Overview of actors

Handicap International

Handicap International works in around sixty countries alongside vulnerable populations, in particular people with disabilities.

Handicap International is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Focusing on the following sustainable development goals (SDGs)

How we work

Handicap International works to meet the essential needs, improve the living conditions and promote respect for the fundamental rights and dignity of people with disabilities and vulnerable populations. HI is seeking to influence States, UN institutions, the EU and other multilateral organisations to bring about change by leveraging the obligations embedded in international treaties. HI is working towards policy changes in three specific areas: humanitarian action, development and disarmament.

... and why

Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, Handicap International aspires to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.

Career opportunities

Seeking candidates mainly in

Banking and Finance

Diversity Management

Documentation

Environment and Disaster Risk Management

Health and Nutrition

Human Resources Management

Information and Communication Technology

Media and Communication

Monitoring and Evaluation

Social Development

Opportunities offered

Internships for students yes

Traineeships/Talent programs for graduates no

Positions/programs for young professionals no

Staff positions for professionals yes

Senior or management positions no

Consultancy opportunities no

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Type of organisation

NGO

Field(s) of activity

Humanitarian Aid

Headquarters

Lyon, France / Brussels, Belgium

Region(s) of operation

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Latin America and the Caribbean

Middle East and Northern Africa

North America

South/East Asia and Pacific

Sub-Saharan Africa

Switzerland

Western and Central Europe

Number of employees

In Switzerland:

Less than 20

Outside Switzerland:

More than 1000

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