Youth Venture India

Youth Venture India is hiring!

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Aditi in Our Changemakers

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ASHOKA AND YOUTH VENTURE

Ashoka (www.ashoka.org) is the world’s largest association of social entrepreneurs — men and women who are pioneering new institutions and system-changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1980, Ashoka has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship, electing and connecting more than 2,200 individuals – elected as Ashoka fellows in over 70 countries.

Youth Venture (YV) is an international network of powerful young changemakers.  Our network aims to help an entire generation of young people develop as leaders who will improve their communities now and throughout their lives.  YV inspires and supports teams of young people to launch and lead their own civic-minded organizations and businesses.  Youth teams access workshops, tools, adult allies, a global network of like-minded young changemakers, and seed funding to establish their own ventures that solve problems around them.

We believe that the greatest contribution we can make to the world is to increase dramatically the number of changemakers today and in every future generation.  This is the key factor for success for every part of society, from a school to a company to an entire country.  As such, YV is also working to help each part of society be more successful by being a place of changemakers.  We work with corporations, universities, schools, civil society organizations, entire cities, and other entities that seek to be more successful by engaging with the youth entrepreneurial talent to drive change. YV operates in 17 countries and online at www.GenV.net

The culture at Youth Ventures is vibrant, dynamic, and collegial.  We are a start-up organization, teeming with life, and seeking others who share a passion and dedication to social change through entrepreneurship.  We are a small group doing pioneering work in the country, and as such we are looking for individuals with the creativity, drive and entrepreneurial spirit needed to make change happen.

Visit us at www.youthventureindia.net and www.genv.net/india

We are currently hiring for the following positions:

1) Programming Manager

Description: The role of Program Manager is centered on developing and strengthening Youth Venture programming offerings that support young people to become changemakers while helping different parts of society improve through engaging with changemakers.  Interested individuals must be able to manage partnerships, (identifying and supporting partners), oversee programming development, create evaluation models for the programming, direct documentation, project manage, and refine the design of the programming offerings to enhance and build their scalability. The Program Manager will also manage and mentor programming facilitators, who are selected from the Youth Venture network.  The candidate will develop and manage strategic partnerships with corporations, civil society organizations, universities and other key partners.

Qualifications, Skills, and Core Competencies Required:

• Graduate with 5+ years of experience in building and managing operations and institutions
• Be an entrepreneur, with a track record of launching and leading successful ventures, either stand-alone or within an existing entity
• Preferably, have experience in creating system change with youth
• Have strong conceptual and analytical skills
• Have strong project management and problem solving skills
• Have strong interpersonal, relationship building, and facilitation skills
• Have experience in corporate client management
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills
• Preferably, have some educational or work experience in HR, social work, communications and/or marketing
• Preferably, have experience working with people of highly diverse backgrounds at all education levels

In addition to these qualifications, please review Youth Venture’s hiring criteria at the bottom of this document for more details on what we are looking for in a candidate.

2) Community Facilitator

Description: The Community Facilitator is responsible for two core YV programming offerings.

1) This individual is expected to organize and coordinate the workshops that provide information, experiences and tools for the young changemakers to access in designing and launching their  civic ventures.  In addition, the Community Facilitator will build a training of facilitators for the workshops. This individual will also manage the outreach to colleges and youth organizations to recruit the “Venturers”.  ‘

2) During the Youth Venture cycle, the Community Facilitator will make visits to all of the Venturers’ ventures to see their progress and support them in their efforts.  The individual in this position is involved in all programming offerings that engage with the Venturers, doing everything possible to provide support to help them to launch successful civic ventures.

This position will work closely with the Programming Manager to execute and follow through with mentorship and the YV Network to build a growing community of changemakers. The candidate will also spend time developing new client / sponsor partners for the programming.

Qualifications, Skills, and Core Competencies Required: A post graduate with an educational background in social work, psychology, counseling or human sciences. Past experience of having worked with young people or in training is essential. Knowledge of English and Hindi is a must, Marathi will be helpful.

Youth Ventures’ Hiring Criteria

• Entrepreneurial: Must posses an entrepreneurial spirit – as demonstrated by personal experiences in taking initiative to improve one’s community, school, college, and/or the workplace.  Must have a track record of developing new ideas, taking initiative, making the ideas a reality and then successfully leading the initiative.
• Innovative: Must be able to create significant impact with limited resources.
• Passionate: Must resonate with Youth Venture’s mission and have the positive energy and drive to help achieve it.
• Enthusiasm for Youth: Must be able to connect with and inspire young people to become powerful members of society.
• Corporate relationships: Must have experience in engaging corporate partners and clients.
• Team player: Must be collegial and capable of working with other creative individuals in a lively, start-up environment.
• Dynamic: Must have high energy levels, the ability to work and thrive under pressure, and the motivation to make meaningful contributions to the program.
• Communication Skills: Must have the capacity to effectively engage with various stakeholders from all sectors.
• Ethical Fiber: Must possess a high sense of personal integrity.
• Language: Must speak Hindi and English.
  

The positions will be based in Mumbai, India in the Bandra (West) area.

Application process: Please email a resume, a detailed cover letter, and three references, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position to Bethany Spalding [bethanybrady@yahoo.com] by 26 ^th October.   Please put YOUTH VENTURE APPLICATION in the subject line of the email.

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