Programmes and Field Lead

You lead the team that brings YouthShare to life on the ground: clubs, online and in-person events, and close ties with the five labs.

Read the full role description on our website: full role description

HOW TO APPLY: PLEASE READ

You can apply here on Idealist, but you must also apply on our website, even if you have already sent your application on Idealist. On the website you present your background, attach your CV and receive your application reference by email.

Apply on our website: apply for this role on youthshareinitiatives.org

THE ROLE AT A GLANCE

• Level: Lead

• Time: 6 to 10 hours a week

• Commitment: at least one year, fully voluntary role

• Location: fully remote, from any country

• Languages: English or French, ideally both

• Applications open until 31 January 2027. This listing may close earlier, as soon as the right person is found.

• Role page: youthshareinitiatives.org

TWO MONTHLY MEETINGS

As a Lead, you take part in two meetings every month. You must be able to align your team around shared goals and to organise and run its meetings.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Clubs and events bring YouthShare to life, in person and online: meet-ups, palavers, talks, lab days.

YOUR ASSIGNMENTS

• Set the team’s annual roadmap: clubs, events and formats shared with the labs

• Lead the team, including club coordination and event project management: priorities, regular check-ins, mutual support

• Choose the year’s highlights with the lab leads, for the team to turn into an events calendar

• Work with each lab to design formats clubs can run in person: palavers, debates, foresight workshops, field projects

• Agree common rules for clubs and events with the Board: working with minors, image rights, photo credits, accessibility

• Track the Clubs and Events programmes in Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud and draw up an annual review

• Showcase work on the ground with the communication team, including on the “In the field” page

• Build the team’s projects with the fundraising and partnerships team, and represent clubs and events on the coordination team

PROFILE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Experience leading a team, a network or a group project

• Hands-on experience organising events, for a non-profit, at university or at work

• A sense of priorities and the confidence to decide

• The ability to work remotely with people from several countries

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience in a youth movement, a student society or a network of clubs

• A background in project management, non-profit management or events management

• Good English and French

WHAT THIS ROLE GIVES YOU

• Leading an international team: people, clubs and events

• Remote team management experience to draw on at interviews

• A seat on YouthShare’s coordination team

A VOLUNTEER ROLE, OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE

Every role we offer is fully voluntary. The experience we ask for can come from a course, a student project, an internship, volunteering or a personal project: every skill counts, wherever you gained it. We weigh your motivation and potential as carefully as your track record.

HOW SELECTION WORKS

• Online application on our website: apply online

• Profile review: the Talent team reads every application and sends a first reply by email within three days on average.

• Video interview: a conversation to get to know each other and shape the assignment together.

• Decision and arrival: our answer by email, then a welcome to the team and access to its tools.

If you need an adjustment to apply or to take part in an interview, write to hr@youthshareinitiatives.org

ABOUT YOUTHSHARE INITIATIVES

YouthShare Initiatives is an international think-action tank and a French non-profit (Act of 1 July 1901). It brings young people from around the world together in five labs to think together, then act: research, debate, mentoring and foresight. Discover us: youthshareinitiatives.org

APPLY ON OUR WEBSITE (REQUIRED, EVEN IF YOU APPLIED ON IDEALIST)

• Apply for this role

• Read the full role description

• See all our open roles

RÉSUMÉ EN FRANÇAIS

Responsable des programmes et du terrain : Vous dirigez le pôle qui fait vivre YouthShare sur le terrain : clubs, événements en ligne et en présentiel, liens avec les cinq laboratoires.

Poste bénévole, à distance, pour au moins un an · 6 à 10 h par semaine. Candidatures jusqu'au 31 janvier 2027.

En tant que lead, vous participez à deux réunions par mois : vous devez savoir fédérer votre équipe et organiser ses réunions.

Même si vous postulez sur Idealist, vous devez aussi postuler sur notre site : postuler sur youthshareinitiatives.org

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