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Storyteller

Employer
Sightsavers
Location
International Role, candidates from all global locations considered
Salary
Local Terms and Conditions
Closing date
21 Jul 2019

Job Details

Sightsavers is looking for a creative, passionate and innovative thinker to join our team as the Inclusive Futures Chief Storyteller.

This position is a unique and new role to Sightsavers and responds to a growing need in our work; to seek, develop and share the stories that capture the impact our disability inclusion work is having on the lives of people with disabilities and the successes and challenges faced by the organisations collaborating to deliver this.

Salary: Local Terms and Conditions

Contract: 12 month fixed term (initial)

Location: UK, Europe, Africa or South Asia (Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania or Bangladesh preferred) with potential flexibility  for remote working

Sightsavers is currently running two DFID-funded disability inclusion programmes, Disability Inclusive Development (DID) and Inclusion Works, that sit under the Inclusive Futures brand. These two programmes have a total budget of over $40m, work in seven countries across four thematic areas and their respective consortium members total 16 NGOs, Disabled Peoples Organisations and private sector businesses.

The Storyteller will be embedded in the DID Fund Management Team (FMT) and report directly to its Associate Programme Director. However, they will work internally with Sightsavers teams, across disciplines, working on disability inclusion and externally with consortium members. Stories will be individual, programmatic and organisational.

Initial areas of focus will include:

  • the complexity of consortium working and cross-sectoral partnership
  • the two programmes’ successes and failures
  • the need for evidence in disability inclusive development and the involvement of people with disabilities at the centre of programming

Ensuring that methods are accessible, participatory, inclusive and that people with disabilities are central to their development and sharing their own stories is an essential tenet of the Storyteller role.

We are looking for an exceptional individual with

  • the capability to uncover, capture and build the Inclusive Futures storytelling assets
  • a passion for story and narrative structure
  • the courage to try things that have never been tried before

The post-holder is expected to travel up to 8 weeks a year. Please read the Job Description for further details.

We anticipate that initial interviews will be held w/c 22 July and 29 July 2019 but due to the holiday season there could well be some flexibility around this with time frames moving into August.

Company

Sightsavers Head Office

35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 3BW

Postal Address

Bumpers Way,
Bumpers Farm,
Chippenham SN14 6NG

Sightsavers is an international charity that works in more than 30 countries around the world to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently. Sightsavers is headquartered in the UK and has over 400 employees. It also has branches in Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, India, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Sightsavers works with partners in order to provide a comprehensive range of eye care services. In 2013, Sightsavers' projects provided eye health examinations for nearly 14 million people, performed 300,000 eye operations, and treated over 100 million people for neglected tropical diseases.

People are also referred for treatment to prevent blindness or restore sight. Through community volunteers in developing countries, Sightsavers distributes medication to prevent blinding diseases. The charity also trains eye care workers and surgeons and funds operations.

Of the 30 countries Sightsavers works in, 23 are in Africa. These include Mozambique, Mali, Liberia and Kenya. Sightsavers is also present in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.

In addition to its medical work, Sightsavers works with partners in order to train specialist teaching staff and supply glasses, Braille kits and other learning tools. The charity aims to educate communities and reduce stigma around visual impairment and blindness. Through its work, people with visual impairments and other disabilities are supported to live independently, get an education and earn an income.

Sightsavers is also a campaigning organisation, working with national governments to tackle the root causes of avoidable blindness, such as lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities. The charity’s ‘Put us in the Picture campaign calls on the international community to make global development inclusive of the world’s 800m people with disabilities. The campaign’s vision is for all people to have equal access to employment, education, healthcare and participation in society.

Backing up Sightsavers’ work around the world is a strong research capability. Research and policy work revolves around three priorities – health, education and social inclusion. Gathering and disseminating sound research evidence helps to ensure the charity’s programmes meet the needs of the people they are designed to serve. Research evidence is also a strong tool when advocating for policy changes with governments.

Sightsavers has many partners that assist with its aim of eliminating avoidable blindness and may also provide funding. Partners include the UK government’s Department for International Development, the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Read our latest article on Third Sector: Sightsavers: Work for an award-winning charity tackling blindness worldwide

Company info
Website
Telephone
01444 446600
Location
35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH16 3BW
GB

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