Operations/Accessibility, Inclusion, and Belonging Fellowship

The Disability Belongs™ Leadership Program: Fellowship in Operations/Accessibility, Inclusion, and Belonging (AIB)

Disability Belongs’ Operations/AIB Fellowship is designed for people who are interested in learning how to manage trainers, programming, and marketing for a budding disability training consultancy including consulting on social media outreach, strategic planning, and evaluating new and existing trainers. Additionally, Operations/AIB Fellows will work with the Finance and Administration and Board Support Teams on projects related to organizational budgets and supporting board and advisor committees and meetings. Our program is fully accessible for people with disabilities and offers full-time in-house job coaching, skills development, and networking opportunities.

Who We Want

The Operations and AIB Fellowship is ideal for people who want to gain administration, people management, and AIB training skills all while making a positive difference for people with disabilities. We are looking for creative, results-driven individuals who want to achieve breakthrough results while getting hands-on experience. The Fellowship is ideal for college juniors, seniors, and graduate students, as well as for people transitioning into the workforce for the first time or back into the workforce after a break.

Fellowship Duties

The Fellows will work closely with all members of the Operations team but will report directly to the Senior Director of Talent, Culture, and Training. The Fellows will work on tasks to advance the mission of the department including trainer management, interdepartmental communication, and organizational effectiveness.

Projects will include enhancing the trainer network, planning training events, and supporting the Board. Additionally, the Fellows will engage in work maintaining Disability Belongs™ consulting clients to assure that work can continue bringing change to how organizations approach disability inclusion and all accessibility, inclusion, and belonging projects.

Each Fellow will receive many opportunities to learn new skills, network, and gain direct experiences. In addition to hands-on work experiences, all Fellows will participate in special presentations by guest speakers. Each Fellow will develop their own career plan and will work to advance the necessary skills to begin turning that plan into a reality.

What Is It?

5-month, fully remote training program for leaders committed to creating systemic change for people with disabilities
Participants apply to specific Disability Belongs™ departments with the opportunity to collaborate with others
Fellows will build professional skills, network, participate in a diverse speaker series, work with a professional writing coach, as well as access 1:1 career planning support

Who Is It For?

Leaders pursuing careers in public policy, advocacy, communications, accessibility, inclusion, and belonging, fundraising, nonprofit management, or faith-based inclusion
College or graduate students
Individuals entering the workforce for the first time
Individuals re-entering the workforce
Individuals seeking new career opportunities

What Are The Details?

Core working hours are 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET
Fellows are asked to work at least 15 hours per week
Fellows cannot work more than 20 hours per week
Fellows will be paid $20.00/hr

Disability Belongs™ provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Disability Belongs™ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.