Description

ASHOKA INDONESIA is looking for Youth Years Associate

Position Time: Full-Time
Location: Hybrid (Online and Jakarta Office)
Period: 12 Months (with opportunity to continue)
Scope: Indonesia

About Ashoka
Ashoka is on an audacious mission – to create a world where everyone is a changemaker i.e. a world where everyone has the agency and skills to make a positive change in their families or communities. It is only in such a world where the solutions will outrun our social problems. With its global network of over 3.500 leading social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows), 10,000 youth ventures, 180+ changemaker schools, and 30+ changemaker campuses – as well as a community of 20,000+ innovators on Changemakers.com – Ashoka works with strategic partners to empower people with the skills to create solutions for the good of all in a world of constant change.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Youth Years Associate, your main tasks will be to:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive youth engagement strategy for the Everyone A Changemaker movement;
• Support co-creation with deliverables between Ashoka and partner organizations and key stakeholders in youth ecosystem;
• Design and deliver strategic program to foster leadership and social innovation among youth;
• Coordinate the search, selection, and engagement process of Ashoka Young Changemakers in Indonesia;
• Organize outreach initiatives to raise awareness about the potential of youth as changemakers and address diverse social issues in society;
• Identify and build relationships with schools network, media, grassroot communities, government, and youth forums to promote changemaking among youth;
• Foster a supportive and inclusive environment that encourages youth to express their ideas and collaborate effectively;
• Maintain program effectiveness, collect data, and report project status to evaluate outcomes and make data-driven improvements;
• Support impact measurement; and
• Monitor, track and report feedback from partners.

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Able to work on own initiative, proactively and independently and under minimal supervision
• Required 1-2 years of prior experience program development and implementation, and or partnership in the development or social sector
• Proven ability to influence without authority
• Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills
• Prior experience in managing a team of people and external agencies
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and able to set clear guidelines and deadlines
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced, non-stop environment
• Personal and professional interest in different areas of Ashoka programs, zest for learning and leveraging the latest trends, channels, and tools
• Strong interest in accelerating the movement building ecosystem across Southeast Asia.

Personal Qualities

Ashoka has a rigorous screening process for hiring staff at all career stages. All applicants for all positions must possess the following qualities along with the appropriate degree of experience:

Understanding and Belief in the Everyone a Changemaker: Understands and believes the Everyone a Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately ‘get’ this, candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.

Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship: Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company, starting a movement, or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.

Emotional and Social Intelligence: Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams, putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).

Ethical Fiber: Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.