Youth Engagement Specialist
Gwpo / Organisationsutvecklarjobb / Stockholm
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hela Sverige Visa alla jobb hos Gwpo i Stockholm With the long-term nature of the solutions promoted by GWP comes a special responsibility to include Youth in their design and implementation. 30% of the global population is below the age of 24. Youth voices, actions and solutions, as well as their reach and willingness to act, are all essential if sustainable development is to be achieved. To date, organizations with a specific focus on youth make up less than 2% of GWP's partnership base, and some Water Partnerships face challenges in mobilizing motivating young people to participate in formal water governance decision-making processes. GWP's Global Secretariat and Country and Regional Water Partnerships have therefore worked more and more to mobilize and involve Youth - both individually and as groups. In 2015, GWP adopted a Youth Engagement Strategy and initiated a drive to grow the portfolio of activities supporting Youth participation in water resources management, including efforts to raise awareness, to offer training and the building of international networks, and to mobilize technical assistance and funding for youth-led water projects (e.g. through the Youth for Water and Climate platform). Targeting both young water professionals and young people whose interest in water could be derived through broader development contexts, activities include also partnering with global and regional youth organizations, as well as with universities and schools. Currently embarking on a new strategy, GWP is staffing up to further mobilize Youth to participate in and contribute to good water management and governance.
SCOPE OF POSITION
The scope of the Youth Engagement Specialist's activities includes amongst others:
1. Strategy and workplan: Within the context of GWP's emerging new strategy, the Youth Engagement Specialist will develop and deliver, together with colleagues across the GWP secretariat and Regional and Country Teams, a global workplan of activities for youth engagement; this will include taking and/or sharing accountability for specific activities, tracking and reporting, building and sustaining relevant partnerships; individual activities may be outward oriented or internal in that they would support GWP regional teams on their approaches for youth engagement.
2. Community of Practice for Youth Engagement: The Youth Engagement Specialist will reach out, primarily across the GWP network but also well beyond, working with - and possibly bringing together - professionals working on youth engagement, with the aim to enhance quality and effectiveness of youth engagement activities undertaken through knowledge sharing and synergies.
3. GWP Summer Schools: Together with Cap-Net (www.cap-net.org) and GWP's Central and Eastern European region, the Youth Engagement Specialist will co-lead collaborative efforts to support the further development of GWP Summer Schools, with the overall goal to raise awareness, motivate and incentivize engagement, and to build a network of young people who come together through the shared experience of their participation in such events. The type and nature of this engagement will evolve over time, depending on resource availability and opportunities to collaborate.
4. Amplifying the Voice of Youth-led Initiatives: The Youth Engagement Specialist will further develop, together with others, approaches to help amplify the voice of Youth-led Programs and Activities/Initiatives. This will include globally visible events, initiatives or campaigns, including but not limited to the Youth for Water and Climate Program (YWC). YWC is both a partnership and a web-based platform through which youth-led project teams seek funding and technical assistance for their work; the program is currently being re-designed, and the Youth Engagement Specialist will be involved in and co-lead the next steps for the program.
5. Fundraising for GWP's Youth Program. The Youth Engagement Specialist will contribute to and lead fund-raising efforts for GWP's Youth Program by working with GWP's resource mobilization team in researching donor and funding partner requirements and identifying opportunities, developing relations with donors and funding partners in collaboration with the Management team, and coordinating the preparation of proposals.
6. Communication and reporting: In supporting knowledge exchange across the Community, the Youth Engagement Specialist will also occasionally prepare reports and communication products on activities as appropriate.
As part of the global secretariat, the Youth Engagement Specialist will be called upon, on and off, to support GWP's leadership in strategy development and planning efforts, representation and other forms of contributions and engagement. The teams working on other thematic priorities - climate change adaptation through water, transboundary water cooperation, or SDG6 implementation
Publiceringsdatum2019-01-31Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2019-02-17
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KontorsadressLinnegatan 87D
Jobbnummer 4593525
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