Professional Opportunities

Special Olympics is a sports organization, but it's also much more. We are a global movement helping to transform the lives of children and adults with intellectual disabilities and build communities of unity and inclusion all over the world.

A Rewarding Experience

Working at Special Olympics is an energizing, healthful and joyful experience.

Special Olympics offers an excellent benefits program that includes health insurance, life insurance and a company-funded pension plan.

Our Opportunities

Positions posted below are only for opportunities available with Special Olympics International, which is based in Washington, D.C, and has offices in seven countries.

In addition, there are over 200 separate accredited Special Olympics offices around the world. For opportunities at those other U.S. or international offices of Special Olympics, get in touch with a Special Olympics office near you.

Special Olympics is an equal opportunity employer. 

Current Openings with Special Olympics International

Headquarters

Communications/Marketing

Internships

Temporary/Internship Positions: Winter World Games 2013

Community Impact Division, Leadership Development & Education

Strategic Properties Division

Around the World

Special Olympics Asia Pacific

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Volunteering with Special Olympics is fun and very rewarding, for both the athlete and the volunteer!

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Coca-Cola has been a worldwide sponsor of Special Olympics for decades.
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The Procter & Gamble Company has supported the movement for more than 28 years.
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Mattel Corporation sponsors the Young Athletes program worldwide. 
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Special Olympics Blog

Rise Up Revolutionaries!

And today, I watched this video by Stu Chaifetz about teachers and adults who bullied Akian, a ten year old with autism in Cherry Hill New Jersey.  It is a tale of fear and rage, as heartbreaking as it is infuriating.  It is a call to all of us to rise up again, to demand change in Cherry Hill, to ask for an accounting from those who were abusive.   Our own young leaders in Special Olympics Project Unify will understand the horrors of this video perhaps better than anyone.  In a special way, I ask their leadership now.read more »

Posted on 2012-04-26 by Tim

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