, deaf trainer, disabilities, disability, disabled, disabled people, Eduard Ajas, international development, news program, people with disabilities, sign language interpreter, sign language news, trainers, TV editors |
Training for Albanian Sign Language News Programme
From: Colin Allen <colinja20@hotmail.com>
Subject: Training for Albanian Sign Language News Programme
Dear friends,
Albanian National Association is looking for the trainers (Deaf and Hearing) to provide a short term training for the Sign Language News Programme in Albania.
Please note the application closing date is on Friday, 14th January 2008.
Wish you a [...]
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Posted on 22 December 2007. Filed under: Academic Papers and Research, Announcements, Arts, Blind, Call for Papers, Case Studies, Children, Cognitive Impairments, Commonwealth Nations, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Cross-Disability, Deaf, Democratic Participation, Disability Studies, Disaster Planning & Mitigation, East Asia Pacific Region, East Asia and Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Education, Education and Training Opportunities, Employment, Events and Conferences, Families, Fellowships & Scholarships, Funding, Guest Blogger, HIV/AIDS, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigration, Inclusion, Interpreting, Introduction to "We Can Do", Jobs & Internships, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, Mobility Impariments, Multiple Disabilities, News, Opinion, Opportunities, Policy & Legislation, Poverty, Psychiatric Disabilities, Rehabilitation, Remittances, Reports, Resources, South Asian Region, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Violence, Volunteer Opportunities, Women, autism, technology | Tags: , Academic Papers and Research, blind children, Call for Papers, case study, child-friendly CRPD, computers for blind people, conferences, CRPD, disabilities, disability, disability and development, disability and international development, disability rights, disabled, disabled people, Disabled People International, Dolphin Pen, events, Funding, funding sources, Handicap International, Human Rights, human rights resources, Inclusion, India, information, international convention on the rights of persons with, International Day of Disabled Persons, international development, journals, mainstreaming disability, missed opportunities, News, opinion pieces, papers, parliamentarians, people with disabilities, poverty reduction strategies, practical resources, research, resource book, Resources, retrospective, screen magnifier, screen reader, Sightsaver's dolphin pen, training opportunities, UN Enable, United Nations, universal design, visitability, Voluntary Services Overseas, We Can Do, Zimbabwe |
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If you’re new to We Can Do, what interesting information, news, or resources might you have overlooked from the past few months? Although some older items may no longer be interesting, others may still be relevant and helpful a year or three from now. This [...]
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Posted on 16 December 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: disabilities, disability, disability and development, disability and international development, disabled, disabled people, Division for Social Policy for Development of the Depar, employment opportunity, intergovermental support, international development, people with disabilities, program support, senior officer, Senior social affairs officer, social affairs, social analysis, technical cooperation, United Nations |
The United Nations has a job opening for a Senior Social Affairs Officer, who would be focused on issues related to people with disabilities. This position is located in the UN Division for Social Policy for Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The Senior Social Affairs Officer reports to the Director [...]
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Posted on 15 December 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Jobs & Internships, Rehabilitation, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Violence | Tags: Angola, Angolan Armed Forces, Angolan Program for Demobilization and Reintegration, disabilities, disability, disability and development, disability and international development, disabled, disabled people, disabled veterans, ex-combatants, FAA, FMU, GTZ International Services, Institute of socio-professional reintegration for ex-co, international development, IRSEM, job post, Luanda, MundiServicos, people with disabilities, PGDR, physical rehabilitation, Portuguese, Portuguese and English, social and health projects, social reintegration, technical assistance, Unita Forces, World Bank |
Read carefully. This post contain THREE separate job announcements, all in Luanda, Angola. The first is for a Technical Expert who is experienced in social and health projects. The second is for a Project Coordinator who is a technical expert in severe disability rehabilitaiton. The third is for an expert in [...]
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Posted on 27 November 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Human Rights, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities |
Research Intern
Description: Building on the momentum of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Fund is a grantmaking collaborative designed to address the human rights of persons with physical, sensory, psycho-social and intellectual disabilities. The Fund is a unique partnership between disparate groups of funders and the disability community [...]
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Posted on 13 November 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Rehabilitation, Violence | Tags: disabilities, disability, disability and development, disabled, fixed term appointment, Geneva, injuries, international development, technical officer, WHO, World Health Organization |
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recruiting candidates for a one-year fixed-term appointment as a Technical Officer. The person chosen to serve will work to develop normative guidelines and capacity building material to strengthen rehabilitation policies and services. Interested parties should apply following the standard channels at WHO. We Can Do is [...]
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Posted on 8 November 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Deaf, Education, Jobs & Internships, Latin America & Caribbean, Opportunities |
English Teacher for Deaf Adults in Jamaica
Job Title: English Teacher for Deaf Adults in Jamaica
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Salary: $30,000 per year / $2,100 per month
Contract: 2 years, starting December 1, 2007 (or as soon as possible)
Desired Qualifications:
1. Current teacher certification
2. Fluency or near-fluency in American Sign Language (ASL)
3. Experience with teaching the Deaf, using bilingual-bicultural methods
4. The ability to work [...]
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Posted on 7 November 2007. Filed under: Academic Papers and Research, Announcements, Arts, Blind, Call for Papers, Case Studies, Children, Cognitive Impairments, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Cross-Disability, Deaf, Disability Studies, Disaster Planning & Mitigation, East Asia Pacific Region, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Education, Employment, Events and Conferences, Families, Funding, Guest Blogger, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Human Rights, Immigration, Interpreting, Introduction to "We Can Do", Jobs & Internships, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, Mobility Impariments, Multiple Disabilities, News, Opinion, Opportunities, Policy & Legislation, Poverty, Psychiatric Disabilities, Rehabilitation, Remittances, Resources, South Asian Region, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Violence, Volunteer Opportunities, Women | Tags: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Croatia, CRPD, Cuba, disability, disability movement, disability rights, Gabon, guest blogging, Hungary, India, international development, Jamaica, Panama, publishing, We Can Do, writing |
Currently, We Can Do gathers news; announcements; academic papers; case studies; opinion pieces; information about resources; and other materials of interest to disabled advocates and international development professionals from a wide range of sources. In addition to these, from time to time, I write fresh content of my own.
I also hope to [...]
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Posted on 5 November 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, disability, international development |
Lextracon LLC, a US-based company specializing in legal and financial language services, is launching a corporate social responsibility initiative called “Disability Focus.”
Disability Focus has the goal of creating working opportunities for persons with disabilities, while providing disability-specialized translation services that are expected to be in demand during the process of implementation of the Convention on [...]
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Posted on 29 September 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, South Asian Region |
The deadline for job applications is October 15, 2007. I received this announcement via Ghulab Nabi Nazamani. However, neither he nor I are associated with Handicap International or with this job opportunity in any way. Individuals interested in this opportunity should read the instructions below carefully and then contact Handicap International directly.
Regional [...]
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Posted on 29 September 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, South Asian Region |
The deadline for job applications is October 15, 2007. I received this announcement via Ghulab Nabi Nazamani. However, neither he nor I are associated with Handicap International or with this job opportunity in any way. Individuals interested in this opportunity should read the instructions below carefully and then contact Handicap International directly.
TECHNICAL [...]
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Posted on 29 September 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Cognitive Impairments, Jobs & Internships, Sub-Saharan Africa Region, Volunteer Opportunities | Tags: disabilities, disability, disabled, international development, KAIH, Kenya, Kenya Association for the Intellectually Handicapped, Voluntary Service Overseas, VSO |
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is seeking a volunteer manager. If interested, please review their announcement below and then contact VSO directly. I first learned of this opportunity via Ghulab Nabi Nizamani–but neither he nor I are associated with VSO.
In Kenya, people with disabilities often suffer from discrimination and stigmatisation, and have limited access [...]
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Posted on 17 September 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities | Tags: disabilities, disability, disabled, Global Partnership for Disability and Development, GPDD, international development |
Please note that We Can Do is not associated with this job opportunity and is unable to assist applicants. If you are interested, then please read the instructions carefully and follow the link.
New Position Opened: Executive Director of Global Partnership for Disability and
Development (GPDD)
https://www.sujobopps.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1190038748694
Title: [...]
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Posted on 12 September 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Jobs & Internships |
Please find a job description for a new Technical officer post in Disability and Rehabilitation in the link below . The closing date is 26 September 2007. The person selected will work towards the implementation of the UN Convention within the World Health Organisation (WHO) and also contribute to the World Report [...]
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