Applicants need to have demonstrated that they can mobilize youth. As well as tech-savvy to navigate and post on the YouthLead platform and have a basic understanding of social media tools (Facebook and Twitter).

The YouthLead Ambassador’s role include:

• Reach out to young changemakers in your and other networks to create awareness about YouthLead via social media posting and reposting, or announcements on other listservs
• Recruit new change,akers as members on YouthLead.org (eg. through invitation feature on YouthLead)
• Engage with the YouthLead platform by contributing to discussion threads regularly an/or posting content
• Facilitate peer-to-peer networking and trust-building among local youth changemakers
• Organize webinar (with technical support from YothLead team in Washington)
• Attend three YouthLead Ambassadors virtual calls with YouthLead Project Manager
• Attend monthly one-on-one virtual check-in with YouthLead Regional Liason

Benefits

• YouthLead Ambassadors will receive a nominal stipend of $300 at the conclusion of their successful ambassadorship;
• In addition, be featured on the YouthLead platform and social media announcements to recognize your work as a Young Changemaker.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be a young changemaker resident in a low-or-middle-income (LMIC) country as listed here;
• Be between the ages of 18-35 (at the time of application and through the end of September 2019);
• Applicants from countries or entities on this list and those from Egypt and Jordan, are not eligible for the YouthLead Ambassador role;
• Active as changemakers in any sector, at the local, regional, national, or global level;
• Provide a convincing description of how they will use YouthLead to engage new changemakers, and recruit new changemakers to the YouthLead network and platform;
• Willing to meet the requirements described in the role description above;
• Able to commit to at least 4-6 hours/month to increase awareness about YouthLead, and to develop content, post resources, or organize and participate in activities that support peers through YouthLead;
• Have created or are active members of a young changemaker network or affiliation;
• Provide a convincing description of how they will use YouthLead to engage new changemakers, and recruit new changemakers to the YouthLead network and platform;
• Have a YouthLead profile that is at least 80% complete. (Create your profile if you are not yet a member of YouthLead).

Selection Criteria

Applicants will be reviewed and considered based on the following qualities:

• Past experience as a young changemaker;
• Scale and strength of the applicant’s network;
• Potential impact of the applicant’s proposed contributions to YouthLead and its network.

Application

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For more information, visit YouthLead Ambassadors.